ms > nintendo gaming division profit. HOW???

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#1 virtuas
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i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me pls
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#2 nintendofreak_2
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Halo 3.
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#3 RonnieLottinSF
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Well the EDD made 1.9 billion revenue, but after costs they only profited 165 million. Next quarter the EDD will make even more money for obvious reasons and the division itself is probably on the verge of a continued profit from here on out. Good news for gamers since that means MS won't pull out of making consoles.
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#4 TalesofRaGnArOk
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I find it hard to believe that Halo could do that. You were lied to. Unless there is a link. which there isnt.
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Halo 3.nintendofreak_2

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

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#6 Mr_Apple_Soup
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been out longer, games more expenisve, xbox live costs money, etc, etc, etc
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i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsvirtuas
That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

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#8 RonnieLottinSF
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I find it hard to believe that Halo could do that. You were lied to. Unless there is a link. which there isnt.TalesofRaGnArOk

There are like 3 threads about this on the first page of this very forum, links included.

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[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.gigabrowser12

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

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[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsgigabrowser12

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

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#11 nintendofreak_2
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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.Tjeremiah1988

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

Now people let's not get off topic. :P
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#12 gigabrowser12
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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.Tjeremiah1988

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

No it looks like a non hd 360 game.

I would buy a 360 if there was a cheaper non hd version.

HINT HINT!

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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.Tjeremiah1988

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

No.

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#14 Hitamaru-homia
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1 billion off Wii and DS,This QUATER xD! MS lost like 7 billion dollars already. Gaining 1 billion isnt much xD
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#15 gigabrowser12
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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plscobrax25

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

Some!

Halo, halo 2 ,flight simulator, Age of empires says microsoft games studios...

And nintendo dosen't have many game sellers right now.

Curse my internet grammer!

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#16 Tjeremiah1988
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[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.gigabrowser12

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

No it looks like a non hd 360 game.

I would buy a 360 if there was a cheaper non hd version.

HINT HINT!

bingo

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#17 user_nat
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Well the EDD made 1.9 billion revenue, but after costs they only profited 165 million. Next quarter the EDD will make even more money for obvious reasons and the division itself is probably on the verge of a continued profit from here on out. Good news for gamers since that means MS won't pull out of making consoles.RonnieLottinSF
I kinda doubt they will make profit next quater, if Halo 3 pulled 300m in its first week, without that.. they wouldn't have made money. So it looks like they are still pulling a loss somewhere in the division.
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#18 Arnalion
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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plscobrax25

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

Developers wouldn't make PC games if it wasn't profitable.

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#19 cobrax25
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[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsArnalion

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

Developers wouldn't make PC games if it wasn't profitable.

Microsoft doesnt make money off PC games...since PC devs dont have to pay royalties...this is why PC games are cheaper.

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#20 Ilived
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[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.nintendofreak_2

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

Now people let's not get off topic. :P

Camera can make the actually game look better than it is.

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[QUOTE="Arnalion"][QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plscobrax25

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

Developers wouldn't make PC games if it wasn't profitable.

Microsoft doesnt make money off PC games...since PC devs dont have to pay royalties...this is why PC games are cheaper.

Halo! Flight simulator! That... online shooter rpg?
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Biggest reason is the software sales, they are huge on the 360. Despite sheep claims of having an attach rate thats comparable to the 360, the official numbers indicate otherwise.
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#23 TClms5400
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[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.gigabrowser12

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

No it looks like a non hd 360 game.

I would buy a 360 if there was a cheaper non hd version.

HINT HINT!

if only you understood how stupid you sound right now

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#24 Lazy_Boy88
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Not true. Entertainment division (which includes the Zune and it's services) made $165mil profit. Xbox is still a loss. Why does anyone care how much these companies profit? Nintendo making all that money just proves they're ripping us off for ancient hardware and low budget games.
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#25 cobrax25
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[QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="Arnalion"][QUOTE="cobrax25"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="virtuas"]i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsgigabrowser12

That includes the pc.

Alot of people have computers.

Just so you don't have a spaz attack I mean the games.

they dont make money off PC games.

Developers wouldn't make PC games if it wasn't profitable.

Microsoft doesnt make money off PC games...since PC devs dont have to pay royalties...this is why PC games are cheaper.

Halo! Flight simulator! That... online shooter rpg?

thats true...its because they publish those games...they obviously make more money off games they publish.

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#26 kevy619
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Not true. Entertainment division (which includes the Zune and it's services) made $165mil profit. Xbox is still a loss. Why does anyone care how much these companies profit? Nintendo making all that money just proves they're ripping us off for ancient hardware and low budget games.
Lazy_Boy88

Where did you get that info? Do you think the zune made that much money on its own? Some peoples children these days.

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#27 ApocalypseXIVV
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[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.kevy619

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

No.

Maybe?

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#28 PhoebusFlows
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Because the Wii released more crap games than the other consoles. Those unsold copies of shovelware on the shelves still costs Nintendo money.

Microsoft is more convervative. Crap shovelware, oh yes it has a few, but not the amount the Wii has.

80+ games with a score of 80 and above on Metacritic for Xbox 360.

11 games for Wii. That my friend is proper quality control on Microsoft's part, not Nintendo

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#29 mjarantilla
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i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsvirtuas

Their Entertainment and Devices division consists of a lot more than just the Xbox 360.

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#30 mistervengeance
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sales does not equal good agmes

Halo 3.nintendofreak_2

if microsoft didnt have halo the xflop would live up to its namesake

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#31 wooooode
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Halo 3.nintendofreak_2

Yeah and that is only for the fourth quarter so they are really far from Nintendo.

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i heard that ms made about 1.8 billion dollars on their gaming division. how is that possible if nintendo with their ds and wii only made only 1.16 billion. Am i right about or wrong. Do educate me plsvirtuas
One system sells a lot of hardware while the other system sells a lot of software. Softwar eis always where the money is at. So that is why MS makes more.
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[QUOTE="gigabrowser12"]

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Halo 3.Tjeremiah1988

Woah! pikmin ship in your sig! Ahh I wish there was a pikmin 3!

smg looks like a 360 game. Well at least a launch 360 game.

Hmmmm... I actually agree with you kinda... Although I think that PDZ looked awesome, and was awesome... I don't think technically SMG was equal to PDZ... But Mario is special... So... I kinda agree.

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#34 wiretoss
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Xbox costs more as a console.
You have to pay for online play.
Games cost about 10 dollars more than most Wii games.
Etc. Etc.