| kowenicki said: I expect a big drop in 360. Obviously around 3m shipped ONE's and some decent news on Mobile and Surface. Record revenue and proift for the quarter is likely. UPDATE: Revenue of $24bn and profits of $6.56bn. Incredible numbers.
BBC: Microsoft reports better-than-expected earnings Microsoft's shares rose on the back of better-than-expected quarterly profits
The firm reported a net income of $6.56bn (£3.94bn) for the quarter, up from $6.38bn a year earlier. Its earnings were boosted by strong sales of its new Xbox game console and its Surface tablets during the holiday season. The company also saw strong demand from businesses for its cloud services. Overall, the firm's revenue rose 14% during the quarter to $24.5bn. Its shares rose close to 4% on the news in after-hours trading. Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, called it a great quarter and said that investments the firm was making in devices and services was driving the strong results. The quarterly results showed a 13% increase in consumer sales. This was boosted by 7.4 million unit sales of Xbox consoles, up from 5.9 million a year earlier. The new Xbox One, which was launched in November, contributed more than half of overall Xbox sales numbers in the quarter. Sales of the firm's cloud programs, such as Office 365 and Azure, more than doubled in the December quarter from a year earlier, while sales of its Surface tablets doubled from the previous quarter. |
You would think the way you post these articles that you own MS or have significant investment in it. I don't understand why your so chuffed at their financial results???
Also why don't you compare the financial results of Apple,Samsung and Google to MS who are their real competition?
