Sony on the brink of corporate upheaval, drastic changes

[makingmusic476]

goddog said:

makingmusic476 said:
Look at it this way. Last Christmas, the ps3 was the same price it is now. however, they were selling a LOT more of them, and they were losing a LOT more on each sold than they are now. Yet they still managed to turn a profit for the quarter.

This year, software sales are higher than they were last year and the PSP is booming in Japan, though the ps2 is dying off around the world. I have a feeling SCE will pull a profit for this past quarter (though it still won't be very high, given the floundering of the Yen), and next year they should be doing alright.

 

you know what I havent done this before but ill make you a bet they loose money this quarter in SCE land.  

 

Okay, I was comparing this year's WW charts to last years:

• PS2 hardware is down about 50%
• PS2 software is down about 50%
• PS3 hardware is down about 25% (less losses on ps3 hardware)
  
• PS3 software is up about 60% (higher profit margins on ps3 games than ps2 games)
• PSP hardware is down about 10% (however, they probably cost less to make now too, so it's a wash)
• PSP software is down about 10% (but that is not including Dissidia FF numbers - 500k in a week, when the PSP was selling 600k a week TOTAL worldwide before that)
• SCE released better sellers this year than last (both LittleBigPlanet and Resistance 2 are tracking well above Uncharted, Sony's best seller last holiday season)

Based on this, I'd have to take that bet.

Though I hope this doesn't bite me in the ass, due to the falling Yen.

Edit: By "this" quarter you mean the holiday quarter, right?