Sony Computer Entertainment 2011 Fiscal Report 94.3 billion Yen deficit

[Fumanchu]

mantlepiecek said:

Fumanchu said:

mantlepiecek said:
Expecting the company to make profits when they will obviously be investing money on PS4 R&D is a bit silly, that is all I wanted to say.

I think it's a bit silly to attribute a 1.2 billion dollar loss exclusively on R&D.

If it's not the only reason then it will be the biggest reason easily.

Why? In the years prior to the PS3 release SCE was profitable.  Obviously it was buoyed by the great selling PS2, but it also didn't take anywhere near a 1 billion dollar loss against the previous FY until the PS3 was released and sold with heavy losses.

Microsoft losing 229 million last quarter is more murky...we don't have the transparency of looking exclusively at their gaming division, which is what this is showing. We also know that they've invested in other areas of its' E&D division, namely payments to Nokia for Windows phone and the recently revealed Surface tablet.