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famousringo said:
That's some strong growth, especially in the profit margin. It'll be interesting to see how this holds up beyond Win 7's launch window.


Office is coming next year. That will boost revenue quite a bit.



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Microsoft slowly clawing back their investment.



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So the important number: 375 million profit for the 360 last quarter. Looks like It's just a matter of how much loss (if any) they will get selling Natal and if they cuttrhroat the competition with another price drop by the fall. Has the 360 made them a overall profit yet?



It's just that simple.

Have any other devices in the entertainment division had major effects?

Like is the Zune making/losing money?



DirtyP2002 said:
famousringo said:
That's some strong growth, especially in the profit margin. It'll be interesting to see how this holds up beyond Win 7's launch window.


Office is coming next year. That will boost revenue quite a bit.

Yeah, I was trying to think of the next MS product that would strike gold for them, and that was all I could think of. Natal might, but I think if it's actually successful it's going to take some patience before heavy market adoption arrives.

I thought the new Office was due this year. Did it get delayed?



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Great results for MS!



         

Lets say well done to The Source

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?post=3098107&page=11&postnum=7

He was SPOT ON with xbox 360 shipments!



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MonstaMack said:
So the important number: 375 million profit for the 360 last quarter. Looks like It's just a matter of how much loss (if any) they will get selling Natal and if they cuttrhroat the competition with another price drop by the fall. Has the 360 made them a overall profit yet?

I wonder what their margin is for the Xbox 360 alone? Anyway the profit margins indicate they probably could have cut $50 U.S. off the price of the Xbox 360 across the board last year and still made a slim profit.



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darthdevidem01 said:
Lets say well done to The Source

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?post=3098107&page=11&postnum=7

He was SPOT ON with xbox 360 shipments!


AWESOME!

You know who was right, too? Steve Ballmer when he said this at CES 2 weeks ago.



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kowenicki said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Lets say well done to The Source

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?post=3098107&page=11&postnum=7

He was SPOT ON with xbox 360 shipments!


but that was announced a few weeks ago....  the 39m thing.  wasnt it?

oh yeah I actually forgot about that, so he didn't really "predict it".

Sooo well this is a bit awkward now



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