XBox Division Still In Red - Will It Turn Around?
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| How long will Microsoft keep the Entertainment and Devices division going
| if they keep posting losses like they have.
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http://gigagamez.com/2007/01/26/xbox-division-still-in-red-will-it-turn-around/
Microsoft seeks Xbox profit -- on fewer sales
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| Several Wall Street analysts interpreted that guidance as preparation
| for a price cut on the system sometime in the later half of the year.
| This could potentially give sales a boost right as the new
| PlayStation 3 console from Sony comes to full production this summer.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/can-microsoft-turn-profit-xbox/story.aspx?guid=%7BD1B190FD%2D1F36%2D43EA%2D92DC%2D09458C2D0052%7D
So the best of PS3 (with or without free Linux) is yet to come!
Related:
Game stocks down after Xbox 360 target cut
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| Microsoft executives said Thursday that due to unsold inventories
| in stores, they expect to ship a total of 12 million Xbox 360s by
| the end of the fiscal year in June, down from their previous target
| of 13 million to 15 million.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6153799.html
How Much is Too Much?
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| Microsoft says it will stick with Xbox. But with years of heavy losses
| behind it, the pressure's on for the gaming division to make good
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http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061013_283856.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories
http://tinyurl.com/yxdr4j
Microsoft stoic despite massive losses
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| If you were to judge by the PR rhetoric, you'd think the 360 was
| an unstoppable commercial juggernaut. As usual though, PR lies.
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http://www.gamerscan.com/articles/06/10/09/microsofts.massive.losses/
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Erik Funkenbusch (formerly an anti-OS/2 astroturfer)
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Lintard
Terry
Ana Thema
Take everything posted by the individuals above with grain of salt. Microsoft
has already been caught paying forum members to spread lies about rivals,
e.g. http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
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