The DS just continues to crush the PSP, along with everything else

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naznatips said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

naznatips said:

NM, I see your point. I was thinking you were citing Q3 and Q4 for some reason. Could you link to the financial reports you read though?

Sure - Sony Financial documents.

If you find that I made a mistake in my presentation of the information, feel free to point it out. I don't think I did but I read through quite a few of them quickly (and looking at older ones is a pain due to information displayed changing between years/reports).

I can't find any PSP sales data in the Q2 07 page (haven't looked in 06 yet). Where did you find it?

Page 4 of the Q2-07 PDF. In the reports, you want to look for the "Game" heading (it's also in the bookmarks of the pdf). It has hardware and software sales for the PS2, PS3, and PSP. PSP Slim isn't broken out of PSP sadly.

You'll see a display on that page like the one I posted above. The first number next to each is the worldwide sales and the second number is the difference between quarterly sales. Pay attention when you begin looking at 06 though as the numbers are very different. In particular, the 2nd number is not the difference between this quarter and last quarter's sales but rather the total additional sales. Also notice that measurements were changed from 06 to 07 to reflect a different standard (shipped vs recorded sales) hence why 06 looks enormous.

As an aside for anyone with accounting knowledge, have a look at their Statement of Cash Flows and check out their Financing segment's Investing activities. That definitely looks a little bizarre to me as does their explanation for the large increase in Financing (same section).

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