Bloomber article: Sony Shareholders Have Too Much Patience

[Jexy]

Aura7541 said:

Jexy said:

Aura7541 said:

Regardless, the brand is still losing money overall. Whether the X1 can bring it to the black? Maybe... It largely depends on how well it sells on the long term because the 360 is the one that is way more profitable now, but its sales are diminishing.

This article said that Sony lost even more during the same period, nearly 5 billion, to Microsoft losing 3 billion.  So..... ?  If we take that article as being accurate, then Sony is worse at making money in gaming with the PS2 and 3 during that 10 year period.  Right?

I was referring to the Xbox brand as a whole. If you want to bring Playstation into the equation, be sure to include the entire Playstation brand, so that means include the PSP and PS1 too

But yeah, the Cell didn't do too well for Sony :/

I'm not too knowledgable on hand helds, but they seem to be more profitable with the device itself... did Sony lose a ton with just the handhelds as well?  Also, 10 years ago was after the PS1 age, so if that incurred any losses, this 5 billion loss wouldn't include that.  Either way, I can't imagine just the PSP and the Vita lost MORE than 5 billion, so the PlayStation 2 and 3 must have never made money either.  And given how much more money goes into the consoles, I gotta imagine Sony lost the majority of their money with the consoles. 

Regardless... Sony can't handle billions of dollars in losses.  They don't make any money, they are in debt.  Microsoft on the other hand, makes more and more money every quarter/year it seems.  For them, I think, Xbox is just something to hook people into the Microsoft world so they end up getting a phone or surface or office, or the cloud later on.  It's just advertising for them.  But still, they can afford it and Sony and Nintento are both going downhill fast economically.