Why Do People Act Like Sony (Computer Entertainment) Doesn't Have Financial Problems?

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roborad said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Nintentacle said:

Whenever I see articles about how the Wii U is doomed, lots of the writers talk about Sony like they never loose money and are perfect. It's like they're completely ignoring how much money the PS3 lost. Does anyone here know why people do this?

The PS3 lost a lot of money early on but Sony also profits off of Blu Ray and they turned profit on the PS3 three years ago. The PS3 has been pure profit since then.

Being that Microsoft tried to kill off Blu Ray and are not using it and Nintendo refused to use any format Sony backs and both in the end turned out conforming shows Sony's success through risk.

sony is just one of the many founding partners of blu-ray.

considering that rights-to-use fees aren't that much to begin with when licensing, it amounts to even less when it's all split up.  

I know this. Doesn't change the fact that what I am saying is still correct. Microsoft did try to kill Blu Ray and Nintendo stayed away from DVD because they didn't want to conform to a format Sony was backing so they hired panasonic to make them a mini-disc and later another disc that held half the capacity of a DVD disc. Sony has always been pushing formats and influencing outside markets. Regardless of how many people there are backing Blu Ray its Sony taking the fall and reaping the benefits in the end by name value because its because of them why Samsung, Toshiba and numerous other members of the Blu Ray Association can enjoy giving consumers comfortable prices. 80 million Blu Rays sold via PS3 alone compared to when it launched and Blu Rays were more than $600? When the PS3 launched it was the cheapest Blu Ray player on the market. Remember that.