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Microsoft has not actually made a profit on the whole xbox debacle, something Sony managed in the first generation. Microsoft does not know how to not waste mon
by megablast 16y ago
Microsoft has not actually made a profit on the whole xbox debacle, something Sony managed in the first generation. Microsoft does not know how to not waste money, because they haven't had to for so long. They do it with everything, sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't.
If Microsoft had just invested all that money in the bank, they would be a far richer company than they are now.
Of course, the xbox may start returning benefits now, or it may disapper in the next generation.
- sgk284 16y agoXbox has been profitable for some time now (over two years), not sure where you're getting your info from.
- megablast 16y agoXbox has started to make a profit, year over year, but they have still not made up for the millions they plowed into the overall project.
- cubicle67 16y agoXBox has cost MS an enormous amount of money and they haven't recouped much of it as yet. By late 2006, MS had already lost $4 billion to the XBox project 2 years later this was out to $7 billion. I think recently they've been turning a profit of about $200 million+/quarter