Games industry flashes wad, swaggers
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| This might go some way to explaining the good news coming from UK
| retailer Game, who reported a doubling in profit for online sales,
| a tripling of profit for international sales, and the claim that
| another 80 stores are to be opened across the country.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39284
Microsoft's Earnings Report Slacker: XBox 360 Consoles
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| I was going through Microsoft's numbers after the
| close Thursday, and saw the blog entry at Business 2.0 Beta
| noting that Microsoft sold 500,000 XBox 360s in their fiscal
| Q3/calendar Q1 of 2007, compared with projections they would
| sell at least a million or more. Ouch.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070430/33853_id.html?.v=2
When Linux and ODF take down the cash cows, Microsoft will just live on its
savings (while they last).
Related:
Microsoft Proves It's a Software Company as Devices Take a Hit
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| If it were an independent company that produced the Xbox 360 game
| console and little or nothing else, the news for the quarter that
| just ended could be devastating: Fewer than one-third the number
| of consoles sold, by the company's estimates, than three quarters ago.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Proves_its_a_Software_Company_as_Devices_Take_a_Hit/1177688959
Microsoft Xbox 360 Revenue Drops, Nintendo to Blame?
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| According to reports, Microsoft?s Entertainment and Devices
| division, responsible for everything from Windows games to the
| Zune (but predominantly dependant upon the Xbox 360) dropped 21%
| in quarterly revenue. It finished under the $1 billion mark,
| at $929 million.
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http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2007/04/27/microsoft-xbox-360-revenue-drops-nintendo-to-blame.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/2w7vt7
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