Sony Strategy Thread: Third Party Sony (PS NOW)

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LordChris915 said:

nordlead said:

LordChris915 said:

I would like to know what Sony has in the Bank and how much of a hit they can afford to take this Gen, they must have loads of PS2 cash sitting around and some cash from the PS1 too I assume.

What money does the PS division get from Sony?

based on that we gould take a guess at how much PS3 development was, how much they can afford to lose, we could do with the definitive manufactuing costs, it may cost $800 to make a PS3, but if they buy in bulk they could have a much better deal than that.

I would also like to know what they are saving on the PS3 slim and what their profit margins are on software sales, without knowing this we cannot know what Sony real financial position is.

 

P.S. I wonder what MS lose on RRoD

They burnt every dime they ever earned on the PS1 and PS2 on the PS3.

On what?

Do you have any proof, evidence?

If there is no evidence, then it is not a fact and therefore you are wrong :)

Always remember to link.

And I found your previous comment to also be very lacking in substance, you basically took a reasonably valid statement and attacked it despite it only being a theory, nobody is trying to claim factual superiority here save for yourself!

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/presen/index.html

Go loook it up yourself in their financial statements which are freely available. Just because you want to believe it is false doesn't mean it is. However, I will correct my statement as I did a tiny bit of research and I can confirm that the PS3 destroyed 100% of the profits from the PS2/PSP, but it didn't quite wipe out the PS1, but considering the state of the company as a whole, I'm sure they burnt through that money too. To date they lost over US$3.5B since the launch of the PS3 in the gaming devision alone, and this includes profits from the PS2/PSP. However, they recently combined Vaio PC's with their gaming devision to mudy the waters further. But if you want to argue that those $3.5B lost wasn't on the PS3, then I'll argue that Microsoft hasn't lost ~$7B on the X360 brand.

Also, if it is lacking in substance, then state how it is lacking in substance. Just because someone poses a theory doesn't mean that it is a valid theory, nor does it mean everyone should just swallow it up and say that it is a good theory.