I didn't read all the pages, so forgive me if what I'm about to say has either been already answered, or already addressed but...
I think the OP has a point. The PS4 by itself is probably a loss, so selling 4.2m of them didn't equate to profit in the gaming division on its own. The PS3 probably accounted for a large part of profits, as I have no doubt each PS3 is sold for profit at this point, and since the PS3 had some major releases on it (GTA V, GT6, etc.), I wouldn't be surprised if Sony's excellent PR was smart enough to say "hey, they won't be able to tell what the difference is, our gaming division has profit, let's focus the profit celebration on the PS4!".
Then they all high-fived as the internet gobbled it up and fanboys decided without any financial evidence that the PS4 is profitable. ^.^







