What is Sony's biggest Mistake?

[Qwark]

KLAMarine said:

Qwark said:

If you are willing to forget that the PS3 nearly bankrupted the Playstation brand then sure it did fantastic. The PS3 litteraly burned all the profits made by the PS1 and PS2. Sure Vita didn't sell much, but it didn't cost Sony much either.

Can I get a source for this? I understand the PS3 was troubled at the start but that sounds insane.

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/251038-theres-no-profit-margin-microsoft-xbox-one-x

 

This gives a good insight in the total net losses of Playstation from 2000 to 2011. They actually ended on a net loss. 

 

 

As you can see shot really hit the fan when the PS3 launched. It took Sony more than half a decade to turn the massive losses the PS brand suffered back to a small profit. Yet at the end of 2011 it was not even near 2004 levels. So the PS3 made a nett loss big enough to vaporise the profit of the most succesfull console ever made.