QUARTERLY profits for Microsoft rose 24 per cent on robust sales of Windows but tempered expectations of a sales spike when its Xbox 360 video game console launches later this month. The world's largest software maker will debut the Xbox 360 on November 22, in the first of a number of key product launches scheduled for the next year. Chief financial officer Chris Liddell says Microsoft is aiming for a "gradual ramp" of Xbox sales to avoid running out of machines early after the launch.
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