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Title: Xbox Live doesn't actually make Microsoft money
Post by: javajolt on February 11, 2010, 09:40:59 PM
According to Business Insider's Chart of the Day feature, Microsoft doesn't get much, if any, operating profit from Xbox 360 or Xbox Live.

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The company's entertainment and devices division only just started making money again while the online services division remained a sinkhole. Most of the company's money still comes from Microsoft Word and Windows products. Incidentally, Windows 7 just surpassed Vista on Steam as PC gamers' operating system of choice (XP is still in the lead).
Title: Re: Xbox Live doesn't actually make Microsoft money
Post by: Jake on February 13, 2010, 06:01:08 AM
Coincidence how just as Microsoft dropped Live support for the old systems, the gaming division begins to report profits...