There's news posts already on the front page, but I figured it warranted its own thread for discussion.
SONY FINANCIAL DATA - Oct 25
** Sony from LTD has shipped 5.59 million PS3s
** Sony posted a $787 million income as a company
** The Games division (PS2, PS3, PSP) posted a $841 million loss
Copy of English Report - http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/fina.../07q2_sony.pdf
Fun facts:
- Hardware sales increased YOY but software sales decreased YOY
- Sony shipped 1.31 million PS3 consoles in the quarter and posted an $841 million loss - averages out to losing $641.98 for every PS3 sold
- PS2 sold 38 million software units worldwide compared to 47.2 million last year. That's a notable decrease -- PS2 users are likely beginning to migrate to either Wii, PS3, or 360, but decrease in major software titles released for the platform is also certainly a factor
- They did not specify any individual game sales
- Their PS3 hardware estimations until the end of the fiscal year are unchanged from their May and July forecasts -- 11 million units for the fiscal year
- PS2 beat their hardware forecasts and sold 3.28 million units. In response, Sony has changed their PS2 hardware estimations for the fiscal year from 10 million to 12 million.
- Sony's best selling product? The Cybershot digital camera.
NINTENDO FINANCIAL DATA - Oct 25
** Nintendo from LTD has shipped 13.17 million Wiis, 53.64 million DSs
** Nintendo posted a $1.15 billion income
Copy of English Report - http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/071025e.pdf
Fun facts:
- Wii has already surpassed over 50% of the Gamecube's lifetime sales and it hasn\'t even been out a year yet.
- Nintendo expects to ship 10.1 million Wiis between October and March
- Mario Party 8 sold/shipped 2.89 million units
- Nintendo's Japan sales totalled 635 billion yen. Their US sales were 268 million yen.
- Market value more than doubled for the company YOY
MICROSOFT FINANCIAL DATA - Oct 25
NOTE: This is truncated data. Full data will be released shortly.
** Microsoft posted $13.76 billion in revenue, net profit of $4.289 billion
** Entertainment division posted $1.929 billion in revenue, net profit of $165 million
** 360 has shipped LTD 13.4 million consoles
Copy of English Report -- http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY08/earn_rel_q1_08.mspx
Fun facts:
- Entertainment sector posted a 91% YOY increase in revenue
- 1.8 million 360s shipped in the past quarter
- Microsoft posts fastest revenue growth for any quarter since 1999
- Reports "record software and accessory attach rates" for 360
