Can the least selling console be profitable?

[Mnementh]

I'm back from the weekend without internet, so I'm answering now.

albionus said: As is the Wii CPU, I wonder how IBM cornered that market.

Looks like IBM can lean back and wait: Whichever console will win, they will earn something from it.

shams said: Depends on your definition of "profitable". Are you talking about the hardware turning a profit? The console manufacturer? As a company? Or as a product line? Do you include software sales and licensing?

I include all revenues generated by the console. So I include hardware, add-ons, 1st-party-games, royalties for 3rd-party-games, online (xbox Live) and even at some point, how much more Bluray-movies Sony can sell because of the PS3.