Tretton: PS3 Sales Better Than Expected, Sales May Be Affected by Shortages

[Dgc1808]

Xen said:

Dgc1808 said:
Not sure what to think about the PSP, but the part about the PS3 makes since... Since they started of selling at a lose and have probably only been selling in Eu at a profit for 6 months tops, and are probably breaking even to taking a MINOR loss in America, I think that they were never planning on selling alot of ps3's because plain and simply, they knew the more they sold in the beginning the harder it will be to recoup in the end.

You do know that Sony makes its main profits from software, don't you? the more they sold in the start the EASIER they could recoup later due to bigger userbases.

 

 

Yes, but that depends on consumers buying SW, and SCE hasn't been releasing that many games that are catching the public's attention. Not to mention the ps3's that are just being bought for bluray and not games [Where SONY Computer Entertainment makes cash]. They need a better attatch rate if they plan on making good profit from those units sold, and they just don't have the games releasing to do it right now.