Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft - 1981 to 2011 gaming division profits chart

[Snoopy]

Teeqoz said:

Snoopy said:

Looks like Microsoft is improving and soon will break even this generation on xbox division overall. Then the rest is pretty much gravy. If it wasn't for the RROD fiasco they would've already made a profit. Now all Microsoft needs to do is start being the beast they are and start buying out major third party ip like they did with Gears of War and Minecraft.

I'm guessing you missed the fact that this isn't only MS' gaming division... They don't provide a breakdown for that, so these numbers are wrong.

Xbox is an ecosystem pretty much (not just gaming) that helps the rest of their entertainment division to make money. Thanks to xbox, there is a lot of strong growth in areas like Mobile divison. Although it can be said about other divsions, most of xbox contributions reflect the entertainment division obviously. Music, Mobile, partners with netflix, ect. Capitalism pretty much states it doesn't matter where the money comes from as long as money is being made and xbox helps both directly and indirectly for the entertainment division.