According to Jackdaw Research specialists, only for the last quarter in producing Surface Microsoft corporation lost about $ 320-360 million The fact that the financial statements for the last quarter Microsoft no longer contains explicit mention of costs in this area of activity, and determine the amount of damages is based on indirect evidence. For example, if the revenue was $ 409 million, while expenses rose to $ 772 million, the amount of loss was $ 363 million
This is the largest loss in quarterly terms since Microsoft generally start to produce tablets Surface. First, the corporation was forced to write off losses due to the failed debut of compact model Surface - a fact that is recognized almost at the official level. Secondly, in the last quarter was the costs of preparing for the announcement Surface Pro 3, and proceeds from sales will fall already in the current quarter.
Source estimates that total sales since the beginning of these products bring Surface Microsoft about $ 1.7 billion loss. It would seem that a huge amount, but it is only 3% of the annual net Microsoft profit .