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dsgrue3 on 04 December 2012

The definition of revenue isn't up for debate. Find a dictionary.



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epicberserk on 04 December 2012

Yahoo so desperate cuz their company sucks and is bleeding money left n right and wishes they invented Xbox lol



MDMAlliance on 04 December 2012
dsgrue3 said:
The definition of revenue isn't up for debate. Find a dictionary.


Do you know what revenue means?  Revenue isn't as important as net income.  Revenue means nothing if your expenses outweigh your general income.  At least, they mean nothing to a business who wants to run at a profit.



brendude13 on 04 December 2012

So Sony, Nintendo AND Microsoft are all doomed now?

Cool.



dsgrue3 on 04 December 2012
MDMAlliance said:
dsgrue3 said:
The definition of revenue isn't up for debate. Find a dictionary.


Do you know what revenue means?  Revenue isn't as important as net income.  Revenue means nothing if your expenses outweigh your general income.  At least, they mean nothing to a business who wants to run at a profit.


Woosh! That was my point to all the people falsely touting revenue as profit.



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MDMAlliance on 04 December 2012
dsgrue3 said:
MDMAlliance said:
dsgrue3 said:
The definition of revenue isn't up for debate. Find a dictionary.


Do you know what revenue means?  Revenue isn't as important as net income.  Revenue means nothing if your expenses outweigh your general income.  At least, they mean nothing to a business who wants to run at a profit.


Woosh! That was my point to all the people falsely touting revenue as profit.


Oh, I thought you were saying something different. lol



Proclus on 04 December 2012

Still unable to read, lol.



dsgrue3 on 04 December 2012
Proclus said:
D: The EED posted $1.62 billion in revenue last Q3 alone.

That will be all.


Like this person^



spaceguy on 04 December 2012
007BondAgent said:
nightsurge said:
007BondAgent said:
DirtyP2002 said:
actually the 360 covered all the losses it made for the gen. SO the 360 is a profitable business. If they talk about the original Xbox, MS has a way to go, but they are doing fine right now. Especially with XBL generating a profit from the very start of next gen.


Microsoft has lost more money in this gen, then they have made..

Even with xbl profits and all.

2005-2006 and 2007 hurt them the most.

This post is wrong.

Where was the "Big 3 gains/losses over the years" thread? Would do this thread a lot of good to show that the 360 itself has erased all the losses and begun profiting while the original Xbox's losses are still around.

And please, lets not let the division of EED distort our view of Xbox profits. EED division has Windows Phone, Zune, Xbox, and a variety of other small products. The main money loss in that division is from Zune and Windows Phone. If they were out of the division, I would imagine Xbox posting over a billion in profits per year alone. That's more than worth it.


http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=136006

Here it is


So with 2012 xbox 360 was profitable. Also you can't count the investment in next gen either. That is part of there next plan. So profitable even with RROD. So they made 2,898,000,000 and loses of 3,809,000,000. So they would only have to make up 911,000,000 which looking at last years profits is very likely. The cost of making xbox has went down and the price has stayed the same. However less sales so we are most likely looking at a very small profit margin. However with 2013 involved it will be a total success.

Edit: Also this was posted in oct of 2011, before the holidays. So the numbers where not included. So it is looking more and more positive for profitability. Also what is this graph from? Is it the whole division or is it the actually sales of each system??? Please inform. This leave's more questions then answers.



VGKing on 04 December 2012

B-B-But Microsoft is rich! They can sell a $500 XboxNext for $250 and kill Sony and the PS4! They have the money!!!