NJ5 on 29 December 2008
| mike_intellivision said: 3. Falling sales could help the game division. Less products sold at loss means less gross revenue but also means less loss -- unless you have already produced the units, in which case it means mounting losses. Meanwhile, other Sony products are slumping in sales, hurting the company's overall financial picture. |
Year-over-year comparisons:
PS3 sales are down around 20%, so let's say around 1 million less PS3s during the holiday season. At a $50-$100 loss per unit, that means they're saving $50-$100 million dollars due to lower hardware sales during two months.
On the other hand, PS2 software sales are down 2.4 million last week. At $10-$25 revenue per software unit, that's a $24-$60 million loss in one week alone.
PS3 hardware savings due to lower sales don't compensate for the negative factors separately, let alone when they're put together.
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