Sony Hopes to Raise Profit Forecast for the PlayStation Division, Hopes PS4 Profits to Reach PS2 Levels

[Baalzamon]

prinz_valium said:

Baalzamon said:

prinz_valium said:
including inflation it will be nearly impossible

No, no it isn't.

CPI inflation has only been 35% from 2000-2013. It is by no means impossible for the PS4 to have 1.35 billion in annual profits. Hell, a $50 profit per console (not saying this is the actual, just putting a number that is certainly obtainable) on 15 million consoles is already $750 million.

so u need 100$ pure profit from 15m consoles every year

or 50$  pure profit from 30m consoles a year

 

thats hell of a lot...

They do sell more than just consoles. I could easily see PS+ being a $100+ million/year in profit as well (once the userbase is driven up, I have a hard time believing they don't make $10/sub/year).

Besides this, the PS2 was selling 15-22.5 million per year during its peak...indicating the whole brand was profiting approximately $50-$70 per console including accessories, games, etc.

So it really isn't ridiculous to say the PS4 sells 15-20 million in a year, and profits $68-$90 per console including accessories, games, etc.