That’s the basic model for the XBox with Microsoft selling it for a loss at the beginning and making it up from a cut of software and peripheral sales.

The App Store’s 5% cut is not currently a major revenue stream for them, but it’s still revenue and would be a big deal for most companies. https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-store-taking-5-cut...

XBox is hardware and a completely different thing.

> The App Store’s 5% cut is not currently a major revenue stream for them, but it’s still revenue and would be a big deal for most companies.

Do you have a citation for how much money it is? And it's only a big deal if it's larger than expenses, which I'll believe but not assume.

I'm curious why the downvotes. To be clear, I searched through some microsoft financial info to try to figure out what app store revenue is, but I couldn't find the number. It's very genuine curiosity.