Microsoft: Losing 5.6 Billion since introducing Xbox program

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#1 GloverD
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Like did you all forget about that??? Seriously Companies this big lose money all the time. They invest for the Long run....
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#2 oback
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damage control much?

 i wonder how much nintendo looses? thats right thye dont because they have a solid buisness plan. 

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#3 Codename33
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That was over around 4 years. Sony's loss of 2 billion was in 1 year.
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#4 Verge_6
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Yeah, over FOUR YEARS.
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#5 Gen007
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damge conrol and sony lost 1billion in like one month versus that in years
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#6 bobwill1
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That was over around 4 years. Sony's loss of 2 billion was in 1 year.Codename33
And they had a flawed contract with nVidia, over which they ended up spending about a year in court fighting over what nVidia was charging for xbox chipsets.  nVidia was pretty much able to charge MS whatever they wanted, becuase they had the rights to the chip design.  I hear that MS didn't make that mistake with the 360.
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#7 wiistation360
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$2billion in a quarter is priceless:lol:
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#8 l_The_DetoX_l
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Well the Xbox was a failure, with the exception of a few good games. 360 is looking much better
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#9 river_rat3117
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where is your link to how long it took them to lose it.i mean come on you refuse to say that microsoft lost alot of money and they still dont have it back. the 360 doesnt make as much profit as you wish it would. but the fact is that they can afford the loss such as mirosoft can, the ps3 is going no place. micro. and sony have so much more than games to make a profit on.
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#10 Dr_Drooom
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That's o.k.

 

 http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/05/15/microsoft-vista-sales-top-40-million/

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ :MSFT) today announced that the newest version of Windows, Vista, has sold 40 million copies. Gates credited a shift to digital life**** as the most important driver of Vista adoption.

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#11 cyprus646
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$2billion in a quarter is priceless:lol:wiistation360
:lol: i kno 2 billion in a quarter or 5.6 in 4 years? (btw i noticed no link for this statement) so who has a better buisness plan?
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#12 wiistation360
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[QUOTE="wiistation360"]$2billion in a quarter is priceless:lol:cyprus646
:lol: i kno 2 billion in a quarter or 5.6 in 4 years? (btw i noticed no link for this statement) so who has a better buisness plan?

 

where's the TC ?:lol:

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#13 F1sTDaCuffS
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question who is the the one single richest person in the world. hmmmmmmmmm, lets see. ahhhhh. oh, yeah, the guy who owns microsoft, the same company who owns xbox 360.

 

55 BILLION - 5.4 BILLION.= CHUMP CHANGE..... YOU LOSE. AHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHA 

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#14 stan618
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So is this what gaming has come to? People care about how much money a company makes versus who put out the best games, hardware,etc.

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#15 apolloluke
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Microsoft's gaming division will be profitable from 2008. There is a link, I just cant find it. Sony has already spent their PS2 earnings (and then some) on the PS3, and they wont see a return for awhile (if ever). Enough with the damage control.
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(in hardware, not software)
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#17 xxKAMIKAZExx
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$2billion in a quarter is priceless:lol:wiistation360

 Priceless??

I think not.

The price is $2 billion. :lol: 

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#18 Mozilla2006
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From a Hermit,

 

1. At least at some point in time SOny has made money in the gamming market.

 2. A company losing money and the chance of  low lvl employies being layed off= not cool so why is it so hilarius that a company is loosing billions of Dollars.

3. Halo 3 currently blows and will probley flop more then SPiderman 3.