Do you seriously want to compare the number of people Sony laid off vs what MS has laid off? Also, which company has done sone so more times?

@Redemption-64: The fact that you talk about numbers tells me you really don't care about the people who get laid off.

Who cares who has done it more (besides silly console warriors)? They all do it. It's fucked up regardless of the numbers. And the numbers Sony fired are absolutely not negligible.

Revenue is not the same as profit. The fact the blogger who wrote this doesn’t understand because he has adopted the celebratory tone from the Microsoft press release.

His beloved ai will be a better replacement

Genuinely they really care about windows or Xbox anymore it's a drop in the bucket compared to cloud

The board is making tons of money because of his actions. The problem is how that is a short-term effect rather than the potential long-term effect of actually building up things with talent you re-utilize rather than toss aside every FY end.

@Nacogi: reporting by business unit is literally the norm.

"But how much do they profit? 5B in gamepass revenue doesn't mean much if it's costing more than 5B to maintain."

Yeah ppl said the same thing when they had 3b$ in revenue awhile ago. As if they're not making money off it some how. If it wasn't profitable they would of quit the GP venture and go to something else. GP is closely tied to Xbox and its growth.

As I said if it was a money pit they would dump it. We know MS has no issue dumping and canceling stuff.

@Lightning77

That's not exactly true.

If a company thinks they have a long-term vision, it is willing to take a hit. Case in point, Xbox has never made a profit in gaming, yet they're still in the gaming business.

Why do you think they never have profit posted? Both Playstation and Nintendo have profit posted. But Microsoft only posts revenue.

You can even prove it to yourself. Type "Xbox Profits", "Nintendo Profits", and "Playstation Profits" in your search engine. Xbox is the only one that has no history of posting profit, just revenue.

And yeah, like you said, people said the same thing when they had 3B revenue. And do you know WHY? It's because costs keep going up along with the revenue. Hell, there's a reason Day 1 was taken away from the majority of Gamepass owners and if they want Day 1 games they're forced to pay the higher tier.

"If a company thinks they have a long-term vision, it is willing to take a hit."

Maybe GP was them taking a hit. But it was a long-term venture now they're bringing in money and lots of it from GP. The revenue only seems to increase.

"Why do you think they never have profit posted? Both Playstation and Nintendo have profit posted. But Microsoft only posts revenue."

Not sure and tbh They seem to boast about their revenue. If the venture isn't doing anything for them then they would shut it down and yes that is true if we look at the recent lay offs. They have no issue in taking things down with a blink of an eye.

I wouldn't worry too much about revenue and profits. If GP isn't doing what they need then they'll shut it down.

Yes now gamepass is designed to get ppl to sign up for the highest tier.

With Xbox games taking up most of the charts this whole time I'm sure they're doing fine.

First you show me where it's unsustainable and if it is why do they feed that thing hard each year? That's the bigger question. Why continue to poor 100s of millions in a failing business. Go ahead tell me? I'm asking you kids these questions and yet no answer, gee I wonder why.

They don't post profit. All you have during these quarterly earnings. GP is a major player in what revenue it brings each quarter especially including this one. Go ahead Again tell me, if it's a money pit why would they keep funding a supposed money pit where they'll be losing billions a year off it?

We know MS will kill ANYTHING that would lose them money.

"So you can NOT prove your OWN argument and people ask you to bring FACTS and you're argument is your own opinion?!"

Ok since you're 12 all I said was they're making more money each year from GP. Increase in revenue in which I already said show me where I said they made a profit specifically go ahead and show me kid? As always you bud into convos and are lost, very, very lost kid and never know anything.

"YOU keep suggesting its sustainable so PROVE it."

I've already made the scenario. If it wasn't sustainable, would they rid of it, yes or no? If it was unsustainable would they continue it because it's a money pit? It's simple scenario and yes or no question. Those are the facts I was talking about kid so pay attention and learn something for once in your life, or at least try anway. But I'm not surprised you think it's rocket science. I don't expect you to get it still if ever.

Easy by the increase revenue it brings. Now tell me why would they continue a failing venture like gamepass since it's hurting them so bad all these years. Don't dodge or make excuses answer it, now. These arguments go both ways kid where's your proof that it's not? The obvious proof is the increase in revenue and strong 1st and GP push each year So tell me the opposite hurry up where's your proof they're bleeding money tons of money billions a yea right and hurting badly right? Hurry up and tell me. No excuses BS now answer.

Ive exhausted my comments here so I can't reply back. Knowing you, you're gonna think you somehow won one over me when we know that's not the case at all especially and I mean especially someone like you.