Corporate BS talk? This is financial information they provided directly to the FTC you can call BS all you want, but numbers don't lie. If you want to ignore every piece of financial information that a publicly traded company provides during legal proceedings, that's your prerogative. 

You screaming "they're losing money because I think so!" doesn't change anything. 

It’s mind blowing that chronic forum dwellers, have so little grasp on the video game market discussed on this platform. Xbox is second in revenue in terms of revenue from platform holders, in front of Nintendo, even though the latter sells more consoles.
Xbox have better profit margin than PlayStation, even though Sony brings in more revenue, only to be superseded by Nintendo.
It seems like we’re still in 2013.

https://gameranx.com/updates/id/476524/article/xboxs-data-suggests-they-might-have-a-better-profit-margin-than-playstation/#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20nine%20months%20of%20FY2022%2C%20which,in%20comparison%20to%20their%20competitors%2C%20PlayStation%2C%20and%20Nintendo.

Yeah, its like a guy with a million dollar debt bragging about making 100 dollars. Great job...

Doesnt matter when they spend 60+ billion to buy a company. They are not making a profit. They spend more than they make. Easy as that.

You probably should have read the link before making this comment. In short, Xbox was still in the profit margin even in their worst first party output year being 2022. 

Corporate BS talk? This is financial information they provided directly to the FTC you can call BS all you want, but numbers don't lie. If you want to ignore every piece of financial information that a publicly traded company provides during legal proceedings, that's your prerogative. 

You screaming "they're losing money because I think so!" doesn't change anything. 

This isn't how transactions work, at all, Lol. A lot of people have the misunderstood notion that to make a profit, a company needs to make back any money its spent on acquisitions. Phil even had to explain this to FTC's lawyer in court to which he embarrassingly ended his line of questioning after speaking to his council.

Microsoft is using $69bn to acquire a company, they're paying that all in cash, in effect, ABK to them is worth $69bn and they're turning $69bn in cash to $69bn in assets, ABK being the asset. In addition, they acquired ABK in a time where interest rates were shit, if ABK can pull in similar (or more) money than interest on cash sitting in a bank whilst at the same time boosting other portions of a their business, then they will be happy with that.

It's more preferable that if a business opportunity presents itself, and the company can afford it, that they use their massive cash hordes rather than having them sit away in the bank doing nothing except accumulating interest. Microsoft acquiring ABK doesn't put the Xbox division at a -$69bn profit, Lol. It isn't accounted for in the profit at all.

There is no doubt about it now, the Xbox division does profit as of today, Phil confirmed this during the FTC trial, in front of the Judge, whilst on oath, that Microsoft Gaming pulls in single digit profits (billions) on a $15bn+ per year revenue. If Microsoft Gaming wasn't profiting then Satya would have gutted it already as he's more cut-throat than previous CEOs.

You do know that $70 billion MS spent on ABK was money they had just sitting in the bank right not tied to any revenue or profit margins? This was an all cash transaction. Get a hold of how financials work in major businesses when it comes to assets. 

There was no loss or debt incurred on MS's end with this deal. This was a direct investment for long term revenue and profits going forward. And for the revenue Xbox brings in, last year being a record setting one, they still brought in a profit. Now expect that to go dramatically higher. 

MS is literally in a no-lose scenario. Either way, they're getting money whether from recurring monthly GP subs or outright purchases whether on console or PC. And the revenue and profits are proving that. 

As I said its corporate BS talk. MS are Billions down. Nintendo and Sony actually makes money. Spin it any way you want.

This isn't how transactions work, at all, Lol. A lot of people have the misunderstood notion that to make a profit, a company needs to make back any money its spent on acquisitions. Phil even had to explain this to FTC's lawyer in court to which he embarrassingly ended his line of questioning after speaking to his council.

Microsoft is using $69bn to acquire a company, they're paying that all in cash, in effect, ABK to them is worth $69bn and they're turning $69bn in cash to $69bn in assets, ABK being the asset. In addition, they acquired ABK in a time where interest rates were shit, if ABK can pull in similar (or more) money than interest on cash sitting in a bank whilst at the same time boosting other portions of a their business, then they will be happy with that.

It's more preferable that if a business opportunity presents itself, and the company can afford it, that they use their massive cash hordes rather than having them sit away in the bank doing nothing except accumulating interest. Microsoft acquiring ABK doesn't put the Xbox division at a -$69bn profit, Lol. It isn't accounted for in the profit at all.

There is no doubt about it now, the Xbox division does profit as of today, Phil confirmed this during the FTC trial, in front of the Judge, whilst on oath, that Microsoft Gaming pulls in single digit profits (billions) on a $15bn+ per year revenue. If Microsoft Gaming wasn't profiting then Satya would have gutted it already as he's more cut-throat than previous CEOs.

As I said it’s corporate BS talk. MS are Billions down. Nintendo and Sony actually makes money. Spin it any way you want.

Ok. Non corporate talk.

Last year Microsoft made almost 2 Sony worth in revenue. That’s some serious investment in their gaming division never done before and something Sony been doing for decades for PlayStation.
That $60 billion is worth more now in form of ActiBlizz, than collecting meager interest for them. 🤷🏾‍♂️