Why can't Microsoft make a profit?

[QUOTE="Heil68"]The good news is MS still has RECORD NET profits as a whole though! Good job MS!progenitorvirus

are you serious? :lol:

it's called the business model that both sony and ms are using.

so far, sce has lost over 2 billion on the ps3 at only 6 months on the market....

ms will see a profit waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before sony ever does on their console...;)

tango90101

Guess your one of the few that still believes in santa ? And in the eastern bunny? Anyway your WRONG!

you think microsoft is making money on the xbox 360 yet they've lost $6 billion dollars total since the launch of the original xbox.... well buddy i already put a link for you to digest. yet you still throw it away and disregard the facts. just like microsoft-- its fanboys are too very ignorant.progenitorvirus

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

Woah, but first I need a link to claim your post.

(I laugh at your post)

:lol:

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

Hahahahaha man how wrong canyou be!

[QUOTE="SegArgyle"]

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

Ibacai

then what was the reports last month they were finally turning a profit? for? look it up do some research

[QUOTE="SegArgyle"]

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

Lividrecca

Hahahahaha man how wrong canyou be!

54 billion dollar profit MS makes as a whole, and a loss of 1 billion

what else is there?

sony did not need to because their ps3 is not faulty like the 360gamenux

[QUOTE="Lividrecca"][QUOTE="SegArgyle"]

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

Hahahahaha man how wrong canyou be!

54 billion dollar profit MS makes as a whole, and a loss of 1 billion

what else is there?

*News flash, retards don't know how to invest money.*

[QUOTE="dream431ca"][QUOTE="tango90101"][QUOTE="Pariah_001"]

[QUOTE="dudy80"]Sony has higher losses tho...Sparky04

Not really since its PS2 is still turning profits.

SCE reported 2 BILLION in losses at only 6 months...

you may want to do more research...;)

MS lost 6 Billion since the launch of the first Xbox in 2001. Their first Xbox only lasted 4 years while the PS2 is coming on 8 years. The 360 will last until 2009, then MS will make a whole new console again...and you'll have to pay MS again and again and again and again.....

The PS2 is still making the most money out of any previous generation console. The PS3 will last well beyond 2012, when MS is on their fourth console.

Thats a nice crystal ball you've got there.

No need for a crystal ball. When MS entered the console race they stated that they wanted to shorten the console life span and they followed through by terminating the Xbox 1 @ only 4 years. There is no indication that they won't do the same for the Xbox 360.

[QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]and umm yes microsoft sets the price for most of the stuff on xbox live-- its there store. look at the gears maps-- epic wanted them for free but microsoft wanted YOU to pay for them. they eventually cut a deal and they are free after a few months.limpbizkit818

Microsoft published Gears, so your point in invalid. Try again

And I love how you say nothing about Downloads on the PSN. $8 for 2 maps cost way more then anything on XBLM.

according to this dudy80 microsoft has lost more dating back to the original xbox :lol: claim your ownage... becuz you've been owned http://www.joystiq.com/2005/09/26/forbes-xbox-lost-microsoft-4-billion-and-counting/progenitorvirus

so you show 2 1/2 year old data? yeah dude, that suuurreeee is ownage :roll:

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="SegArgyle"]

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

then what was the reports last month they were finally turning a profit? for? look it up do some research

You should take your own advice.

Read MS's 10-K filings here and here.

Each individual console might be making a profit but the games division as a whole is still hemorrhaging (to the tune of 1.89 billion) the most current total is 7.28 billion in total net losses.

MS was on track to start making money by this holiday, supposedly the 3 yr warranty has pushed that back to the end of their fiscal yr.

End of April 2008 I think.

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="SegArgyle"]

sorry noob your thread is a miserable failure, ms HAS turned a profit on their games division, and overall the company has netted 54 billion dollars, and extending the warranty has done nothing to hurt them

so good night and good luck

SegArgyle

then what was the reports last month they were finally turning a profit? for? look it up do some research

I started to care for a second there, and then relized that this really has no effect on me. :D

They're making profit. They've broken even a LONG time ago. I think it's something like 200 dollars for every console.MADVLAD123

Microsoft has already said numerous times that they have yet to make a profit from either consoles they have released and their games. It doesn't mater, if anything Microsoft can take that loss and who cares which is more popular or who gets the most money its the quality.. The only company who has made significant profit is the Nintendo. In the end the only system I have doubts on atm is the PS3.. But who knows for certain.

[QUOTE="tango90101"][QUOTE="Pariah_001"]

[QUOTE="dudy80"]Sony has higher losses tho...dream431ca

Not really since its PS2 is still turning profits.

SCE reported 2 BILLION in losses at only 6 months...

you may want to do more research...;)

MS lost 6 Billion since the launch of the first Xbox in 2001. Their first Xbox only lasted 4 years while the PS2 is coming on 8 years. The 360 will last until 2009, then MS will make a whole new console again...and you'll have to pay MS again and again and again and again.....

The PS2 is still making the most money out of any previous generation console. The PS3 will last well beyond 2012, when MS is on their fourth console.

Ok so we'll use your model. MS will be on its 4th console, (2 in 5 years?!?!? ummm ok) so it will be miles more advanced than the PS3 as technology ramps up so quickly these days, who would still be buying a crappy PS3 that can't even outperform the 360?

[QUOTE="MADVLAD123" I think it's something like 200 dollars for every console.progenitorvirus

Well, they are making $200 for each console. They lost money because of the 3 year warranty. That doesn't mean that they are gaining money off each console.

[QUOTE="KAS3Y_JAM3Z"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"][QUOTE="MADVLAD123"]They're making profit. They've broken even a LONG time ago. I think it's something like 200 dollars for every console.progenitorvirus

they have lost money, yes. So has sony, and sony LOSES money on every ps3 sold. ms MAKES money for every 360 they sell, do you know what that's called. That's what we call a PROFIT, you see how that works? Sony has already lost plenty, and the ps3 hasn't even been out that long. MS makes more money on the 360, sony loses money on every ps3 sold.

MS makes plenty of profit, no matter how much they lose, they make money from vista, OS's, windows mobile, the 360 still makes them money. you're still wrong.

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6442819.html

you think microsoft is making money on the xbox 360 yet they've lost $6 billion dollars total since the launch of the original xbox.... well buddy i already put a link for you to digest. yet you still throw it away and disregard the facts. just like microsoft-- its fanboys are too very ignorant.progenitorvirus

http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2006/11/sonys_loss_is_a.html

read that link then come back to me, once again, you're wrong.

[QUOTE="tango90101"][QUOTE="Pariah_001"]

[QUOTE="dudy80"]Sony has higher losses tho...dream431ca

Not really since its PS2 is still turning profits.

SCE reported 2 BILLION in losses at only 6 months...

you may want to do more research...;)

MS lost 6 Billion since the launch of the first Xbox in 2001. Their first Xbox only lasted 4 years while the PS2 is coming on 8 years. The 360 will last until 2009, then MS will make a whole new console again...and you'll have to pay MS again and again and again and again.....

The PS2 is still making the most money out of any previous generation console. The PS3 will last well beyond 2012, when MS is on their fourth console.

your ps3 was free. thats weird

[QUOTE="tango90101"]

are you serious? :lol:

it's called the business model that both sony and ms are using.

so far, sce has lost over 2 billion on the ps3 at only 6 months on the market....

ms will see a profit waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before sony ever does on their console...;)

Lividrecca

Guess your one of the few that still believes in santa ? And in the eastern bunny? Anyway your WRONG!

hahahahaha, EASTERN bunny? hahahahaha omg.im saving that quote. hahahahahaa