PlayStation profit $1.2 Billion, highest since 1998

[Barkley]

sethnintendo said:

CGI-Quality said:

Nah, most of their other divisions are in the black. They do have some dead weight, but things have far improved. In fact, unlike a few misperceptions, PlayStation isn't even Sony's strongest division. 

Isn't it their insurance division?  They did shed a lot of their money losing operations which was probably smartest thing they could have done.  They sold their Vaio PC division to Lenovo which was smart because no one gives a shit about Vaios anymore.  They also did a lot of restructuring of their TV division which was bleeding money from them for years if not decades.  Not sure if their TV division is in the black now but it couldn't do much worse than it was doing.

Here's the profits/losses of all divisions for the year, (ordered by profit).

Financial Services : $1.48 Billion
Game & Network Services : $1.21 Billion
Music : $677 Million
Home Entertainment & Sound : $522 Million
Imaging Products & Solutions : $422 Million
Semiconductors : -$70 Million
Mobile Communications : -$91 Million
Components : -$540 Million
Pictures : -$719 Million