FY____Sony_________Nintendo______Microsoft 1998___974,000,000___629,000,000 1999__1,130,000,000___645,000,000 2000___730,000,000___421,000,000 2001___-409,000,000___726,000,000 2002___623,000,000___800,000,000___-750,000,000 2003___939,000,000___560,000,000___-1,191,000,000 2004___650,000,000___316,000,000___-1,215,000,000 2005___404,000,000___777,000,000____-485,000,000 2006_____75,000,00___894,000,000___-1,262,000,000 2007_-1,057,000,000__1,150,000,000____-384,000,000 Totals 4,059,000,000 6,918,000,000 -5,287,000,000

Well done. My only question is if you plotted 2 points for each year. In other words... Are the line segments between years the 1/2 year profit or the transition to the next year? I believe you are showing only one data point per year but I want to know for sure.

Great stuff. It'd be cool if there were handheld/console breakdowns there, but I don't expect that is possible. I imagine the bulk of that amazing Nintendo profit came from the Game Boy line for most of that period... Also would be cool to have numbers dating back a little further, to get some insight on the N64/PS1 launches...

does that mean that MS is sponsoring every console ever sold by USD150 a piece (Xbox and 360)? That makes me laugh about the discussion on the PS3 being too expensive and Sony has to sponsor it for the next months.

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/06q3/ http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/070130/596_id.html?.v=1 curious about those numbers.

Bumped. Since this has been a topic of discussion recently.

Thanks Eric,

I didn't know this thread!

Dreamscast,

I would like to know a little more about the figures. What is the source for those -$750 for MS H&E in 2002? Is it your estimate. Also, my Nintendo figures are quite different because I took Operating Profit. It would not be fair to put Nintendo's tax and stuff into the chart, because it's not included in Sony's and Microsoft's divisional figures either.

This stuff is killer.

Thanks DreamsCast!