Slimebeast said:
Kantor said:
Slimebeast said:
Munkeh111 said:
Well PS2 is definitely profitable from a hardware side, and now apparently the PS3 makes more profit that the PS2 sells for, and I think the PSP makes money
On a software side, SCE are definitely profitable, most of their games sell in excess of 1m copies |
How can everything be profitable when overall Sony Entertainment has been posting losses for three years in a row?
You're just making things up.
The 1st party software is not profitable. Sony games have huge budgets and never sell well since the PSP/PS3 era. Also, when MS is selling away a lot of their first party you can suspect that Sony doesnt make profit on their 1st party either (but it still might be worth it overall, because 1st party games sell consoles, which in turn moves third party software). The little money Sony Entertainment makes comes from the $10 license fees from third party.
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SCE WWS has been profitable for a long time. The PS3, however, is still selling at a loss. Can you name any Sony games released recently which could feasibly have lost money?
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All of them except MGS4 (and that is maybe not even published by Sony but Konami?).
Well, LBP i'd say indeed also made a profit.
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You think Resistance 2 lost money?
Let's say Sony gets $20 per game sold (probably too low- they are publisher AND platform holder). 1.5 million * 20 = $30 million. Now look at Resistance 2. Do you really think it took $30 million to make? Recycled engine, two years of development (not even with the full Insomniac staff- Tools of Destruction and Quest 4 Booty both launched between RFOM and R2) and no phenomenal graphics or anything. Besides, R2 isn't done selling, or close to it.
The only game which may not have made a profit (yet) is Killzone 2.
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