NJ5 said: seece said: Did they not make 178,000,000 last quater? Thats included into 09 right?! :S That table is "old" and does not include the last quarter. Your number is correct according to this page.

Thanks! Update Squill, update ;)

 

Updated! Btw, I'm not saying that the Xbox 360 will pull $6B+ profit in those 4 years, what im saying is that if it can cut the losses down to around 1.5-2B $ that the tail of the system with Live revenues etc will take it over the $6B mark without the aid of the nextboxes revenues.

Squilliam said: Updated! Btw, I'm not saying that the Xbox 360 will pull $6B+ profit in those 4 years, what im saying is that if it can cut the losses down to around 1.5-2B $ that the tail of the system with Live revenues etc will take it over the $6B mark without the aid of the nextboxes revenues.

No! be optimistic!

I actually do believe that 6 Billion loss can be recouped. Have to keep in mind though Microsoft will have other ventures along the way.

 

I really hope I see the day whe the Entertainment division becomes profitable.

I certainly hope so

seece said: Squilliam said: Updated! Btw, I'm not saying that the Xbox 360 will pull $6B+ profit in those 4 years, what im saying is that if it can cut the losses down to around 1.5-2B $ that the tail of the system with Live revenues etc will take it over the $6B mark without the aid of the nextboxes revenues. No! be optimistic! I actually do believe that 6 Billion loss can be recouped. Have to keep in mind though Microsoft will have other ventures along the way.   I really hope I see the day whe the Entertainment division becomes profitable.

So do I, they have done so well with the Xbox 360 it would be great to see that icing get put on the cake.

Only a few days to go before we know how much profit they really made this year, hold tight!

 

it won't.

Nextbox is 2012, not 2011.

There could be other factors to support this eventuating. MS adding the Zune Marketplace to the LIVE service could greatly increase revenue streams as well as help spur sales of the ailing Zune player (compartively to Ipod). Should this happen I think the EDD has a chance of really raking in some $$.

If the right moves are made it's possible. I do see them getting close at least. We will have better insight soon when the financial's come out.

disolitude said: Man, nintendo knows how to make money. I want to see them lose money just once...

I am not sure that is a good idea to wish that. Nintendo losing money is like a canary in a coal mine sending signs the videogame industry is in serious hurting, and setting up for a crash like it had in the early 1980s. That is NOT a good place to be in. As far as having failures, Nintendo had Virtual Boy, which bombed miserably, and likely lost money for Nintendo. It was an attempt at 3D that just didn't work. I believe most people, myself included, felt their eyes hurt playing that thing.