shikamaru317 said:
Not really. PS3 was sold at something like a $150-200 loss early gen as I recall. A $50 loss per console is chump change compared to that, especially since accessories like extra controllers, official headsets, etc. are all sold with quite a bit of mark-up (I believe game controllers cost less than $20 to make, but are sold for $50). It's also worth noting that more console game sales are digital than ever before, and the profit margin on digital games is higher than on physical games. And course they have PS+ subs and PS Now subs making them money as well. They can easily offset a $50 loss on hardware early gen between all of those sources of revenue. |
A smaller loss than a colossal one doesn't make it small and it wouldn't be $50 (which would still be a lot).
