Do you think Sony will ever make a net profit from the PS3?

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Parokki said:
Not that I'm doubting you guys, but could someone give me a source for how much money Sony made with the PS2? It'd be nice to have more than "some very credible guys told me on a very credible forum" if I later quote the numbers and someone asks me where they're from. =P

If you have them handy, then I'm also interested in the same numbers for Nintendo and Microsoft (-4bn$ wasn't it?) as well, but don't strain yourselves for little old me.

Net incomes / losses ( in US$ million ) Sega, MSH&E, SCE, Nintendo and EA from FY 1997 onward ( from 1 April 1996 to 31 March 2007, updated to Q1 FY 2008 ) :

 

FY____Sony(CE)__Nintendo__Microsoft(H&E)___EA______Sega

1997_______________________________________________46.4

1998____974______629_______________________________-389

1999__1,130_______645___________________72.9________-450

2000____730______421___________________116.8______-398.1

2001___-409_______726___________________-11.1_______-438

2002____623______800______-750__________101.5_______-169 ( Sega first half FY )

2003____939______560_____-1,191___________317__________

2004____650______316_____-1,215___________577__________

2005____404______777______-485*___________504__________

2006_____75______894_____-1,262___________236__________

2007__-1,969____1,474_____-1,892____________76___________

Totals  3,147**      7,242**     -6,795***            1,990.1**      -1,797.7****

 

( * Revision from following FY report ; ** Totals as 31 March 2007 ; *** Totals as 30 June 2007, **** Totals as 30 September 2001 )

 

Current fiscal year ( update on 30 September 2007 ) :

2008__-1,078____1,151_______165___________-327

Totals   2,069       8,393         -6,630              1,663.1

 

Source:

Financial report for EA, MS H&E, SCE and Nintendo except for first FY of MS H&E and older Financial years of SCE and Nintendo.

For Sega Enterprise ( not SegaSammy ) I could not guaranted except the last results ( via IGN DC ).