Lol.Saw this posted on twitter a while ago...... what are they spending over xbox that accounts for that huge of a disparity... VR mainly? Are there accounting tricks that would put their operating profits in the positive for Xbox, like offloading certain costs onto a different division of Microsoft
You're right that this reinvestment wouldn't have affected the 2020 numbers. That's my bad.
I love my 380$ new directly from MS Store Series X and my years of GPU for 75$ or so, same as with my other consoles, love them all and the games they provide, have a healthy relation with MS but the Xbox division is like it's run by retards pushing all the buttons to see if something happens that goes their way, reinforced by droves of whiny fighty obsessed internet mongos parroting PR bulletpoints force-fed through their asses like an inverted goose.
(which I'm all in for, I don't shit in my living room so why should I shit on my environment)I'm fully expecting the next wave of retarded internet PR being vomited around will be...
This is why I was asking the question though.... What exactly is Sony spending an extra 6 billion dollars on or accounting for that xbox isnt... Xbox literally also has more studios atm if im not mistaken. Maybe VR was taking up a huge chunk of costs since it did release in this window along with God of War being the only notable first party game to release if im not mistakenLol.
"Xbox is burning Microsoft's money as a loss leader"
Meanwhile they had higher profits then PlayStation division and that was in super dry year first-party wise. All while generating way less revenue then their competitor.
It also means that if ABK will go through Xbox division wiil be posting 4 billion in profits each year.
No wonder Sony wants to go GAAS where are real money.
Didn't they spend 1.5 billion so series x could be priced the same as ps5.
Sony bought Bungie. That money comes from the Playstation division.Saw this posted on twitter a while ago...... what are they spending over xbox that accounts for that huge of a disparity... VR mainly? Are there accounting tricks that would put their operating profits in the positive for Xbox, like offloading certain costs onto a different division of Microsoft
Not that I care. I'm just laughing right now because after every quarterly report from Microsoft there are posts like
They still could be operating at a loss or at least that chart above could be a bit skewed if Sony was accounting for Bungie in PS operating costs and MS just wrote off zenimax and didnt include it in the accounting under xbox... because if that is the case that would mean xbox would literally be operating at a loss for the next 5+ years from Zenimax and ABK. Or if all their server costs are just not accounted for under xbox because they have Azure vs PS which has to buy servers from Amazon or whateverNot that I care. I'm just laughing right now because after every quarterly report from Microsoft there are posts like
"They are hiding numbers because they are at loss"
"Microsoft is funding Xbox division from their pocket"
Meanwhile they are posting higher profits then PlayStation division. And as people on GAF told me, profits are most important metric
But on the more serious note.. I think that Sony chasing GAAS is direct response to profit margins. Microsoft has Minecraft, Sea of Thieves and soon also Call of Duty and they are making quality money even years after release. And Sony needs that too.
For the first 12-18 months. After that the definitive version of the game with all DLC makes its way to PC.
I didn’t see it happening then but since Starfield, its a long queue whenever ever I try.
It's a good thing Xbox can sweep their acquisitions under Nadella's rug and not report them.Not that I care. I'm just laughing right now because after every quarterly report from Microsoft there are posts like
"They are hiding numbers because they are at loss"
"Microsoft is funding Xbox division from their pocket"
Meanwhile they are posting higher profits then PlayStation division. And as people on GAF told me, profits are most important metric
But on the more serious note.. I think that Sony chasing GAAS is direct response to profit margins. Microsoft has Minecraft, Sea of Thieves and soon also Call of Duty and they are making quality money even years after release. And Sony needs that too.
Engagement > Unit Sales
Well look at that.Saw this posted on twitter a while ago...... what are they spending over xbox that accounts for that huge of a disparity... VR mainly? Are there accounting tricks that would put their operating profits in the positive for Xbox, like offloading certain costs onto a different division of Microsoft
A lot of that revenue is because Sony counts 100% of third party digital and microtransaction sales as revenue. So their profit margin isn't as bad as it looks.
They are not
