$50 x 6 million = first Xbox profit
Microsoft's games unit turned a profit of $84 million in the latest quarter, reversing a loss of nearly $400 million a year earlier.
In three months, Microsoft sold more than 6 million copies of "Halo 2" (one of them to me). That's $300 million in fat-margin revenue from one game alone.
Analysts quoted in the Times article caution that a "Halo 2" doesn't come along every quarter, and Microsoft CFO John Connors said he didn't expect the business to reach sustained profitability until 2007.
In three months, Microsoft sold more than 6 million copies of "Halo 2" (one of them to me). That's $300 million in fat-margin revenue from one game alone.
Analysts quoted in the Times article caution that a "Halo 2" doesn't come along every quarter, and Microsoft CFO John Connors said he didn't expect the business to reach sustained profitability until 2007.
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