Xbox Division Scores Profit Options

[Xbox-Scene]

Xbox Division Scores Profit Posted by XanTium | April 24 20:50 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From next-gen.biz: [QUOTE] Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division posted a healthy quarterly rise on Thursday thanks to strong Xbox 360 console sales, as the games business turned a profit for the third straight quarter. Revenues for ED&D were $1.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, versus sales of $935 million for the same quarter a year prior, representing a 68 percent rise. Operating income for the division, which includes Xbox, PC games and the Zune media player, was $89 million, up from an operating loss of $324 million for the comparable quarter. As a whole, Microsoft posted sales of $14.45 billion with operating income of $4.41 billion, compared to $14.4 billion and $6.6 billion a year ago, respectively. [/QUOTE] Full Story: next-gen.biz

[halcyonx12]

Wow, so instead of a $1.89 Billion loss, it's amost a million dollars profit in a 1.7 Billion dollar industry (and that's just for March)! Only a 68% rise on an industry that's seen over a 200%+ rise on average compared to the same time last year? Great spin, MS! Your overall declining sales look better now! Nintendo is reaching an even larger market due to expansion in the female and family markets, the PSP and DS are reaching an even larger market than the consoles put together, and MS is touting their minimized losses? As a whole, Vista, Zune, 360, 360 Live Marketplace, and Zune Marketplace sales haven't brought MS up as much as they should have compared to last year..

I'm drunk so you need to verify everything in this post for yourself!

This post has been edited by halcyonx12: Apr 25 2008, 02:55 AM

[Hiram]

*troll*

[Flagg3]

These are pretty good numbers for Microsoft, but since they don't break down the revenue, it's hard to really get a sense of how the Xbox division is doing, since the revenue increase could have come from several other sources as well.

[BuforTjstass]

@ halcyonx12

Thanks for the nintendo spin, nintendo fanboy.

I think its a great thing for the xbox, that just means more developers working harder to bring games
to a real gaming machine. Unless you like the fluff like halcyonx12.

[mist4fun]

@BuforTjstass

Why do you have a problem with halcyonx12? He is only saying the facts. He's not bashing the 360 hes bashing microsoft. In the end I think we all hate microsoft.

[halcyonx12]

Ehh, I have a 360 (and another one that rrod 2x), and it does have some good games, but it isn't without its problems. Neither are the other consoles. If I seem to talk about the Wii it's cause I see the potential, even if a lot of people think it's not all realized in current games. But aside from that, and getting back on topic, I'm not really convinced about MS's sales, they're touting them just at the same time that the PS3 is announcing that it's outselling it, and that companies are announcing big titles for the other consoles and MS's big titles are already out. The fact that they are denouncing any blu-ray plans and the complaints about hard drive use are turnoffs to people looking for something to provide long-term value, Yeah my original post was a rant, my bad.

This post has been edited by halcyonx12: Apr 25 2008, 05:30 AM

[MaulerX]

Hot damn! Great news for M$'s Gaming & Entertainment division and we get flooded
with trolls.

God forbid they would have reported a loss...

[faster90]

Wow, so instead of a $1.89 Billion loss, it's amost a million dollars profit in a 1.7 Billion dollar industry (and that's just for March)! Only a 68% rise on an industry that's seen over a 200%+ rise on average compared to the same time last year? Great spin, MS! Your overall declining sales look better now! Nintendo is reaching an even larger market due to expansion in the female and family markets, the PSP and DS are reaching an even larger market than the consoles put together, and MS is touting their minimized losses? As a whole, Vista, Zune, 360, 360 Live Marketplace, and Zune Marketplace sales haven't brought MS up as much as they should have compared to last year..

I'm drunk so you need to verify everything in this post for yourself!

How are their sales declining when it goes from $14.4 billion in sales a year ago comparing to $14.45 billion this time? The sales are increasing slightly. Their profit might not be the same as a whole due to Vista already being out, but they are still making a lot of profit. 4 quarters ago their Zune/ Xbox division were losing $324 million and since they have been profitable. How is that bad when Microsoft achieved their goal of being profitable in their Xbox/ Zune division?

Nintendo built a console where it was profitable from the start, which is good for them, but you cannot compare them to Xbox 360 and PS3 because they are built with a big loss margin at the start. To be profitable when you built a console with a loss mean that your software sales are extremely well to recoup the loss.

[Jagosix]

Hello Fellow Gamers. (HFG). It's very common for companies to make posts such as this. We all know M$ has tons more money than Nintendo & Sony. The video game portion of their business isn't enough to really put a dent in their overall profit margin.
Nintendo make good sales on their consoles, no doubt. But M$ makes good on software sales. SOny will have a good sale this this year too (software).

[hardcandy]

I'm just glad they are not losing enough money to make them get out of the gaming business. Competition is good for we ( wii? ) consumers.

Love them price cuts and new features.

This post has been edited by hardcandy: Apr 25 2008, 02:59 PM

[Black Diamond]

Hey,

No matter what the spin is, imagine how much they could have made if they did not have to repair 10 zillion 360s.

[g8crapachino]

These are pretty good numbers for Microsoft, but since they don't break down the revenue, it's hard to really get a sense of how the Xbox division is doing, since the revenue increase could have come from several other sources as well.

It didn't say Zune division or Entertainment division; They actually did break it down. What part of the the title "XBOX Division scores profit" did you miss?