Sony loses $18 per console in US, possible profit in UK

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jarrod said:

Twistedpixel said:

Which implies that as the PSP and PS2 are profitable, and likely VAIO computers (thanks to Microsoft, oh how ironic) that the overall PS3 enterprise taken by itself is still unprofitable considering their first party focus on this platform, software royalties, advertising, online costs, management, research and development, shipping, etc. It implies that the PS3 itself will be unprofitable for 4 financial years at the very least, financial year ending 2010. I think to their credit its one financial year less than the Xbox 1.

Yeah, though in fairness Xbox 1 only had 4 FY cycles before 360 hit, and Microsoft pretty much abandoned it asap.

 

Granted the Xbox GPU ceased production in August 2005 which is less than 4 years after first release. So you could say 4 or 5 financial years depending on how you look at it. Technically it was 4 financial years and one quarter. But in terms of calendar years it was fewer than 4 whole years before discontinuation.