PS3 making more money on games than they lose on hardware.

[disolitude]

Diomedes1976 said:

disolitude said:
Sony sells less software then microsoft this gen. Also, they spend more on hardware than microsoft. If Sony is making money off videogames that cover the hardware expenses, Microsoft is laughing to the bank right about now.

 

 How do you know Sony sells less software ?

If we go by VG chartz we get the following numbers for the last year -

Microsoft -

1  Halo 3  Microsoft 8.16m
2  Lost Odyssey  Microsoft 0.80m  
3  Mass Effect  Microsoft 1.98m 
4  Ninja Gaiden 2  Microsoft 0.67m 
5  Forza Motorsport 2  Microsoft 3.99m 
6  Project Gotham Racing 4  Microsoft 1.02m

 

Sony -

1  Uncharted: Drakes Fortune  Sony Computer Entertainment 1.73m
2  Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction  Sony Computer Entertainment 1.28m
3  Gran Turismo 5 Prologue  Sony Computer Entertainment 1.97m
4  Heavenly Sword  Sony Computer Entertainment 1.15m
5  Folklore  Sony Computer Entertainment 0.19m
6  Lair  Sony Computer Entertainment 0.34m
7  MLB 08: The Show  Sony Computer Entertainment  0.48m
8  Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds  Sony Computer Entertainment 0.64m
9  Siren: New Translation  Sony Computer Entertainme 0.07m

10  NBA 08  Sony Computer Entertainment 0.07m

Add them up and you will see which has higher numbers. My math comes to 16 + mil for microsoft compared to 8+ mil for Sony.

 Also this is not counting the xbox live revenue where games sell by the boat loads and microsoft gets 70% of that revenue. I'm pretty positive Xbox live sells more games than PSN...anyone feel like arguing that?