wrong wrong wrong. not even ms will be happy to lose money on anything. remember that the ps3 isnt just a video game player. it is a blu ray player and is winning the war for sony. couple billion in licensing there. it is also going to be a media download center. it will be the first company to think of when buying an hdtv. it will be the start of their cross media (get it) plan. sony has a lot of plans to unify the company and make money off of the ps3 through things other than the ps3. if the ps3 overall breaks even (which it should) i think sony stands to make crazy amounts of money off of it.
the xbox does do much for ms besides straight up make them money. if it loses money, that money is gone forever. sony can lose money on the ps3 and use it to make more money elsewhere, but ms uses other money to take the brunt of the losses.
that is why the xbox is more likely to die than the ps.







