| bumidan said: If you assume that: XBox Games = making money PC Games = making money XBox Accessories = making money XBox Live = making money Then: XBox Console, without taking into account RROD still LOST money in FY 2007 (for July 2006 to Jun 2007) So in summary, XBox (based on FY2007 info) - has quite a long way to go still. Even stripping the RROD charge, the actual business is still operating at a loss. If the Windows Mobile Division is making money (as opposed to breaking even, in this assumption), then the XBox Division is losing even more money. However, if the Zune division lost more than $200 Million, as per the original assumptions, then the XBox Division lost less money. |
Theres that word again. You know the one that made your other thread fail.
To strip out the XBox Division Loss/Profit, we need to make certain assumptions on the other main divisions:
So I will assume that they just BREAK EVEN
Again, we can do different assumptions based on scenario analysis if someone has a "BETTER" assumption
Zune divison - assume loss of $200 Million
Windows Mobile division - assume $0 Million (Break Even)
Therefore, with the original assumptions, the XBox Platform (including PC Games) lost $686 Million
You have to make assumptions when analysing with incomplete information.
If you disagree with the analyis, then come up with your own ASSUMPTIONS or actual numbers then calculate the way I did it. (Ohh you made that one too easy to spot)
WITHOUT assumptions.
Any analysis with incomplete information and assumptions usually raises more questions.
Then hopefully we can dig out / figure out more information as you go along OR make reasonable assumptions (that may be the public consensus) to solidify your analysis
