Keep in mind that Sony had a LOT of 60 gig units on shelves at the start of the quarter. I'm assuming they took a writedown on every single one -- sold or not -- to a price at where it is at least break even or possibly even a slight profit. I'm sure they have done the same with every 80 gig out there as well. For all intents and purposes, they would be "taking the loss" on every single PS3 sold during the quarter or in the channel during the quarter so that going forward there would be no further major losses. MS did the same thing with the RROD charge. Take it now and going forward all repairs are technically "free"... In both of these cases, it makes forward results look better than they really are...
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Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
