And why this number doesn't appear in the report?
Microsoft Financial Results, Q1 2008
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And why this number doesn't appear in the report?
That's the number I was looking for. I almost expected it to be higher, as I figured a lot of the holiday supply ramp might have occured in this quarter, plus the fact they probably sold nearly 1 million consoles in September.
Anyway, so since the previous tally was 11.6 m, that puts Xbox360 shipments as of Sep 30 at 13.4 m. Of course Dec 30 quarter is the biggie, should see 3-4 m ship in that Q.
Anyways, it isn't hard to see that MS gaming has become profitable, besides h3 of course, mostly by keeping the hardware price extremely high. The price cut was an extremely weak one. Will be interesting to watch quarters going forward.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8369742&postcount=233
Some highlights:
* MS profit climbed to $4.29 billion from $3.48 billion during the same period last year
* Results beat Wall St expectations: 45 cents per share vs. 39
* Revenue grew 27 percent to $13.76 billion from $10.81 billion in the year-ago quarter, beating analysts’ forecast by more than $1 billion.
* business unit responsible for Vista contributed $4.14 billion in revenue in the quarter, 25 percent more than a year ago
* sold 85 million copies of Vista since it went on sale in Jan — 25 million since the end of July
* booked 27 percent more annual license agreements for Windows than in the year-ago quarter
* Sales from the unit that makes the Office 2007 software suite rose 20 percent to $4.11 billion
* entertainment and devices division had a profit of $165 million in the quarter. Revenue rose to $1.93 billion, including $330 million from “Halo 3,” nearly twice last year’s quarterly sales. In a conference call, Microsoft said it sold 1.8 million Xbox 360 consoles in the quarter.
* Microsoft raised its guidance for the fiscal year, saying it expected to earn $1.78 to $1.81 per share on revenue of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion. Earlier, the company predicted it would earn $1.69 to $1.73 per share on $56.8 billion to $57.8 billion in sales.
Some highlights:
* MS profit climbed to $4.29 billion from $3.48 billion during the same period last year
* Results beat Wall St expectations: 45 cents per share vs. 39
* Revenue grew 27 percent to $13.76 billion from $10.81 billion in the year-ago quarter, beating analysts’ forecast by more than $1 billion.
* business unit responsible for Vista contributed $4.14 billion in revenue in the quarter, 25 percent more than a year ago
* sold 85 million copies of Vista since it went on sale in Jan — 25 million since the end of July
* booked 27 percent more annual license agreements for Windows than in the year-ago quarter
* Sales from the unit that makes the Office 2007 software suite rose 20 percent to $4.11 billion
* entertainment and devices division had a profit of $165 million in the quarter. Revenue rose to $1.93 billion, including $330 million from “Halo 3,” nearly twice last year’s quarterly sales. In a conference call, Microsoft said it sold 1.8 million Xbox 360 consoles in the quarter.
* Microsoft raised its guidance for the fiscal year, saying it expected to earn $1.78 to $1.81 per share on revenue of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion. Earlier, the company predicted it would earn $1.69 to $1.73 per share on $56.8 billion to $57.8 billion in sales.
I don't know. But it's here:
http://www.news.com/beyond-binary/8301-13860_3-9804698-56.html?tag=nefd.lede
I found it here too:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBvd7r54ugwQ&refer=home
Doesn't seem to be hiding it, especially given it supposedly trounced analyst expectations of 1.2 according to that article.
MS has only shipped 3.0 m this year, while PS3 has sold to retail 3.93 or something like that tis true, (although, in the latest Q it's 1.8 360 versus 1.3 PS3 :smile
, but you cant directly compare because MS suffered the well known overshipment from 4th quarter 06. So, it probably comparable to PS3 in sales overall. Which is still an accomplishment for PS3, I suppose. With all that has gone wrong, PS3 was still selling worldwide similar to Xbox360.Err, I'm pretty sure they never list units shipped of anything on the actual report tables.
That info either comes from MS written explanation of the results, or in this case the conference call I'm guessing, which then gets reported on.
Edit: the 1.8 is not in this, the official report, press release, or whatever, that kicks off this thread:
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY08/earn_rel_q1_08.mspx
The 1.8 appears in articles reporting on the results. I assume it comes from the conference call or something like that.
No, that's why you won't find a units shipped number in their q4 07 financial report either. As Rangers said, thats information that comes from conference calls etc. I should mention they may occasionally mention a certain item in their highlights, but its not normal practice for them to talk about units shipped outside of general terms, ie increase of x%.
I would expect they would be. Sony did have to populate the entire continent of Europe with its initial batch of consoles during that period. I'd image most consoles show over-inflated shipped numbers during launch periods.
It was once with Halo 2. This quarter was Halo 3. Hopefully next quarter they manage it without needing Halo!
