NPD Gamasutra article (interesting facts on Sony)

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letsdance said:

Dark Chaos said:

letsdance said:

Demotruk said:
So you think their costs in the US declined by $1.3 billion?

in an entire year? Its not out of the realm of possibility.

What kind of response is that??? Be aware that this is only talking about the United States. So I am guessing that Sony has lost more than $2 Billion in revenue worldwide. If you believe that releasing a ps3 slim would reduce costs to that degree(also remember the R&D costs for the slim,psp go,wand) then all hope is lost.

Again... R&D would be spread out through the years... its not like its going to hit them all at once. Ps3 slim R&D was probablly finished with by the 2nd quarter... Everything points in the direction of Cost lowered > Price lowered in ps3 price drop.

Eh, but PS3 slim is still sold at a confirmed loss (with estimates up to $100 per unit) and they're now selling much less on hardware that was actually profitable (PS2, PSP), and software revenue (the real moneymaker) has also gone down total by an alarming amount in the largest national market.  I doubt Q3 financials are going to be that rosy, even with magical "cost cutting".