Analyst: Xbox "generates" $2 billion in losses for MS. Hides it with patent royalties

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RolStoppable said:
If Xbox were successful, Microsoft would create its own division for it. That's how you highlight the success of a product. Sony did it once the PS1 worked, Sony lumped in PlayStation with other products because the PS3 was doing badly, Sony separated gaming again once it was doing well.

If there are doubts about the success of the Xbox brand, then the simplest way for Microsoft to prove naysayers wrong is to create a dedicated Xbox division. There's no good reason to have a successful Xbox brand dragged down by flopping products. But if Xbox is not successful, then there is reason to keep it in the E&D division.

The one thing that is certain is that Microsoft doesn't like transparency. They don't give projections for shipments and don't even post totals for software shipments.

Neither Office, Bing, Skype, Azure, SQL or Sharepoint have their own divisions.
Actually there is a WIndows division, but that is it.