Solid_Snake4RD said:
Grimes said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
UncleScrooge said:
I haven't read through the whole thread because of the heavy discussions going on here so I might have missed this bit of information but does this include additional expenses (stocking, shipping, PSN, etc...) or is it just hardware?
Additonal costs would explain why Sony was still posting a loss in their latest financial report. And it still remains to be seen what the actual results will be if that is the case.
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stocking comes in PS3 expense
and this includes it and the manufactury cost and shipping of the console and still making profit
PSN is not included
the lastest FINANCIAL REPORT was for 2009-2010 year where sony was losing on PS3 FAT,HUGE PS3 SLIM STOCKINGS,HEAVY DISCOUNT FOR SELLING OUT PS3 FAT BEFORE PS3 SLIM launch
PS3 SLIM was losing very low amount which could be overcome by Software sales but previous losses in the year were too much to recover by PS3 and SW sales so there was loss showed in the FINANCIAL REPORT
from JAN-MAR 2010 SONY started making under-$10 profit on PS2 SLIM HW too
From MAY 2010 end SONY started shipping 40nm RSX PS3's which make more profit now
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Hardware is not the only expense however. Marketing, labor and other expenses contribute to the profitability equation. And of course currency fluctuation can also increase or decrease profits.
You are taking limited pieces of information and jumping to a conclusion. That is a poor analysis.
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labour expenses,marketing,other were already being taken care off.you think they were just making PS3 till now without labour and other expenses.marketing was also being taken care off.last FALL 2010 SONY had a $200m marketing campaign
currency fluctuations will happen but how much can they happen at max,even if they sell even and don't make loss like before,they will profit atleast
i did not take any limited info,i was just replying to the guy anyways
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Labor, marketing and other costs are in no way fixed. Especially with the problems going on at Foxconn, big changes could lie ahead.
Currency fluctuations can be huge, the Euro has fallen over 10% vs the yen in a couple months.
