Squilliam on 26 June 2008
@Reverie - Gears of War is a third party exclusive, Xbox 360 live gold is a subscription service and the expectation is that it will be renewed every year for the most part. The profit differences are incomparable.
@dbot - I said WILL make billions, it takes time for the money to trickle in and the revenue to ramp up. Also the Zunes probably losing money, and the others are quite small fries in comparison to the games division.
@Xboxlive arcade IIRC they make 35% on the third party games, so thats about 18 million per year... quite small but when it ramps up further it'll probably be more like $40-50 million with a greater selection of quality titles and increased userbase.
Tease.
