1.7m Xbox 360s shipped last quarter, Xbox biz grows 29%

by Christopher Grant on Jul 21st 2011 6:30PM

Microsoft released its Q4 earnings for fiscal year 2011 today. Being a video game site, we're going to focus on the company's Entertainment & Devices Division responsible for, amongst other things, the Xbox 360 (a device primarily built for entertainment). In the three-month period ended June 30th, the Big M shipped 1.7 million Xbox 360 units, compared to a measly 1.5 million the previous year. But increased console sales don't account for all of the Xbox 360 platform's 29% revenue growth; Microsoft also has "higher Xbox Live revenue" to thank.

For the year, Xbox 360 platform revenue grew $2.7 billion or 48%, thanks to "increased volumes of Xbox 360 consoles, sales of Kinect sensors, and higher Xbox Live revenue." Microsoft shipped 13.7 million consoles during fiscal '11 versus 10.3 million in fiscal '10. That success has propelled revenue growth at the entire Entertainment & Devices Division 30% for Q4 and 45% for the year (nice going, Windows Phone 7). Revenues for all of Microsoft were up 8% for the period, year-over-year, with the company singling out "the Xbox 360 entertainment platform" as one of the primary catalysts for growth.

With the top-selling home console in North America for 12 of the last 13 months, according to NPD data, and a runaway hit in Kinect, it's easy to see why Xbox 360 is doing so well for Microsoft.

Via: Engadget
Source: Microsoft

Tags: earnings, FY-2011, kinect, microsoft, pc, Q4-2011, sales, xbox

Reader Comments (84)

"higher Xbox Live revenue" = We charge more for it.

Shouldn't this be free yet?

@FiXxXeRJL Not if people keep buying it.

@FiXxXeRJL You would think, but woe is me, greedy microsoft.

I find it HILARIOUS that you pay your ISP AND your Live subscription.

And that is why I am, and wil forever be, a PC gamer.

@FiXxXeRJL
It means people are buying more stuff. Microsoft's cut is the same as Sonys on all online purchases, so I don't know what you're trying to say.

@FiXxXeRJL
You get what you pay for. I'll gladly pay for the premium service I get from Live. I have a ps3 as well and it's service is shitty at best. Maybe next time around Sony won't f it up so bad.

Im happy to pay $5 for the best in online service for a console..

..Especially since we dont have to update our consoles 3 times a month, Have to worry about Personal Information Leaks, get tons of exclusive content, and services.

@FiXxXeRJL - Xbox Live revenue is mainly revenue generated from Xbox Live stores.

@Peril
You got to love the PC elitist!

@maxxgold

i hope you all know Maxxgold is a know troll and he does in fact NOT own a PS3... PSN is not "shitty" at best, its good but not perfect. Live's subscription price is up to the INDIVIDUAL to see if it is worth it or not, and majority seem to think it is worth it.

so please cut the fanboy bullshit. aren't we all past this already... (no)

@Sprinkled Cupcake Since when were elitism and common sense one?

Ok.

@PR0F3TA

I own a ps3 and he's right. FFS the ps3 doesn't even have a built in feedback application.

@Peril
Your a pc fanboy trolling on an Xbox article on the Xbox section of joystiq and you asking me about commonsense? Poor of us Xbox users paying 5 bucks a month oh how would we survive?!?! I know I'll save money by spending a 1000 bucks on a gaming pc. I'll still have to pay for ISP and I will miss out on titles that don't make it to my pc. YAY PC is best!!

@killer rin

Your Sony hate (and general ignorance of the console and its feature set) is showing. You too, @maxxgold.

@Peril
Xbox Live makes some sense, many PC titles require a subscription so that the servers can be maintained. The multiplayer on Xbox is more casual so you probably couldn't maintain it with publicly-run dedicated servers.

Before you all start throwing tomatoes and beating up the PC with sticks, I'd like to point out that not everyone who plays it is an arrogant, trolling creature of self-justifications. It's true, I prefer playing on my PC than consoles, but luckily people have subjective opinions & tastes, and the freedom to pursue them; so this doesn't mean that I'm automatically at war with everyone who plays Xbox.

In a debate, if you fight fire with fire, you're moshing out to a Metallica song and therefore are probably not being very constructive.

Damn shame, this news.

And I was hoping this would be the last generation Microsoft dabbled in the home console market.

Oh well, they will find a way to shoot themselves in the foot eventually.

@maxxgold

Lolz obviously you don't have a PS3. Go look at your previous posts troll.

@Xeno378
Im not hating, only stating the truth. my 2 friends that own a PS3 are always complaining about updates that you have to do every month, and that it takes so long to do them on high-speed. They also (like everyone else) hated the massive leak of personal information. Sony is average to me. I prefer my Xbox360 more because of the Genres on it. I love my party chat, I love how Microsoft Innovates on their service. you have to admit, We are treated pretty well.

@Co
Yep this is bad news for you troll.I wouldn't count on Microsoft leaving the console market anytime soon. You have a better chance of seeing the magic win a championship and you know as well as I that is never happening. lol

@Peril
That's so we don't get hacked and have our info stolen. Also we get better content any games live streaming in full 1080p.

@FiXxXeRJL I still dont think it should be free. I think the small fee insures my right to expect a quality service. It needs some improvement but since i pay for it I expect the improvements to keep coming. I also firmly believe if you pay for your account you will respect it more than someone who has unlimited free accounts that do the same thing. You are less likely to be a jerk and get banned if you care about your account that you've potentially invested hundreds of dollars in just in the subscription fees, not counting all of the DLC thats tied to that account/console. We all know that console wont last forever so its something to consider before getting banned.

@maxxgold
P2P online is not a premium service.

People pay for Live Gold because they have no other choice if they want to play online with their Xboxs.

@Sprinkled Cupcake This post is tagged in the PC section.

@Haggard Joystiq is plagued by PC haters, so what you say falls on deaf ears.

@killer rin

Your friends don't seem to know what they're talking about. I agree, the PSN was a major inconvenience, and more than a little upsetting when it came to the leak of customers' personal data. I also agree that XBL is a robust, competitive platform, and that PSN is still a few steps behind. However, I don't think PSN is nearly as inferior as many 360 owners make it out to be. As for genres, I won't discredit the gems you'll find on XBLA, but I personally think that the PS3 has more diversity in its game portfolio.

@Xeno378
Honestly, Im never arguing Game profile... I have my own Philosophy for that.

"Where The PS3 beats 360 at the amount of Retail Exclusives, the 360 Beats PS3 in terms of Marketplace Exclusives" Which incase anyone doesn't feel like admitting. The Xbox 360 has LOADS of exclusive downloadable games, and content that more than makes up for the lack of retail exclusives. XBLA is an amazing service, same as XBL:IG. I love how I can download many 4-7+ Hour games from XBL for prices lower than $15.

@Sprinkled Cupcake

they need to stop linking xbox stuff with the pc side of joystiq. that's how i ended up here.
nothing against xbox but i own a gaming pc and a ps3 so those are the only things i really care about reading about but for some reason stuff like this keeps popping up on pc fanboy, :/

@FiXxXeRJL Successful troll is....well you know.

@Peril Xbox Live Gold at least keeps some of the annoying kids out that can be found in every PC multiplayer game. Good enough for me.

Whoa I seriously thought those Xbox symbols were boobs.

@thedisagree

... whose boobs have you been looking at?

@A Sandwich
Major Nelsons, he got 360 logos tatted on them.

Well said.

I expect 200 comments.

@Mustang Fanboy

but how many of them are going to be a childish war on whos peen is bigger and better... i predict 198.

So xbox live is booming? Cant say im surpised, there are a lot of quality arcade games coming out.

I have no problem paying 20 bucks my Internet and walking down the street and getting a 8 dollar month card. 28 a moth is nothing, people pay more for Internet(cough)pcgamers(cough)

@Riley Freeman You'd save roughly $60/year if you bought a year card on amazon.

@Fire Walk With Me

Yeah I bought a $44 Annual card just recently off Amazon. You'd used to be able to get for 34 before the price hike.

@philmcfail

I bought my card for $44 in April from amazon. Amazon has them for $50 and change now.

Great for Xbox hope they keep booming and improving.

Cant believe still rising after 5 years. At first long console life made me glad now nervous about no new info.

1.7 million units sold in 3 months doesnt seem like much to me. For comparison Apple have sold about 9 million Ipads in the same time.

@Darki Dreamside

Find me another electronic device that came out in 2005 and sells at that rate.

@Darki Dreamside

By March 2011 15 million ipads had been sold world wide.
By comparison the xbox 360 has sold 55 million as of June 3, 2011 worldwide.

When there is over 50million + of a device in the world, 1.3 million sales is a solid amount.
Not to mention if you want to go into high figures, the Kinect sold over 8 million in 60 days.

@ColdHea
Thanks for posting links....that do not work?

I'm gonna print that image out and use it somewhere.

See you all in jail.

@Mastadon

Actually, it isn't illegal unless you're legitimately attempting to replicate real money (or so I've heard; I'm no legal expert). As no U.S. bill currently contains the Xbox symbol, you're entirely free to give it a shot.

@Xeno378

Did anybody else imagine anti-joke chicken after reading this comment?

@Mastadon

I lol'd

high five microsoft, well done. Now we can ensure the same competition and one upping mentality we had this gen for next gen. We gamers are the ones that benefit, it's like getting the bee's knees, and his ankles.

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