Sony Losing Money On PS3 Slim

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LordTheNightKnight said:

Bitmap Frogs said:

Their propietary-everything policy is part of the reason they are in the hole, even the president (that british fellow) went public about it.

And as far as I know, blu-ray isn't the profitable cash cow they were hoping for. Not claiming it's not profitable (since if I recall, it is making money), just that it isn't raking it in. So the blu-ray drive isn't exactly making up the cost it's put on the PS3.

And I was hoping Sony would finally start making money off this.

 

It's really tough... they have competitors such as Samsung putting better products on the market at cheaper prices.

Then there's the legacy... there's people out there who have invested money on their propietary connectors, memory cards, etc; they drop all that and go standard they piss previous consumers, they don't they are less competitive on the market.

And then they are losing brand power. Mind you brands in general are losing power, but Sony's been hit specially hard. 

Howard Stringer is a decent guy and he's managed to sway the company so things will eventually change. But these huge-ass corporations take years to turn.