Erik Aston said:
Hahaha... Did you look at some of the numbers posted? Sony lost less than half a billion dollars launching the PS2... By the second year, they were in the black... Now we're talking about... What was it? 1.7 billion? 450 million a quarter? Something like that... And it doesn't look like they'll get in the black in the second year... And no, their pockets aren't as deep as Microsoft's. There may literally not be another company in the world that can shrug off a billion dollars a year as absent-mindedly as MS did on XBox. The entire XBox project over 6 years, could literally be funded by 6 months of Windows and Office profits. Sony is not in that type of position. They ARE in over their heads, and the only people not seeing that are: 1. Fanboys. 2. Those who put their faith in "strong companies" or "strong brands" instead of "strong business plans." 3. People who proclaim that everything is going well for everyone in order to appear unbiased. PS1 and PS2 were not flukes by any measure... But neither is the PS3's failure. |
Sony made 1.1 billion in net profits last quarter (beaten the analyst projection of a net loss due to the R&D of the Cell and Blue-ray). Bravia contributed massively to this profit margin.
With OLED having a contrast ratio of 1000 000 :1 due this fall Sony could expect itself to make billions on TVs and accessories.
Their gaming division incurred 473 million in losses which was actually better than what was predicted (873 million by merill lynch and Web Morgan).
The psp software and hardware sales have improved significantly in Japan and Europe.
Sony lost 2 billion on ps2 in the initial stages so ps3 is ofcourse a safe bet with 200+ m in losses.
We all know that ps3 would win this gen too perhaps by bigger margin
