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I posted in the other thread the companies worth and MSFT is at the point it can gobble up Sony and shite it out without even noticing it. They are not going to, but have some serious capital to start peeling away at Sony's exclusives if they get they head out of their arse and feel like going for the kill shot.

totally fallacious argument I always see from Xbox fanboys. Xbox is a division within MS just like Sony Interactive Entertainment is its own division within Sony Corp. if SIE needs money, they're not pulling it from Sony's film division

Same case with Xbox and Microsoft.

Even if that was the case and we assumed that capital was all that mattered (clearly, it's not), why did xbox just eat shite for 7 years with the Ones? why haven't they gobbled up sony yet? why are they waiting for this "kill shot" despite their infinite money reserves?

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2017 numbers because there's nothing comprehensive on FY2019 numbers that I can find

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The division, which includes Xbox hardware, Xbox and software and services, revenue from games made by Microsoft as well as other studios, generated more than $10 billion in annual revenue for the first time.

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Nintendo, whose North American headquarters is just down the road from Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., struck gold with the Nintendo Switch this year. The smash-hit console powered Nintendo to $9.7 billion in net sales for its fiscal year ending in March, up 105 percent from the year before.

Sony, with the PlayStation 4, is the clear leader among console makers and its financials reflect that. For the year ending in March, the company’s Game and Network Services division generated $17.7 billion in sales and $1.6 billion in profit for the year, more than any other part of the company.

ETA here we go

FY2019

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In the year ended March 31, 2020, Sony's Game and Network Services division earned ¥1.98 trillion ($18.5 billion), down 14% year-on-year. The games division made an operating profit of ¥238 billion ($2.2 billion), down from ¥311 billion the year before.

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Xbox gaming made roughly $11.4 billion in Fiscal Year 2019, once again accounting for less than 10% of Microsoft's total revenues for the period ($125.84 billion)

This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 12:17 pm