Why Xbox Music Doesn't Need To Make Money

But unlike Pandora or Spotify -- streaming music services whose sole product is music and must make money through advertising to their listeners and selling subscriptions -- Xbox Music isn't meant to be a direct revenue driver for Microsoft. Rather, analysts said, it's a way to make the Microsoft and Xbox ecosystem more enticing, so the company can sell more phones, tablets and PCs with the Windows 8 operating system. - Timothy Stenovec

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