heruamon said:
Perhaps you need to READ what I actually posted, and not what you want to "read". Sony itself is projecting an annual loss of $1 billion for the entire company, so are you saying that you're now projecting that “Network and Product Services” is going to post a profit? Are you suggesting that in this October thru December quarter that they are going to swing to profitability? I’ll stick with the facts, which many seems to have to discuss: “Sales decreased 24.2% year-on-year (a 13% decrease on a local currency basis) to ¥352.6 billion ($3,918 million). This decrease was mainly due to lower VAIOTM PC and game sales. Sales in the game business decreased year-on-year primarily as a result of the impact of the appreciation of the yen as well as a decrease in unit sales of PlayStation®2 (“PS2”) hardware and software. Due to the launch of a new model, approximately 3.2 million units of PlayStation®3 hardware were sold in the second quarter of the current fiscal year compared to approximately 2.4 million units in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Approximately 3.0 million PSP® (PlayStation Portable) (“PSP”) units were sold in the current quarter, compared to approximately 3.2 million units in the prior year’s second quarter. Approximately 1.9 million PS2 units were sold in the current quarter, compared to approximately 2.5 million units in the prior year’s second quarter. VAIO PC sales decreased due to a decline in unit selling prices, a decrease in unit sales and the impact of the appreciation of the yen. An operating loss of ¥58.8 billion ($654 million) was recorded, a deterioration of ¥18.2 billion year-on-year, mainly due to a deterioration in profitability in VAIO PCs and the game business. In the game business, the deterioration in profitability was mainly due to a decrease in PS2 hardware and software unit sales, and the impact of the appreciation of the yen. The deterioration in profitability for VAIO PCs was due to the reasons noted above that contributed to lower sales.” Networks and Product services posted a $654 million loss this past quarter. In analyzing the major drivers of this division, they are PC sales and Games Consoles and associated software. Perhaps before shooting your mouth about how I’m flaming Sony’s business model, you should READ financial statements and see what’s reported first. PS2 is profitable, Viao is profitable, PSP is profitable (or it was before Go), and we've being led to believe that PSN is breaking even....sooo what does process of elimination tell you? |
The problem was your first post, it starts off with sarcasm "on fantasy island" leading to believe that PS3 fan are ignorant and thinks sony is making boat load of money. But the subject of this thread is actually to discuss how much they loose per console. Your sarcasm was not necessary and could be considered as flame bait. Also what you said was not related to the subject, the subject was: how much sony is loosing per console? I could care less if they loose 1 Billion in 2 quarter, the problem is you didnt give your opinion to have an intelligent discussion. What you wanted was to make an exageration to have peoples react, your sarcasm and your non relation to subject shows it. This is a bannable offense, so yes im backing dsgrue.
After reading all posts please not that im not backing dsgrue on numbers tho, only when he said that they should ban you.
