Sony Has Lost More on the PS3 Than it Made on PS2

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2008 : Sony warns inverstors that it may never recoup losses from the PS3:

Sony: We May Never Recoup Initial PS3 Loss of $3.31 Billion
Kotaku - June 23, 2008

Sony's fiscal 2008 annual report delineated potential risk factors to its investors, outlining that "the large-scale investment required during development and introduction of the new Playstation gaming platform may not ever be fully recovered." The loss figures were provided as an example of the "significant negative impact" introducing a new platform can cause at first.