It means that losses on the PS division are bigger than forecast by 30bill yen. Whatever they forecast in Oct, add another 30bill to it. Considering loss last quarter was 39.5 bill yen, it may very well mean they forecast another improvement on Q3 maybe to a 10-20 bill yen loss. So, this would mean a loss in the vicinity of 40 bill yen for the quarter.
It is interesting to see what has caused this drop in forecast. Looking at it, it seems that it is not the PS3 that has caused the problems (for once). Rather the lower than expected PSP and PS2 sales.
The new hardware forecasts since Oct show:
- PS3 remains at 10 million units for FY08. This means they expect to hit or exceed this target come March.
- PSP revised down 1 million to 15 mill units
- PS2 revised down 1 million to 8 mill units
- total software sales forecast is unchanged.
