"It"s a mixed week for Microsoft. Their keynote speech at E3 was the best of the big three. Then they went on to announce that their games division has recorded profit of $426 million for the first time since it was formed. Moments later their shares fell 6% as projected earnings didn"t fulfil the expected 0.49 (1cent less at 0.48 was the reality). This was down to a $488 million loss by the online division. Chris Liddell put it down to the credit crunch and the economic slowdown that"s accompanying it."