silicon on 08 July 2009
| Nick said: Putting the word "would" into the statement (as the reported did) doesn't actually change the meaning of the original quote at all. 1. Sony said they are losing money on every ps3 sold. 2. If they are losing money on every ps3 sold now and dropped the price more - then they "would" be losing money on every ps3 sold in the future. Both statements can be correct; it doesn't have to be one or the other. |
The word 'would' implies that they otherwise would not be losing money. For someone to say that the PS3 is losing money, but would lose money with a price cut, is poor grammar.
The quote should been: "I would lose MORE money on every playstation I make."
Since the direct quote is:
Asked about the logic of not cutting prices, Stringer said, "I (would) lose money on every PlayStation I make -- how's that for logic."
It implies that they don't currently lose money on every Playstation they make.
You could even argue that since he only said Playstation, what he means to says is that he currently loses money on both PSP and PS2 production, and if he gave Playstation 3 a price cut, he would lose money on every Playstation device he makes.
