MS: If we can't make a profit in the year Halo 3 comes out, then when will we?

[Jagi]

MS: If we can't make a profit in the year Halo 3 comes out, then when will we?

Microsoft's Shane Kim has implied that by the end of this financial year is when Xbox will finally turn a profit. Kim was quizzed by the BBC regarding the profitibality of its Xbox 360 adventure and Kim suggested that MS hopes to make a profit this financial year by posing the question of "If we can't make a profit in the year Halo 3 comes out, then when will we?"

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"Halo 3 has become a pop-culture phenomenon," said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, in a statement.

Microsoft needs Halo 3 to boost sales of the Xbox 360; despite investing billions of dollars into the Xbox project it has yet to see any meaningful profitable return.

"It's far too early to say what the financial return will be for our investment," Mr Kim told the BBC News website last month.

Microsoft hopes to make a profit on its Xbox in this financial year.

"If we can't make a profit in the year Halo 3 comes out, then when will we?" said Mr Kim.


http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=21260



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Video game Halo 3 earned more than £84m ($170m) in sales in its first 24 hours on release, according to Microsoft.

The game sets the record for the most money earned in a day by an entertainment product, topping figures set by film Spiderman 3.

Thousands of shops opened at midnight on Monday in the United States as gamers queued for the Xbox 360 title.

But reports of scratched discs have marred the launch, with Microsoft offering to replace them for free.

Sales figures from European launches have yet to be added into the total.

More than 1.4 million people have gone online to play the title since its launch and more than four million online games of Halo 3 were logged in the last 24 hours.

"Halo 3 has become a pop-culture phenomenon," said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, in a statement.

Microsoft needs Halo 3 to boost sales of the Xbox 360; despite investing billions of dollars into the Xbox project it has yet to see any meaningful profitable return.

"It's far too early to say what the financial return will be for our investment," Mr Kim told the BBC News website last month.

Microsoft hopes to make a profit on its Xbox in this financial year.

"If we can't make a profit in the year Halo 3 comes out, then when will we?" said Mr Kim.

Microsoft has started a disc replacement service for gamers complaining of scratched copies of a limited edition version of the game.

But gamers have complained it will take two weeks for replacement copies to arrive.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7015663.stm

 

[Jaguar2G]

lmaoooo who gives a shit.....They are Micro$oft.

 

[DjMorpheus]

PS3 made a profit yet?

 

[Jagi]

PS3 made a profit yet?

nope

since they didnt sell many systems and dont have the malfunction issue they didnt loose too much money, but since no one is buying their systems they have to price cut more so they will loose more money

only console making a steady profit is nintendo

 

[thismybgolname]

The xbox project hasn't even been out that long and it's a brand new venture for MS, what the fuck are they expecting this early in the game?

I can't see Bill being that naive to believe that by the 2nd console they would be making money out the ass.

 

[Gemma]

I'm supporting Microsoft this gen but they truly need to fix these systems people on xbox.com/forums saying there Halo 3 X-Box has the red rings.

You cant make a new version and keep it fucked up

My cousin had his since July 06 and it hasn't broken always sounds like plane over the house though.

 

[freaky_1]

And this is in it's own thread because? Don't you have a XBOX thread where this would be better served?

Oh, that's right, since it's a negative article, it needs to be seen by the board.

Where's the Sony bad news and info?

Probably in the Sony news and info thread, where this needs to be.

 

[Jagi]

And this is in it's own thread because? Don't you have a XBOX thread where this would be better served?

Oh, that's right, since it's a negative article, it needs to be seen by the board.

Where's the Sony bad news and info?

Probably in the Sony news and info thread, where this needs to be.

actually i posted it so you could see it and cause its a funny statement


wheres the sony bad info? I posted it yesterday, 360's new bundle with 2 games puts a serious hurt on sony's holiday plans if the price cut rumors are true

at this point only sony hardcore fans or people who already have a 360 and wii would buy the ps3

360, with heatsink, with hdmi port, with 2 games is a damn fucking good deal that sony cant fuck with right now..

bad news for sony..
http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=197489&highlight=sony

feel better?

 

[Varis]

All year long , every Target or Walmart I went into were sold out of Wii's
Today I check out a Target and bam the showcase is full of Wii's.
Nintendo held back Wii's all year long and the same month Halo3 comes out they increase thier shipments. Those sneaky devils.

 

[The Dark Mind]

PS3 made a profit yet?

Nope.

 

[Varis]

^^ the Ps3 did its job atleast what it was supose to do in its first year as a Blu Ray Player. Which was to give sony the lead in the format war which will be very very profitable.

 

[freaky_1]

actually i posted it so you could see it and cause its a funny statement


wheres the sony bad info? I posted it yesterday, 360's new bundle with 2 games puts a serious hurt on sony's holiday plans if the price cut rumors are true

at this point only sony hardcore fans or people who already have a 360 and wii would buy the ps3

360, with heatsink, with hdmi port, with 2 games is a damn fucking good deal that sony cant fuck with right now..

bad news for sony..
http://www.bgol.us/board/showthread.php?t=197489&highlight=sony

feel better?

Yeah thanks. All I'm saying is you don't post the Sony bad news in it's own threads you put it in the Sony thread.

Be fair and balanced but not like Fox News.

 

[Heist]

When MSFT vaulted into the video game console market, they were funded to take HEAVY losses and not make money. Financial projection was that it would not break even for at least 5 years and begin turning a profit until year 7.

It's 2008, so they're right in the bulleye's.

PS3 on the other hand, that product MAY NEVER turn a profit. By the time it approaches break-even, MSFT may have Xbox 3 all ready to run.

 

[MrMotivator]

Jagi you cool with me regardless if i can set a clock to your anti errr xbox360 posts

here is some good news the cheaper cooler 65mm chips are released out into the wild

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/65nm-xbox-360s-starting-to-trickle-out/

 

[Varis]

Jagi you cool with me regardless if i can set a clock to your anti errr xbox360 posts

here is some good news the cheaper cooler 65mm chips are released out into the wild

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/65nm-xbox-360s-starting-to-trickle-out/

scroll up to Gemma's post , they are still putting the faulty chips the new Halo edition 360's.

 

[MrMotivator]

scroll up to Gemma's post , they are still putting the faulty chips the new Halo edition 360's.

did you read the link?

 

[Jagi]

scroll up to Gemma's post , they are still putting the faulty chips the new Halo edition 360's.

a couple of halo boxes were stripped down and they found the new chips and the heatsink


i posted it in my 360 thread

 

[killa kadafi191]

I actually went to MS forum and read that shit. How the hell does your biggest game of the year fuck up your own system?

My Xbox got it's 3 red lights today and I would be fucking pissed if I didn't have a PS3 but I'm think I'm done purchasing sports games on XBox.

I not going to invest too much money in it not after the customer support refuse to tell me if fixed xbox ever experience the red lights again. Lucky I'm already in Texas so it doesn't have to ship far.

I shouldn't have to wrap a 400 dollar machine in a towel just to get three hours out of it.

 

[Varis]

^^^ send that crap back , make them fix it for free

 

[Jagi]

i was hoping my second 360 would last until the new year just to be sure all the older models are off the shelf

but

my shit is humming like 747 about to take off

it got hot with blue dragon but it was somewhat quite, now that shit sound like it about to blow up

 

[killa kadafi191]

^^^ send that crap back , make them fix it for free

I am but only thing I have on PS 3 is that fake god of war and nba 2k7 I wanted to cop nba 2k8 on 360 cause I heard it's better online but after this all my sports games will be on ps 3.

I guess I can get that uncharted

 

[Jagi]

back on topic though

MS says halo will help them claim some of that revenue they lost blah blah blah


Halo 3 even sold out in japan

i was never a real halo fan, i liked the first one, wasnt a fan of the second

but this one is pretty tight

one thing that really helps it is it has one of the best soundtracks in most games today

the action towards the end is pretty intense too

even on normal so big ups to those on legendary


thats what the post was about, halo being succesful enough to pull ms out of its previous troubles..

unfortunately bad discs, more rrod and they are not done with their scratched disc lawsuit could make it a forgotten victory

 

[Varis]

if two Halo games didnt really help the first Xbox ,one Halo game wont really help the Xbox 360. Those Halo3 first day sales really dont mean anything , "the best in entertainment history for one day"..so what. which made more money the Pokemon series or the Halo series? Which is overall more popular Pacman , Madden or Halo?

 

[freaky_1]

a couple of halo boxes were stripped down and they found the new chips and the heatsink


i posted it in my 360 thread

But not in it's own thread, and there in lies the difference.

 

[freaky_1]

back on topic though

MS says halo will help them claim some of that revenue they lost blah blah blah


Halo 3 even sold out in japan

i was never a real halo fan, i liked the first one, wasnt a fan of the second

but this one is pretty tight

one thing that really helps it is it has one of the best soundtracks in most games today

the action towards the end is pretty intense too

even on normal so big ups to those on legendary


thats what the post was about, halo being succesful enough to pull ms out of its previous troubles..

unfortunately bad discs, more rrod and they are not done with their scratched disc lawsuit could make it a forgotten victory

good points

 

[Soul On Ice]

I actually went to MS forum and read that shit. How the hell does your biggest game of the year fuck up your own system?

My Xbox got it's 3 red lights today and I would be fucking pissed if I didn't have a PS3 but I'm think I'm done purchasing sports games on XBox.

I not going to invest too much money in it not after the customer support refuse to tell me if fixed xbox ever experience the red lights again. Lucky I'm already in Texas so it doesn't have to ship far.

I shouldn't have to wrap a 400 dollar machine in a towel just to get three hours out of it.

 

[killa kadafi191]

you wanna know what's more fucked up i only had the shit for four months with a fan

I don't play my ps 3 much but I doubt I have to do the towel trick with that

 

[MissMighty]

And this is in it's own thread because? Don't you have a XBOX thread where this would be better served?

Oh, that's right, since it's a negative article, it needs to be seen by the board.

Where's the Sony bad news and info?

Probably in the Sony news and info thread, where this needs to be.

I told Jagi he always clownin xbox he was like yeah right lol Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ​

 

[Gemini]

I told Jagi he always clownin xbox he was like yeah right lol Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ​

Jagi got caught.

 

[freaky_1]

Jagi got caught.

If there's SOny bad news, he put it in the Sony thread he started so it get's buried. If there's any kind of bad XBOX news he makes a whole new thread about it, so the board can see it.

Take Halo 3, even before it dropped he was posting Halo 3 bashing threads and bad Halo 3 news. Wouldn't that be better served in the XBOX News and info thread? No it needed it's own thread. And he kept doing it all the way until it launched. and even after.

I haven't seen one bad Sony news thread from him and there's plenty of Sony bad news out there. The funny thing is, he's an XBOX owner. Also he started a Halo 3 Gamertag thread, so he must've bought it after posting all those threads bashing it. Dude is crazy.

I called him out on it and he told me he was sick of my shit and I hadn't even been in his threads or been bashing Sony at the time and I still haven't.

I just noticed a trend and called him out on it. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it.

 

[freaky_1]

This dude laughing but I ahven't heard of and PS 3 game getting 1/10th the buzz that Halo 3 or Boishock has gotten. Whne the PS 3 get's some games then talk shit.

 

[killa kadafi191]

This dude laughing but I ahven't heard of and PS 3 game getting 1/10th the buzz that Halo 3 or Boishock has gotten. Whne the PS 3 get's some games then talk shit.

I thought he was laughing about me wrapping a 400 dollar machine in a towel to get it to work for three hours. This is only after four months.

I can laugh cause I have another system but damn I feel for those people who only have one and have to go four weeks with out their system

 

[dlow]

PS3 made a profit yet?

I think the big question is sony entertainment making a profit. The answer is yes. Microsoft is playing with numbers. It will be the first year that its entertainment section will make a profit for that year on the 360. It will take many years to erase the Xbox red ink. The zune player is also in the red because it's also being subsidized. PS3 also makes money because it pushes Blu-ray sales that sony also gets a portion of, on top of last generation system sales and PSP sales. Problem with microsoft is that there next gen system is due to run out of disc space by 2009 according to the systems developers that state that a DVD will be to small for the games they will push out. Will microsoft abandon you again like they did with the xbox when they bring out the Xbox 720? I say yes they have a history of abandoning products. Thats why I stopped fucking with them 10 years ago. The list.

WinCE
WebTV
Microsoft Bob
Sidewinder Joystick
IE6
Visual Basic 6
VBScript
UltimateTV
XBox

There are more but this is what comes to mind. Thats not the worst of it. Its when they suceed that scares me. When the crush a competitor they raise prices and lower quality. When they won the browser wars they stopped making advances, when they won the office suite wars they raised prices. Same with the OS wars. If they win the console war your next system will cost $1000 and they will charge $200 for live, then the will run it for the next 10 years without a replacement. This is the history of microsoft.

 

[killa kadafi191]

I think the big question is sony entertainment making a profit. The answer is yes. Microsoft is playing with numbers. It will be the first year that its entertainment section will make a profit for that year on the 360. It will take many years to erase the Xbox red ink. The zune player is also in the red because it's also being subsidized. PS3 also makes money because it pushes Blu-ray sales that sony also gets a portion of, on top of last generation system sales and PSP sales. Problem with microsoft is that there next gen system is due to run out of disc space by 2009 according to the systems developers that state that a DVD will be to small for the games they will push out. Will microsoft abandon you again like they did with the xbox when they bring out the Xbox 720? I say yes they have a history of abandoning products. Thats why I stopped fucking with them 10 years ago. The list.

WinCE
WebTV
Microsoft Bob
Sidewinder Joystick
IE6
Visual Basic 6
VBScript
UltimateTV
XBox

There are more but this is what comes to mind. Thats not the worst of it. Its when they suceed that scares me. When the crush a competitor they raise prices and lower quality. When they won the browser wars they stopped making advances, when they won the office suite wars they raised prices. Same with the OS wars. If they win the console war your next system will cost $1000 and they will charge $200 for live, then the will run it for the next 10 years without a replacement. This is the history of microsoft.

I forgot about that Zune shit I think Nintendo has the console wars this time.

 

[Heist]

Nintendo will win the console profitability wars short term, but long term, I think XBox has got it.