Perry: "Sony has no chance of making money on the PS3"

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Seihyouken said:

TWRoO said:

Seihyouken said:
Sony will definitely not make the same amount of money off the PS3 that they did with the PS2, but it's pretty foolish to think that they won't at least break even, especially if they delay the PS4 until 2013 or so.

Consider the following:

Sony made about $50,000,000 last quarter despite the huge amount of PS3s sold at Sony's loss.

The new 80GB and 160GB PS3s about to be released are almost definitely profitable. If true, that means that the only things that will be dragging Sony's profits down would be game/software development and upkeep as well as future price cuts.

Like I said above... that depends entirely on what you look at.

If you are talking the PS division as a whole, and the timeframe from PS3 launch to PS4 launch, then yes I believe they should make an overall profit (currently $3billion down though)

If you are seperating the PS3 from the rest, then I am pretty sure it will not manage it, as it must have lost at least 5 billion already, and is still losing money

 

 

You're correct, sir. Natrually, PS3 will not recoup the cost of its own development or sales at a loss on it's own, but I don't think Sony ever counted on it doing so. However, as long the PlayStation division as a whole stays profitable then it doesn't really matter if one system doesn't make a profit because most of the money put forth to develop new technology in any current system will be used in future systems. It's all one big investment to continue and drive forward the game industry.

the only post in the three pages that I agree with.  it doesn't matter if the ps3 doesn't make back the money it lost (though Sony would love it if it did).  If the division makes money from continuing sales of the ps2, psp, and games from all three systems, that is what matters.  Obviously Sony is looking at the billions Nintendo is making by selling two systems at a profit and will want to copy that.  Especially when it doesn't take much more than they have right now to easily have all games in 720p and a good number of games in 1080p.  And think of the billions Sony would make if they fix the piracy problem on the psp2, sell it at a profit along with its games, sell the ps3 at a profit at the end of its life plus its games, and decide to follow Nintendo's path and sell the ps4 at a profit along with its games.