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Can anyone here try to guess how long it will take for them to break even on selling the hardware ?



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well, hate to break it to you Sony, but not everyone uses PS Plus/pays for Online.



i thought sony will sell the ps4 without loss? 



cheesecake said:

well, hate to break it to you Sony, but not everyone uses PS Plus/pays for Online.


Yeah, too bad for sony... they wont profit from me because i wont buy ps+ just two games and an extra controller



Not too bad. So basically they are giving you the ds4 for free.



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Max King of the Wild said:
cheesecake said:

well, hate to break it to you Sony, but not everyone uses PS Plus/pays for Online.


Yeah, too bad for sony... they wont profit from me because i wont buy ps+ just two games and an extra controller


Actually they'll probably profit from those 2 games and 1 extra controller.  Accessories (I've worked in retail) always bring these companies their biggest profit, so does software.  You're doing them the same favor, just in a different way.



TheShape31 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
cheesecake said:

well, hate to break it to you Sony, but not everyone uses PS Plus/pays for Online.


Yeah, too bad for sony... they wont profit from me because i wont buy ps+ just two games and an extra controller


Actually they'll probably profit from those 2 games and 1 extra controller.  Accessories (I've worked in retail) always bring these companies their biggest profit, so does software.  You're doing them the same favor, just in a different way.


Haha... that was exactly my point. Read the post i was responding to. He made it seem like ps+ was the only way to profit since that was the only thing specified



Sony must love me then, 3 games, extra controller, PS Eye, and PS+. I alone will take care of 3 total consoles losses



So they aren't counting R&D in "Hardware loss".

Still, only $60 loss. That's quite impressive considering the specs. It will be interesting to see if that turns out true. (Seems hard to imagine considering assembly, packaging, shipping, advertising.)

So who knows what he's including/not including in the statement.



Getting 3 games, (I already have PSPlus) the new PSEye + Move controller. My GF (who also is buying a PS4) is getting 2 games and probably an extra controller