- prometheus25
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Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
Posted by: Oddley765
Posted by: prometheus25
That's revenue, not profit. Calculate in utilities, taxes, employee salary, R&D and advertising, then come to me with that argument.
Now you're just going at semantics. Seriously stop and think about how much revenue they bring in from -
1. Consoles when they are profitable.
2. Xbox live subscriptions.
3. Accessories and online purchases.
4. Game licensing.
5. Advertising which will be on the increase with the more online integration and apps coming into consoles.
6. Royalties.
7. Movies & TV etc.
The cost of peer to peer xbox live even combined with offices, taxes, staff, marketing, office equipment, electricity, transport, R&D, shipping, coffee, snacks and the while enchilada absolutely and categorically does not even compare.
I mean no disrespect but you have to be crazy to think in just xbox live subscriptions there isn't more than enough money to develop a next generation console and loss lead to market leading position.
There is even enough money in there to develop worldwide server farms for server based xbox live services and developer licensing of such a framework.
You are also forgetting how much comes goes between the PC side of the business with DirectX and other technologies. Even the xbox dashboard is basically the next Windows and Windows mobile.
Seriously you have to look at this and shake your head at how much money xbox/microsoft have made. I know Sony are sitting there ruing their choice to give PSN for free.
I keep reading these words in this post, but I'm not seeing any references, sources, or establishments of authority.
Simply eloquence and passion in a post are as valuable as a camp fire in Hell. This isn't speech and debate club.
Edit: And differentiating between revenue and profit is not arguing semantics. Not even by the remotest definition of the phrase. Those are two completely different beasts.
[Edited on 02.06.2012 9:08 PM PST]