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smbu2000 on 24 January 2008
Fuzzmosis said:

Anyhow, congrats to Microsoft, yet I won't lie about the fact I would't mind them losing money this entire generation. Not because Microsoft is a large evil corporation (We have Pfizer and Shell and MomCo) but because they shipped an awfully made product and may make money off it, and that is not behavior I want to see a corporation rewarded for often. Make a product that has less quality than something you buy in a Mexican marketplace, I want the market to bitch slap you, not have half your users apologize or try to pretend it doesn't exist. Oh well. I'm not God, I'm not Adam Smith's invisible, immobile Hand, so it's just a begrudging congrats.


Well at least MS is finally getting the reliability issue straightened out at least somewhat now and at least they didn't screw the early adopters by giving the extended 3 year warranty. :)

OT: Good to see the gaming division becoming profitable. $357M was much more than I was expecting. Go 360 go! :D




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goldenpp72 on 24 January 2008

I think the fact MS will make much less is inspiration enough for them to make a more reliable product next time. Not the fact they might make a little bit of money.



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Legend11 on 25 January 2008

Oops ignore this post.



crumas2 on 25 January 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
crumas2 said:
The entertainment division number is even higher than I anticipated.

This is for the quarter, not the year, though. It was clear they'd post a quarterly profit. The question is whether they can post a yearly profit.

Also, this doesn't count the cost of their RROD repairs.


There really isn't anyway to "spin" this quarterly report into bad news for MS.  They made a lot of money in a division that has a 2-year-old console, notwithstanding the $1+ billion they've already written off for RROD.

 

If MS wasn't a filthy rich company, I would be worried, but they are a filthy rich company which can easily absorb the writeoff.