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mtgx
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Microsoft Earns $2 Billion Per Year From Android P...
I don't think Microsoft has ever made a profit on Xbox, although I'm sure they've split up and distributed its losses to all sorts of divisions to hide that. They're about to do the same with Bing, too, now.
sleepydog
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Are you sure? I remember reading that they make a
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of money on Xbox Live subscriptions.
seanmcdirmid
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I believe the claim goes that investment is still greater than money earned on the xbox ecosystem. It sounds plausible, but I don't know if it's true.
leokun
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So why do they make the xbox? Why are they making another one?
hackinthebochs
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They're still fighting for the supposed set-top-box future that has been predicted for the last 15 years. Maybe this generation....
bobbles
on Nov 6, 2013
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It's a bank that only makes change!
How does it make a profit?
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