not the arcade, they are selling it a small loss but they should recoup on gold subcriptions.

though if they bought an arcade and never sign in on live gold. thats maybe a problem.

and HD Mp3 player won't be that expensive R&D.

actually its pretty cheap. even chinese companies have one.

 EDD revenue decreased primarily due to decreased sales of application software for Apple's Macintosh computers, partially offset by increased Xbox 360 platform and PC game revenue. The decrease in revenue included an unfavorable impact from foreign currency exchange rates of $38 million or two percentage points. Sales of application software for Apple's Macintosh computers declined 63%, reflecting the launch of Mac Office 2008 in the prior year as well as a decline in sales of Apple computers. Xbox 360 platform and PC game revenue increased 16%, primarily as a result of an increase in Xbox 360 platform sales, partially offset by decreased revenue per Xbox 360 console due to price reductions during the past 12 months. We shipped 1.7 million Xbox 360 consoles during the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, compared with 1.3 million Xbox 360 consoles during the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.

not the arcade, they are selling it a small loss but they should recoup on gold subcriptions.

though if they bought an arcade and never sign in on live gold. thats maybe a problem.

and HD Mp3 player won't be that expensive R&D.

actually its pretty cheap. even chinese companies have one.

 even if the arcade is sold with a loss (we don't know), the accessories, games, Xbox Live and the other Xbox360 versions (pro and elite) are probably covering the maybe-losses of the arcade.

The R&D for the Zune HD is around 70 million according to the article someone posted earlier. okay the R&D costes increased by 70 million. I bet the zune is the reason for this. hell, this thing will be out next month.