The numbers you quoted are suspect in any case. And MS was patent trolling Android before 2011 anyway...it's just that it came to the media's attention by 2011. Here's the deal...I DON'T REALLY CARE! You and I can argue about it until we are both blue in the face, but the FACT is that the people who DO know how badly they are failing see the TRUE numbers, and they AREN'T PRETTY!
If Xbox were successful, you wouldn't hear REPEATED calls from investors to spin off the division! If they were profitable, NO ONE would have any doubt that they would keep making the console! But they aren't and they havent been...so the speculation on when MS will pull the plug will continue.
You can delude yourself all you want with the PR spin that MS releases, but the TRUTH is that Xbox is a MINOR part of what MS does, and it's a minor part that LOSES MONEY! Businesses exist to MAKE money, not lose it. Once Xbox was part of a "grand scheme" to take over the living room...but the "living room" isn't as important a battleground these days...smartphones and tablets are where the "war" is being fought, and Xbox is nothing but a distraction from what Microsoft's core business is. Will "Xbox" die? No. I am sure you will see "Xbox Music", "Xbox Video" and "XBox Games"....on Lumia handsets. For the Bone? It's done. Just watch.
