Sales gap by year between PS3 and XBOX 360.

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rocketpig said:

postofficebuddy said:

rocketpig said:

- The PS3 has been a monumental failure. The division went from being Sony's primary money-maker to its loss leader in one generation.

I find it incredibly ironic that this keeps getting brought up when Sony are about to announce their most profitable fiscal year since the PS2 launch. Especially considering the fact that part of that profit was made when they were at an extremely disadvantageous exchange rate situation which even caused Nintendo to post a loss.

SCE posted a rather modest $213m profit in Q4 2010. That is a step in the right direction but is not going to offset four years of losses. Look at the longterm, not one quarter. The best case situation is that they somehow find a way to break even on the PS3. That's not considered success in the business world and it looks even worse after you compare it to the PS2.

*edit: those are Q4 2009 numbers. Need to find 2010.

The networked products and services division posted a $560 million dollar profit last quarter.