Zekkyou on 10 February 2014
| ZyroXZ2 said: 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. ^.^ |
Even with reduced manufacturing costs the PS3 is still down YoY for both hardware and software, so it's frankly incredibly unlikely for it to be responsible for the sudden jump in profits from 4.6 billion yen to 18 billion. The PS4 itself (the console) is sold at a slight loss, however it has brought in over 2 million new PS+ subscribers, along with several million game sales. Those following factors, especially the PS+ subs, are the most likely cause for the sudden big jump in profits.
Sure as hell aint the Vita :P
