The Xbox One beat the PS4 in November, but at what cost? We do the math

[MoHasanie]

Samus Aran said:

Has the XBOX brand ever made Microsoft any money? By this I mean total profit since the XBOX.

Honestly, I don't even know why Microsoft still bothers with XBOX. I guess they sort of have to continue now because of the big early investments during the original XBOX days. But still, Microsoft can't be happy overall with the XBOX brand.

And besides, since when does XBOX sell more games than PS? All games I see on VGCHARTZ sell A LOT more on PS4. And it's pretty easy to outperform Wii U lol. 

We don't have exact figures because Xbox is in the hardware division which has contained flops like Zune and stuff and losses can be covered up from Android royalties (which are huge for MS). But if I remember correctly, 360 overall was profitable. So it was able to recover the billions it lost in its first years on the market. However, the first Xbox lost over $4bn. So the division has most likely not recovered those gigantic losses. 

Here's something I found, although I'm not sure how accurate it is.