Professionals who predicted the success of the Wii

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kingofwale said:

BengaBenga said:
Well the PS3 is kind of a disaster for Sony.

It's doing ok, don't get me wrong, but it was sold to the shareholders as a moneymaking machine.
Next week Sony will still report big losses on its gaming division.

 hmm... 'still'???? you do realize Sony gaming dividion MADE profit last quarter, right?

 *sighs* such ignorance.

A preview report came out last week and Sony is expected to lose about $1.12 billion for the FY.  No word on what the Q4 numbers were like yet.

They lost 1.078 billion acrosss the first two quarters.  I don't have Q3 numbers for some odd reason but overall FY will be a loss of $1.21 billion so apparently they lost money in Q4 as well.

 

Q1($-237 million) + Q2($-841 million) + Q3(x) + Q4(z) = FY($-1.12 billion)

(Q1+Q2[$-1.078 billion]) + (Q3+Q4(x+z) = FY($-1.12 billion)

($-1.078 billion) + ($-1.12 billion) =$-42 million(x+z)

Sony must ahve still lost about ~$42 million during Q3 and Q4 and since you claimed they made profit in Q3, Q4 must have negated that profit by ~$42 million.