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Teehee, 2 comedians in this thread!

Lol, what truth? The article is misleading. We don't know if it is the Xbox that lost money. It could have very likely been the Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 tablets, Zune, etc. that are all in that division as well as other products.

If anything, all this points to in my eyes is a ramping up of production for next generation dev kits and R&D which would create losses without any way to get profits until the next gen starts.

But enjoy your ban, since that's what you wanted :)

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last warning.

You ruins it! You ruins it! Stupid fat hobbit!

(You know I love you Trash! )

Nice try though Smeags

Though lets be honest; it hasn't been that successful. 

If we consider it's sales relative from release to both the Wii and PS3, it has sold the least, by quite some margin, whilst also having been plagued by hardware issues. If we also consider that it uses a media format that was antiquated only 3 years into it's life, it really seems to embody a console that was made by management, not by engineers. 

It's no surprise that MS have lost money on the Xbox this far into its lifespan. I'm amazed that loses haven't been more prevalent given the above. 

Funny.Nintendo reports losses in that range and everyone writes the company off. Microsoft reports losses in that range and everyone shrugs.

While admittedly Microsoft has other profitable units to keep the bottom line "in the black" -- continued losses could lead analysts and investors to call for the jettisoning of the games division.

Mike from Morgantown

For those who wants to laugh at XBOX division's loss, please first consider the situation of your favourite company.