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Microsoft results (Pretty good quarter)

dfyb

Banned
the launch of halo 2 resulted in the only profitable quarter for the first xbox. i wouldn't doubt halo 3 having a similar result.
 

Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
I'd like to point out that Zune is included in the Entertainment and Devices devison.
 
I'm just asking, does Halo 3 count towards this quaterly report?

I mean, it must've been Halo 3 that gave them quite a good quarter.
 
Code:
Microsoft Corporation
    Balance Sheets
    (In millions)

                                               September 30,         June 30,
                                                   2007              2007 (1)
                                                (Unaudited)
    Assets
    Current assets:
     Cash and equivalents                           $6,637            $6,111
     Short-term investments (including
      securities pledged as
      collateral of $2,696 and $2,356)              14,937            17,300
       Total cash and short-term
        investments                                 21,574            23,411
      Accounts receivable, net of
       allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $133 and $117                     8,982            11,338
      Inventories, net                               1,178             1,127
      Deferred income taxes                          1,571             1,899
      Other current assets                           2,548             2,393
       Total current assets                         35,853            40,168
    Property and equipment, net                      4,615             4,350
    Equity and other investments                     9,707            10,117
    [b]Goodwill                                        10,151             4,760[/b]
    Intangible assets, net                           1,718               878
    Deferred income taxes                            1,587             1,389
    Other long-term assets                           2,014             1,509
        Total assets                               $65,645           $63,171

Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?

EDIT: errrr.... I am reading that wrong, thats 10 THOUSAND million worth.

:O
 

Proelite

Member
MrNyarlathotep said:
Code:
Microsoft Corporation
    Balance Sheets
    (In millions)

                                               September 30,         June 30,
                                                   2007              2007 (1)
                                                (Unaudited)
    Assets
    Current assets:
     Cash and equivalents                           $6,637            $6,111
     Short-term investments (including
      securities pledged as
      collateral of $2,696 and $2,356)              14,937            17,300
       Total cash and short-term
        investments                                 21,574            23,411
      Accounts receivable, net of
       allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $133 and $117                     8,982            11,338
      Inventories, net                               1,178             1,127
      Deferred income taxes                          1,571             1,899
      Other current assets                           2,548             2,393
       Total current assets                         35,853            40,168
    Property and equipment, net                      4,615             4,350
    Equity and other investments                     9,707            10,117
    [b]Goodwill                                        10,151             4,760[/b]
    Intangible assets, net                           1,718               878
    Deferred income taxes                            1,587             1,389
    Other long-term assets                           2,014             1,509
        Total assets                               $65,645           $63,171

Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?
Charity?
 

laserbeam

Banned
FortunateSon said:
I'm just asking, does Halo 3 count towards this quaterly report?

I mean, it must've been Halo 3 that gave them quite a good quarter.

Quarter ended 5 days after Halo 3 launch so Halo 3 certainly impacted them having a profitable Quarter much like someone else Said halo 2 did the same for Xbox 1. In fact if you consider it majority of the profits is linked to Halo 3
 

PhatSaqs

Banned
MrNyarlathotep said:
Code:
Microsoft Corporation
    Balance Sheets
    (In millions)

                                               September 30,         June 30,
                                                   2007              2007 (1)
                                                (Unaudited)
    Assets
    Current assets:
     Cash and equivalents                           $6,637            $6,111
     Short-term investments (including
      securities pledged as
      collateral of $2,696 and $2,356)              14,937            17,300
       Total cash and short-term
        investments                                 21,574            23,411
      Accounts receivable, net of
       allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $133 and $117                     8,982            11,338
      Inventories, net                               1,178             1,127
      Deferred income taxes                          1,571             1,899
      Other current assets                           2,548             2,393
       Total current assets                         35,853            40,168
    Property and equipment, net                      4,615             4,350
    Equity and other investments                     9,707            10,117
    [b]Goodwill                                        10,151             4,760[/b]
    Intangible assets, net                           1,718               878
    Deferred income taxes                            1,587             1,389
    Other long-term assets                           2,014             1,509
        Total assets                               $65,645           $63,171

Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?
:lol
 
FortunateSon said:
I'm just asking, does Halo 3 count towards this quaterly report?

I mean, it must've been Halo 3 that gave them quite a good quarter.

It sucks that all profits gained from Halo 3 are only redeemable in Master Chief Fun Bucks and thus are somehow looked upon differently than regular kind profits.
 
FortunateSon said:
I'm just asking, does Halo 3 count towards this quaterly report?

I mean, it must've been Halo 3 that gave them quite a good quarter.
The sales of Halo 3 from September 25th through September 30th were.

Halo 3 certainly does have an impact (and certainly will continue to do so), but all the revenue MS reported in the PR about Halo 3 doesnt go back to them. Retailers get cut, production gets a cut, etc. Hardware is bound to be profitable or at least break even now so 360 should continue to be profitable going forward.
 

Doc Evils

Member
MrNyarlathotep said:
Code:
Microsoft Corporation
    Balance Sheets
    (In millions)

                                               September 30,         June 30,
                                                   2007              2007 (1)
                                                (Unaudited)
    Assets
    Current assets:
     Cash and equivalents                           $6,637            $6,111
     Short-term investments (including
      securities pledged as
      collateral of $2,696 and $2,356)              14,937            17,300
       Total cash and short-term
        investments                                 21,574            23,411
      Accounts receivable, net of
       allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $133 and $117                     8,982            11,338
      Inventories, net                               1,178             1,127
      Deferred income taxes                          1,571             1,899
      Other current assets                           2,548             2,393
       Total current assets                         35,853            40,168
    Property and equipment, net                      4,615             4,350
    Equity and other investments                     9,707            10,117
    [b]Goodwill                                        10,151             4,760[/b]
    Intangible assets, net                           1,718               878
    Deferred income taxes                            1,587             1,389
    Other long-term assets                           2,014             1,509
        Total assets                               $65,645           $63,171

Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?

Seems like fulffing up these days gets more expensive every quarter.
 

StevieP

Banned
MrNyarlathotep said:
Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?
EDIT: errrr.... I am reading that wrong, thats 10 THOUSAND million worth.

:O

That be a lot of moneyhatting (and Halo 3 "review packs"). Where's the hardware sold?
 

larvi

Member
MrNyarlathotep said:
Code:
Microsoft Corporation
    Balance Sheets
    (In millions)

                                               September 30,         June 30,
                                                   2007              2007 (1)
                                                (Unaudited)
    Assets
    Current assets:
     Cash and equivalents                           $6,637            $6,111
     Short-term investments (including
      securities pledged as
      collateral of $2,696 and $2,356)              14,937            17,300
       Total cash and short-term
        investments                                 21,574            23,411
      Accounts receivable, net of
       allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $133 and $117                     8,982            11,338
      Inventories, net                               1,178             1,127
      Deferred income taxes                          1,571             1,899
      Other current assets                           2,548             2,393
       Total current assets                         35,853            40,168
    Property and equipment, net                      4,615             4,350
    Equity and other investments                     9,707            10,117
    [b]Goodwill                                        10,151             4,760[/b]
    Intangible assets, net                           1,718               878
    Deferred income taxes                            1,587             1,389
    Other long-term assets                           2,014             1,509
        Total assets                               $65,645           $63,171

Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?

EDIT: errrr.... I am reading that wrong, thats 10 THOUSAND million worth.

:O

It's probably 10million worth of Zunes they've given away on club.live.com. Either that or money for fixing RROD problems :lol
 

Ventrue

Member
MrNyarlathotep said:
Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?

EDIT: errrr.... I am reading that wrong, thats 10 THOUSAND million worth.

:O

good will: (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets).
 

RSTEIN

Comics, serious business!
Wait... are people interpreting their $10 billion in goodwill as moneyhat money? :lol

That's fucking awesome.
 

Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
1.8 Million xboxen sold last quarter.
 
Alright, thanks goes to all those that answered my question.

So basically Halo 3 did boost up the quaterly results. Basically, most of it was Halo 3. I couldn't be that far off...
 

Kujo

Member
Any shipped numbers for 360?

$165 million profit? Halo 3 made $170 million in the first day (not to mention the first week), so without it they would have been in the red this quarter. Guess it was a good thing they moved the release up then.
 

Ventrue

Member
RSTEIN said:
Wait... are people interpreting their $10 billion in goodwill as moneyhat money? :lol

That's fucking awesome.

Especially as it is clearly in a list of assets.

Assets = stuff you have.
 

Ghost

Chili Con Carnage!
Well, Halo 3 was what $300 million in revenue for that one week covered by this report?


So yeah, still some work to be done.
 

Rhindle

Member
So $900 million in Halo revenue, offset by $10 billion in moneyhat expenses?

It's all over, sell your Microsofts.
 
MrNyarlathotep said:
Am I reading that wrong, or is that $10 million worth of moneyhats?

EDIT: errrr.... I am reading that wrong, thats 10 THOUSAND million worth.

:O

Indeed that is $10 billion, however, that is the Companies entire blance sheet. It is not to do with quarterly results. All their assets and stuff are included, in this case it seems to mean MS has been buying a lot of companies and may include the cost of letting Bungie go for less money than they are worth (if they did do that), i dunno if that would be included though:

http://www.facsnet.org/tools/biz_econ/covering_biz/part1.php3 said:
Goodwill is one of the more difficult concepts for business reporters to grasp. It is not, as many reporters think, the good feelings people hold for a company.
Instead, it comes about when the company purchases another company for more than its book value (book value is assets minus liabilities). The excess acquisition cost is placed on the books as "goodwill." That means that if a company pays $2 million for another company, and the purchased company's book value is $1 million, the goodwill is $1 million.

Still, who the hell have they been buying for that much over their value?
Stock in Facebook and the like? $10 billion is a ridiculous amount.
 
Ventrue said:
Especially as it is clearly in a list of assets.

Assets = stuff you have.
No, especially since goodwill is a fake existence, a number derived from others and pertaining to no directly measurable asset lolz
 
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