From PC World: Microsoft's Surface tablets continue to lose money, according to Microsoft filings, a trend that doesn't show any signs of changing.
In its latest filing, Microsoft disclosed that for the March quarter, Microsoft's Surface tablets and accessories pulled in $494 million. But the company spent $539 million in chasing those sales, "which increased due mainly to a higher number of units sold," Microsoft said.
The latest Surface revenue numbers were reported earlier by The Guardian.
As the paper noted, Microsoft spent $932 million to receive $893 million in revenue for the December 2013 quarter. A year ago, during the first calendar quarter of 2013, Microsoft spent $616 million to generate $400 million in revenue.
Last summer, word of Microsoft's money-losing Surface tablets began leaking out, when the company reported $863 million in Surface revenue for its fiscal year, versus the $900 million charged against its profits for discounting the Surface tablet.
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