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Forums - Sony Discussion - Sony PS division has lost $4.7 Billion since launching PS3

Darth - Actually we can blame this on the Yen. 4 years ago the when Sony was launching the Ps3 they didn't expect the economy to go the way it did. Trust me. Sony didn't see this happening. If the economy was good the whle time they'd be profitable on HW... Probablly a year or two ago.



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so yen, minor PS3 losses, dumping losses for PS3 Phat, R&D costs for (new VAIO/walkma/PSP 2/ PS4)

thats probably why they have lost so much

I mean ideally PS4 R&D should have begun by now

PS3 R&D began in 2002 apprently



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darthdevidem01 said:
@grimes

ohhhhhhh ok

so we can't say "VAIO lost money" then?

So who lost so much money JUST the PS3....or is it R&D for the next VAIO/Walkma/PSP 2/PS4?


The ps3? How about the PSP Go?

 

Trust me. This loss was expected. I see profits from here on out.



darthdevidem01 said:
so yen, minor PS3 losses, dumping losses for PS3 Phat, R&D costs for (new VAIO/walkma/PSP 2/ PS4)

thats probably why they have lost so much

I mean ideally PS4 R&D should have begun by now

PS3 R&D began in 2002 apprently


Yes... Ps4 r&d is probablly been in progress for a while now.



Wow, so it's ahead of the original Xbox in losses.



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^^ VAIO and Walkman are included, and MS lost about 6 billion in Xbox 1 era



Well the fact that the yen is very strong doesnt help their profits either.



darthdevidem01 said:
@grimes

ohhhhhhh ok

so we can't say "VAIO lost money" then?

So who lost so much money JUST the PS3....or is it R&D for the next VAIO/Walkma/PSP 2/PS4?

Not enough information to make that determination.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

So who lost more in history?

Sega? MS? or Nintendo? since we now know sonys shame.



^^ MS lost a lot more than SEGA and nintendo never made loss