PS2 vs PS3 revenue on hardware

[MaxwellGT2000]

NJ5 said:

Interesting data, but I'm not sure I understand the point here. So people spent more money on PS3 hardware than PS2 hardware while buying less consoles? How is that a good thing?

It seems to me like it's a bad thing both for gamers and Sony.

For gamers it's obvious why... For Sony, hardware is loss-leading so making more revenue on that means losing more money selling less consoles and consequently less software, which is what they really want to sell.

Couldn't really state it better myself... revenue total doesn't mean jack shit in the business world unless it's more than what they're paying out, the only light you gain from this info is that you're not hurting as badly as you could be...