ouch microsoft nail $5,24 billions in a quarter

About 2%.

Could be, all I know is that they made a profit of $ 7 billion these last ten years with their film/music branch.

What?

That's how much profit the gaming division made compared to the whole company's profit.

That might be so, but last FY their financial services made 3x the profit of their music, movies and gaming combined. And 7B over 10 years is not much money split over 120 quarters. To put in perspective Samsung made 9B this last quarter.

That's not very much when you consider they 360 should have broken even by now. Not sure how they write off their R & D though for the new console.

seriously your posting this on a games website, the company is massive and windows is everywhere, of course there making loads, no one ever thought differently shame the people incharge of xbox are just corperate monkies who don't care about anything except how to make money

Sony isn't fine they lost $6.4 billion in 2011, $3.2 billion in 2010 and so on for the last 9-10 years, and only posted $458 million profit last year due to selling company assets.

Company financials are absolutely relevant. I think it's reasonable to be concerned when the bulk of Sony's income isn't an advertised flagship product (like MS with Windows or Office, or Apple with everything...).

@GhoX:

Just curious, you an economist or something?

Going by your posts ITT, you know your stuff!

And of the best of all, more insecure cows

Ok, how about some sources for these numbers or are you pulling them out of your ass? You're implying Sony made billions of losses every year for 9-10 years...then they wouldn't exist now.

My source is the interiew I posted. And as you can see by the numbers, Sony made a profit.

Actually the largest company in world that would eclipse them is Exxon Mobil. Still, with this liquidity, MS can support its gaming division easily. On the other side, Sony as a whole is in debt, but things look bright for their gaming division. Both look to have a future.

Gotta say I agree. And I think that's why MS plays the industry differently, owning less first party, going with timed exclusivity. I know some gamers see this as bad, but I see it as business. I buy what I want from them as I do Sony, don't expect them to do what the other does, and enjoy my games. Good post dude.

@Sweenix: you hurt? Yeah you hurt. This is more profit than all of Sonys worth. Sorry.

Excellent. Well said. Just buy what you like best, for your reasons.

It must be nice to not be on the verge of bankruptcy like that other company.

Thanks dude. That is all it comes down to for the most part for me. I do like the fact that MS sent my buddies Battalion 100 360's while they were in Iraq for the soldiers, being a vet, and an American. But in the end, I do business with them. I'm not in a personal relationship with them or Sony. Its just business.

Try looking at Sony's financial statements.

2012:$458 million in the green but sold company assets including the $1.2 billion Tokyo office.

2011:$5.7 billion loss, got that one wrong $6.4 billion was the forcast

2010:$3.2 billion loss

2009$439 million loss

2008:$1 billion loss

2007:3.94 billion Yen profit (don't know $ value)

2003-2006: losses though I don't know how much and can't be bothered looking it up.

Their financial troubles started around 2000 when they started laying off large numbers of employees, profits where all other the place some years they make a profit the next a loss 2008 was when the shit really hit the fan and profits nose dived.

If XBox 360 hardware and software sales are include in those totals, it is.

If all their products were crappy, they wouldn't be making a profit. Do you even think before you put your fingers on the keyboard?

has to be all windows....

because windows phone and surface are such fails

Of course not.

Windows 8 is terrible and the Xbox business is terrible too. It's a sad world we're living in when Microsoft is making this profit, so that means those crappy products and services will continue...

made over 5 bils but put a 7770 with a cellphone cpu in their brand new "next gen" system. Typical MS.

Yay money none of us have!

I have a Windows phone 8, can someone tell me exactly whats so bad about it? It does everything I need and a lot more.