Xbox Losses Double, Xbox Shrinks

seldo writes "According to ITWorld, losses in the last quarter at Microsoft's Home and Entertainment segment have doubled. From the article: 'The segment, which also includes Microsoft's TV platform and PC games, posted a quarterly operating loss of US$348 million, compared with $180 million in the same period a year ago.'" An anonymous reader points to similar coverage at news.com, pointing out that the company also reports "profits for Office, and one small note about an undisclosed presumably Japanese company that Microsoft if propping up. So, the big question on my mind is, who is Microsoft secretly holding above water, and why? The fact that they are presumably Japanese, seems to point towards an XBox partner. Could this explain the sudden flood of Sega exclusive games?" Another anonymous reader writes "Microsoft will be showing a smaller sized Xbox at E3 this May. In addition to the smaller size of the hardware, the Xbox Lite will also be integrated with Media2Go allowing Xbox users to download digital content such as music and movies. Wonder what this means for all the current Xbox Mod Chips?"

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Microsoft Propaganda

[Malicious]

They've worked so hard, to play with the big boys. Eventually microsoft is going to have to realize, that people don't want to buy hype. They want to buy a GOOD VIDEO GAME SYSTEM
Don't make smaller hardware, make better games. You can only play so much Halo, before you get bored.

Re:Still #2 And A Very Cool System

[Malicious]

Jackass. PS2 has 5.1 as well. As for your Harddrive, way to go. I've got an 8MB card for my Ps2 that i can take with me to a friends house, instead of lugging a 25lb Xbox with me. And for reference, i've never run out of space, in 3 years. There's a GOOD reason that Xbox is not #1, and i'd challenge that it's even #2.