SONY lost 3.31 Billion on initial PS3 costs; May never see that money back.

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SlorgNet said:
The PS3 has three revenue streams, which will more than make up for initial losses:

(1) games (disc plus downloads and online)
(2) BluRay media
(3) hardware devices (TVs, stereos, etc.)

The PS3 is powerful and reliable enough to hook up top-notch AV equipment to.

Do they have any profit streams, cause I think those would be most useful.

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No one is saying Sony as a company won't make up the losses. On the contrary, Sony still makes profit as a whole. However, the playstation division is suffering at the moment, and it is possible they won't be able to make it up in that division. The same way Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division lost near 4 billion for the original Xbox, it was easily absorbed by Microsoft's lucrative Windows department. But companies aren't interested in absorbing losses from weak departments. They are interested in turning a profit in each sector.