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S.T.A.G.E. on 19 January 2015
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JEMC said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
JEMC said:

I don't want to mess with your debate, but that sentence is not correct.

After those 3-4 years the PS3 was no longer sold at a loss, but that doesn't mean that the console has been profitable for Sony.

The PS3 turned to profit in 2010. Until then the PS2 was offsetting their losses. The slimline also launched lacking backwards compatibility among other things.

http://kotaku.com/5575994/after-nearly-four-years-the-ps3-finally-turns-a-profit

From that link:

"This year is the first time that we are able to cover the cost of the PlayStation 3", Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida told IGN. "We aren't making huge money from hardware, but we aren't bleeding like we used to."

In 2010 the console began to be sold for a profit, not a loss. But that doesn't mean that they can get back the millions they lost during the first 4 years and make the console profitable, and by profitable I mean getting back all the money they have spend on it, from R&D to the hardware itself.


So? It doesn't matter. What do you want from the company? Wii money? Nintendo had been making hand over fist out of the gate. You couldn't expect massive amounts of money so soon after launching at $600, could you? A profit is a profit. No one specified how large. Money was starting to come back into the company at a profit regardless. The PS2 sales were being used to offset the loss of the PS3. Sony takes great risks with their consoles hence why they initiated the 10 year profitability plan. Microsoft later adopted this plan so they could follow behind them with the Xbox 360 until Sony pulls the plug on the PS3. The PS3 was no longer a problem until the Vita launched. Watch. The day Sony pulls the plug on the PS3 is the day Microsoft pulls the plug on the 360. The VIta was (and still is) the big gaping hole in Sony's losses from 2011 forward. The PS3 sales have been offsetting the losses the Vita has caused thus far.

Sony took the risks  and your family, my family and many other peoples families were able to to buy CD's, DVD's and Blu Rays at at fair market price from the 90's until now. Until Sony launched their consoles at a loss people could barely get their hands on those formats.