Sony sees record $6.4 billion net loss, to take tax hit

[Galaki]

flagstaad said:

zero129 said:
This might be why Sony doesn't seem to be going all out with their PS4 (If the rumors are to be believed), as they want to make profit on it from day 1. Anyway i hope they can pull them selfs out of this mess.

I think it would be in their best interest to not sell a high powered console at a loss, maybe not with profit to be competitive, but at least not with a loss. I think the "leaked specs" could generate a nice and powerful console that can be sold between $400 and $450 without losing money, but I only hear complains that it should be a higher end machine at least 10x more powerful than a PS3 and Sony to take a $100-$150 loss on it.

Sony set themselves up to be seen as trying the loss-leader route. Of course, people are going to expect the same for PS4.