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MrBubbles on 18 July 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
MrBubbles said:
You need to spend money to make money.

 

Odd that you don't share that same philosophy when Sony loss thread come around.

link?  as i dont recall ever commenting on their financial losses

 



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TheRealMafoo on 18 July 2008
MrBubbles said:
TheRealMafoo said:
MrBubbles said:
You need to spend money to make money.

 

Odd that you don't share that same philosophy when Sony loss thread come around.

link?  as i dont recall ever commenting on their financial losses

 

 

I scanned through your posts. I apologize, your not the user I thought you were. Most of your posts are far more fair then I was thinking.



MrBubbles on 18 July 2008
TheRealMafoo said:

 

I scanned through your posts. I apologize, your not the user I thought you were. Most of your posts are far more fair then I was thinking.

 

Apology accepted



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starcraft on 18 July 2008

The majority of their loss is being attributed to the purchase of Danger.



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JaggedSac on 18 July 2008

I believe they said that a lot of the losses were from increases for R & D, payroll , and advertising.



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Million on 18 July 2008

Why do microsoft group all their gaming devices&software into one total , wouldn't a breakdown of cost and profit centres be more usueful ?




mysticD on 18 July 2008
DMeisterJ said:
Strategyking92 said:
DMeisterJ said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=34017

that's one of the BS threads I read earlier. I don't need to know details, just if they profited or not. I think the gaming division made a loss, but MS as whole made a big profit (from when I read it)

There's also a news story on the same thing.

They lost 188 million.

Trufax.

DMeisterJ, do you not know how to read or you just like to troll and make upstuff.

Microsoft revenue was 15.84 billion (yes with a "B") for the quarter just ended. They have net operating income of 5.68 billion (again with a "B"). According to them this is the fastest growth they have since 1999 as far as earning.

So yes, Microsoft did make a profit this quarter of about 5 billion $. (And also this fiscal year)

The EDD (entertainment division that include development, zune and Xbox) however report net operating lost of 188 million. The division revenue is up and actually the expense is down but the lost was due to increase in spending on R&D (cost associate with new Dashboard?), aquisition of Danger Inc. and increase in advertisement (GTA IV perhaps).

While EDD lost money this quarter, the division however is for the first time has profitable fiscal year.

I hope that answer your question StrategyKing

 



elendar on 18 July 2008
MrBubbles said:
TheRealMafoo said:

I scanned through your posts. I apologize, your not the user I thought you were. Most of your posts are far more fair then I was thinking.

Apology accepted


WoW. That you don't see that often.

DMeisterJ on 18 July 2008
mysticD said:
DMeisterJ said:
Strategyking92 said:
DMeisterJ said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=34017

that's one of the BS threads I read earlier. I don't need to know details, just if they profited or not. I think the gaming division made a loss, but MS as whole made a big profit (from when I read it)

There's also a news story on the same thing.

They lost 188 million.

Trufax.

DMeisterJ, do you not know how to read or you just like to troll and make upstuff.

Microsoft revenue was 15.84 billion (yes with a "B") for the quarter just ended. They have net operating income of 5.68 billion (again with a "B"). According to them this is the fastest growth they have since 1999 as far as earning.

So yes, Microsoft did make a profit this quarter of about 5 billion $. (And also this fiscal year)

The EDD (entertainment division that include development, zune and Xbox) however report net operating lost of 188 million. The division revenue is up and actually the expense is down but the lost was due to increase in spending on R&D (cost associate with new Dashboard?), aquisition of Danger Inc. and increase in advertisement (GTA IV perhaps).

While EDD lost money this quarter, the division however is for the first time has profitable fiscal year.

I hope that answer your question StrategyKing


We were talking about EDD, not MS as a whole. 



rocketpig on 18 July 2008

Looks like that Euro price cut hurt... Bad.




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