iSuppli: Sony not loosing too much money with the PS3 these days

[NJ5]

heruamon said:

NJ5 said:

Some people say that this means Sony just needs to sell a game or two for profit. But, Sony still doesn't expect to be profitable this year in the gaming division.

So this might be true or not, but hardware is only part of the issue. SCE has 5,000 employees on the payroll, it's not enough that the hardware is profitable for actual profits in the division.

 

LOL...pver a month ago, Greenburg talked about Sony's ecosystem, and how they, as in M$, wasn't interested in it.  He talked alot about ecosystem again in his latest fanboy flame, but I've said it time and time before...the three companies make consoles to make money....period!  Without money, no company is going to keep down a path, since Shareholders would never have it.  Right now, it's going to be really interesting to see how they report the October-December qtr.

In the October-December quarter it's always easier to make profit due to huge software sales. I mean if a company can't profit in this quarter in most years, they might as well pack their lunch and leave.

Holiday quarters only: In 2006, SCE had a 54.2 bln yen loss. In 2007, a 12 bln yen profit. In 2008, a 0.4 bln yen profit.

In 2009, I don't know... I'd say something between the 2007 and 2008 results, or not too far from those.

Sources:

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/08q3/slide/image/11_image.jpg

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/07q3/slide/image/13_image.jpg

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/06q3/slide/image/13_image.jpg