Comments on: Microsoft Announces Q1 FY08 Earnings

By: used cisco

used cisco — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:16:15 +0000

Norbits right. Kudos to MS E&D for turning a profit. Admittedly its only the second quarter of profitability since 2001, but still, its a move in the right direction.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:06:36 +0000

I never did understand Microsoft’s entry into the gaming tundra. Fine, I like variety as much as the next guy…but, why go in KNOWING you’ll have a loss? What’s the point of flooding the market (which was their aim) with the intention to conquer it and lose money? I don’t think Windows can keep THAT much of it a-top…right? Either that, or Gatesy can just retire and let some other people deal with it.

Say their objective was fulfilled. Sony, Nintendo and all other extra-major gaming companies are reduced to just a trickle of what they are now. What actually would have been achieved?!

By: Norbit

Norbit — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:43:50 +0000

I just noticed that their game division actually made a profit of $165m this year so congratulations are in order

At that rate in about 30 years or so they should make back all the money their gaming division has lost ($5bn)

By: Norbit

Norbit — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:37:48 +0000

“The Xbox 360 has now tallied 13.4 million sales worldwide, with 1.8 million sales in the quarter.”

The official stats up to June 30th said they had ‘shipped’ 11.6m so I think your report is supposed to say ‘shipped’ not ‘sold’. 1.8m ‘shipped’ in the last quarter would bring the ‘shipped’ total to 13.4m.

The most accurate sales figures available give a worldwide sold figure of 11.2m.

By: LightAce

LightAce — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:27:25 +0000

Now that the halo buzz is going out I wonder if they can keep those sales to continue.

By: weclock

weclock — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:27:00 +0000

but how much money did they spend advertising halo 3?