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I'm surprised to see such a large chunk of Microsoft's revenue coming from "online services". Does anyone know what this is - surely it can't be from Bing? Al

by jklp 15y ago

I'm surprised to see such a large chunk of Microsoft's revenue coming from "online services". Does anyone know what this is - surely it can't be from Bing? Also I've noticed that there's no segment in Apple's chart for App Store commissions, nor from iTunes. Is this classified under "other music", or are those divisions so small they don't fit in the chart?

sathyabhat 15y ago
Presumably Xbox Live
- dangrossman 15y ago
  No, that's in E&D.
sdfx 15y ago
It seems to be Bing and Bing-related revenue together with ads [1]: "OSD revenue increased primarily as a result of growth in online advertising revenue. Online advertising revenue grew $100 million or 21% to $572 million, reflecting continued growth in search and display advertising revenue" Xbox related revenue, including Live and Downloads are part of the Entertainment and Devices division. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/SegmentResults/OnlineServicesDivision/FY12/Q1/performance.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...
djenryte 15y ago
Found a Wikipedia article detailing Microsoft Online Services: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Online_Services http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Online_Services
jpadkins 15y ago
Hotmail and MSN have a lot of traffic.