| Kynes said: I'm going to say it again, since the networking division, Sony does not provide Playstation numbers. This last year they have merged almost all the divisions into one, so it's impossible to know if they are profiting or bleeding money in the PS brand. |
IIRC SONY's 'comments' on the electreonics division losing ~$350 million were "Losses were incured as a result of the strength of the Yen, lower than excpected Vaio sales and falling Bravia/TV prices". This would imply that the video game section is actually profitable while they are bleeding money from TV sales.
As for others commenting on SONY's HDTV business -- SONY needs to move development out of Japan, they need to focus on profit over market share and they need a little luck (IIRC in the last 3 months currency movement has result in Bravia's being ~7% more expensive for SONY to manufacture while Samsung - there major competitior in the region has seen costs drop by ~5%. That alone would have a massive impact on SONY's bottom line since they either reduce profit margins or lose market share and likely sales.
