Microsoft Insider: Xbox has never been profitable

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Darmik 12 hours ago#1 Gaming is “growing profitably”? Wait. What? One of the dirty little secrets of Microsoft’s Xbox/gaming business is that it has never actually turned a profit. So I was curious to hear Mr. Nadella utter these contorted words last night: “Our gaming business is now more than $9 billion, and growing profitably.” So. $9 billion is revenues, not profits. So growing means that revenues are growing. And growing profitably means … what? That the business is “becoming profitable”? Or is it just growing revenues positively? Was this a misstatement? What does that mean? Here’s my guess. He means usage and engagement are growing. Because I can state this with certainty: Microsoft’s gaming business is not profitable. In fact, it’s undergoing a digital transformation of its own. “Analyst predicts an Xbox One X failure in the near future” Just one? It really does feel like investment into Xbox has downscaled a lot after the Xbox One launch so I wonder what the future is for them. I'm guessing we're mainly going to see games as a service sorta stuff from Microsoft with only a few major releases each year. Kind Regards, Darmik reportquote

Flintgrandad 7 hours ago#2 Not surprising reportquote

LittleRoyal 7 hours ago#3 So why do people make games? I-I really needed this~~ Time to stomp some faces!!! reportquote

Bok_Choi 7 hours ago#4 LittleRoyal posted... So why do people make games? i'd assume they make the real money off of live subscriptions, paraphernalia, etc I'm a good person. http://i.imgur.com/uj8LmVSl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xPDF9Y0.jpg reportquote

Lvaneede 7 hours ago#5 Maybe with the original Xbox and Xbox One, but surely the 360 must have been profitable. Fact: Nintendo is the best, there is no point denying it. reportquote

Coca-Cola 7 hours ago#6 Lvaneede posted... Maybe with the original Xbox and Xbox One, but surely the 360 must have been profitable. Possibly not after the mass RROD failure that seemed to happen to everyone Signature reportquote

Chicken 7 hours ago#7 PC and Nintendo master race. http://i.imgur.com/VoUNVY8.jpg reportquote

TheoryzC 7 hours ago#8 Don't we know this already? This is where my sigs suppose to be. reportquote

awesome999 7 hours ago#9 Lvaneede posted... Maybe with the original Xbox and Xbox One, but surely the 360 must have been profitable. Darmik posted... Microsoft’s Xbox/gaming business is that it has never actually turned a profit When it's kids, it's "bullying" but if it were adults, it's stalking, harassment, assault, criminal threats and just general abuse. -Tmk reportquote

l Dudeboy l 7 hours ago#10 Coca-Cola posted... Lvaneede posted... Maybe with the original Xbox and Xbox One, but surely the 360 must have been profitable. Possibly not after the mass RROD failure that seemed to happen to everyone This. That fault cost MS over a billion. You are now breathing manually. Lets put a little lead in the air, and see what falls over. reportquote

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