Microsoft Reports $400 Million Loss on Xbox One

Hit on gaming device may foreshadow future peril for the enterprise

Xbox One might not be the juggernaut gaming console that Microsoft hoped it would be. The Redmond, Wash.-based technology company's earnings report for the last fiscal year shows it spent $400 million more than it earned trying to get gamers interested in the Xbox One.

While Xbox console sales increased from 9.8 million units in 2013 to 11.7 million units in 2014, manufacturing and distributing costs went up to $2.1 billion while platform revenue only reached $1.7

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