Those investors make me laugh... A bunch of kids... They are worst than San Francisco hypster... If apple was making smart dildos tomorrow the stock would go up like they proved existence of god...

anyway

If past iteration of office on mac product is of any indication it will be utter crap in comparison to MS OS machines... And office on iPad won't make them less of an overpriced toy for hypster in comparison to any good hybrid PCs for work on the go and versatility I'd take a surface pro 2 any day over an iPad

Nope it belongs to MS forum not off topic.... This NOT a gaming website... It is sales charts website... Actually financials and Microsoft corporate make almost more sense in here than anything game content related.... I don't who believed this was a game website first???? In the old days nobody would have said such stupidity and actual number thread where dominating over game threads...

a lot of us care about numbers when coming more than games...

hopefully this means more money thrown to xbox which means more games for us

Unless the market kills PlayStation it won't die if Sony does. If anything Google Or anyone else would LOVE to get their hands on the brand and to be honest Sony isn't going anywhere. They sold off a loss making PC division and are spinning off their TV division. So Sony is left wwith a profitable audio division, a very profitable imaging division, the very popular (and profit making) PlayStation brand, a highly profitable pictures and music division, an  extremely profitable financial division, and then they have 2 divisions which I'm not too sure about. Their mobile division is gonna be a hit or a miss but their z1 cpact and z2 phones are very much going to be competitive against Samsung and I hope Sony can make their mobile division soar. And semiconductors I don't even know about it much to say anything but it probably makes a little money or breaks even I believe.

Incredible for MS, does highlight how insignificant XBox is to MS as a whole, but i hope the new guy will allow them to push more money into the gaming sector.

kowenicki said: Stock up 45% in the last 12 months increasing the market cap by about $100 billion.  Surges 4% today on the back of Office for iPad (estimated $2bn revenue stream) and other mobile initiatives such as expectations of android apps on Windows phone and windows apps on other mobile OS.     Microsoft stock up 4%, hits 14-year high By David Goldman  @DavidGoldmanCNN March 18, 2014: 2:43 PM ET Microsoft has finally put the worst of the dot-com bust behind it. Shares surged more than 4% Tuesday to their highest price since March 24, 2000. The stock rose after Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) disclosed plans for a press conference about a new product for mobile and cloud computing to take place on March 27. Microsoft is widely expected to unveil Office for the iPad -- a release that many analysts believe is long overdue. New CEO Satya Nadella will be making the announcement. Microsoft's stock has mostly oscillated between $20 and $40 over the past decade and a half, a frustrating period for investors who called on the company to innovate beyond software for the PC. Under CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft largely missed the boat on major tech trends of the past decade, including smartphones, tablets, search and portable music. Meanwhile, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) and Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) both surpassed the company in market value. Related: Microsoft launches cheaper Office 365 'Personal' Shares have been on a tear since August, when Ballmer announced his retirement. Longtime Microsoft executive Nadella took over for Ballmer last month. Microsoft has performed well as it transitions into a devices and services company. Microsoft has found success with its Xbox One video game console and Kinect attachment. Sales of its Surface tablet and Windows Phone devices are growing -- albeit from a very small base. The company also announced plans last year to buy the smartphone business of Nokia (NOK), further solidifying its new role as a hardware maker. Microsoft's software for businesses has also been a major driver of its recent success. Nadella had led Microsoft's corporate software unit before being named as CEO.           Microsoft shares hit 14-year high on Office-iPad news by Todd Bishop on 3/18/2014 at 1:35 pm | 0 Comments   New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photo courtesy of Microsoft. Microsoft shares closed at $39.55 today, up nearly 4 percent — reaching their highest point in 14 years following reports that the company will unveil a version of the Office suite for Apple’s iPad next week as part a broader strategy shift under new CEO Satya Nadella. Here’s the question: Will the move to further embrace platforms that compete with Windows be good for Microsoft’s business overall? The new Office for iPad could boost Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions, which would be required to use the apps, contributing to Microsoft’s revenue. But in a note to clients this morning, Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund said the change could reduce the demand for Software Assurance, the volume licensing deals that Microsoft strikes with large businesses. However, investors seem to be more interested in the long-term potential of the strategy. Sherlund writes, “The upcoming announcement will likely be more beneficial to the stock than to earnings if much of the incremental demand comes at the expense of Software Assurance, but investors are likely to welcome the directional shift in the business to non-PC and non-Windows platforms and a stated direction which we would expect to emphasize a mobile and cloud first strategy.” Steve Ballmer must be scratching his head over this one. Microsoft’s share price is now higher than it was for the bulk of Ballmer’s tenure as CEO. The irony is that Microsoft actually signaled its intent to release Office for iPad while Ballmer was still CEO, albeit somewhat vaguely. Microsoft’s leadership change, and the fact that the unveiling is now imminent, has apparently grabbed the attention of the market. At least Ballmer still benefits from his position as a major Microsoft shareholder.

Sigh!

Here we go again!

Can you also post financial related news on Apple, Google and Samsung???

I'm a major investor in those firms

What? I mean seriously? Doesn't VGC stand for Video Game Chartz? I don't see vgc tracking Sony and MS financials. Nothing posted about them on the main page as far as I can see. 

Wish I had shares in Microsoft. Will have to wait until I get my bonus in work

What I want to know is where's MS's VR headset or gaming-related Cloud solution?

I can't believe people are saying we're not supposed to be talking about Microsoft stock in a Microsoft discussion forum. I've seen a lot of articles that dealt with Nintendo stock, Sony stock, and MS stock, and this is the first time I've seen people complain this adamantly about it.