Xbox Finally Profitable

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Originally Posted by The New York Times

Some of Microsoft's new businesses did well, including its home and entertainment division, which posted its first profit. Sales in that division were led by Halo 2, a science-fiction video game featuring a genetically enhanced "supersoldier," which helped turn Microsoft's Xbox into the best-selling game console on the market during the holidays. The company said it had sold more than six million copies of the game since it was released in November.

Over all, the games unit had a profit of $84 million, in contrast to a loss of $397 million in the year-earlier period. Mr. Connors warned that the company did not expect the business to continue to post a profit this year, though it is on track to reach sustained profitability in 2007.

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Microsoft has finally turned a profit with the Xbox thanks to Halo 2, but unfortunately it won't be enough to silence those who always say, "but Microsoft is losing money!" The company doesn't expect to earn another profit from Xbox until 2007, which is when Halo 3 will come out, but when you're earning $10 billion, it hardly matters.

I <3 XBOX

I love my Xbox

i love xbox.

I'd like to have an Xbox, but I think the money would be better spent towards a new PC that can play the computer counterparts to Xbox games.

I don't give a rat's ass if MS loses money on the Xbox as long as the system produces good software.

How exciting. Nintendo made about a billion dollars in profit last year and the year before and the year before, etc.

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Originally Posted by OmegaFlareX

I'd like to have an Xbox, but I think the money would be better spent towards a new PC that can play the computer counterparts to Xbox games.

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You are smarter than most here.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

How exciting. Nintendo made about a billion dollars in profit last year and the year before and the year before, etc.

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Never underestimate soccer moms and their kids.

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you broke the xbox love chain with a troll from 2002.. great job.

Yoshi a troll? Heresay!