Why Sony (Playstation) is not doomed

[Kresnik]

samuship said:

Jay520 said:

wfz said:
"Now, although the PS3′s situation has been turned around to become a flourishing money-making console equipped with a rich library of games and dedicated community, it’s still never going to fully make up for the billions spend in R&D. This is a problem that I think will be absent in Sony’s future console releases; With the PSVita Sony have showed they have a new, great hardware strategy."

When was this written? The PSVita has been a continued disaster and in no way shows a positive change in hardware strategy in terms of making a profit.

I believe the Playstation Vita is sold for a profit. This shows that Sony is moving from a loss-leading strategy to a cheaper one.

Sony already said that they sell the PS Vita at a loss.

Source?

I'm just wondering if anything has been confirmed since the long-debated Kaz Hirai quote that they "aim to make a profit on the PS Vita in three years".

Which could well mean that they plan on selling the Vita at a loss for 3 years.  Given Sony's financials; stubborn-ness to bring in a price drop; current price of the Vita etc. I find it extremely unlikely that they plan on selling the Vita at a loss for 2 more years, given that, I'd conclude that Kaz was referring to the Vita project as a whole (i.e. R&D costs of the whole thing).