> Microsoft took seven straight year-over-year billion dollar losses until the Microsoft gaming division finally posted a profit in 2008. This page suggest XBo

> Microsoft took seven straight year-over-year billion dollar losses until the Microsoft gaming division finally posted a profit in 2008. This page suggest XBox still has accumulated losses of 3 billion: http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-has-lost-nearly-3-billion-in-10-years http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-h... But I agree with you. Because these are strategic decision with long term agendas, to know if they succeed or fail will take many years if not decades.