Pachter says PS4 will sell at a small profit for Sony, GTTV

[Mummelmann]

ViktorBKK said:

Mummelmann said:
Is that including R&D, distribution, advertising, launch game publishing, storage and licensing fees?

I find it a tad hard to believe that Sony would turn a profit on 399$ from the start, I just can't see it.

Add a game and 1 year of PS Plus in the mix and the profit is there.

Yeah but that's kind of like the Wii U's "loss is offset with the purchase of one piece of software" statement. That means that the hardware itself isn't profitable yet, which is to be expected. There aren't many consoles that turn any kind of profit from the start on hardware alone.