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Originally Posted by Delgar
Here is a chart of where MS makes its money. I post this as a follow up to the discussion about Sony's long term financial outlook. I'm a little surprised the Xbox means so little in terms of MS's overall income, I thought it was more important.
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Considering the majority of people who use a computer at work has Windows and some version of Office that costs between $400 and $1000 between them, it really isn't surprising. Not counting Server CAL costs, which are quite high, and without having anything to base it on, I bet they sell just as many units and the overhead for for software being way less than the console.
The only advantage the business model for Xbox has is the licensing fees for each game.