ElGranCabeza said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Sony's profits have been higher.Its just that Sony always has alot in R&d.like If you look at Sony's profit in in PS2's era,they were actually alot more but they had alot in R&D so their profits showed to the public were alot less.Blu-ray and Cell cost a bomb in R&d and still sony was able to make profit in PS2 era.
If you look at samsung,they barely invet anything.even LG,they just sell and do little R&D
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I don't man, a company that has U$230 billion in assets and generates over U$70 billion in revenue should have profits of at least U$ 10 billion/year - non recession years I mean, all the other big companies generate that type of profit, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Google, LG I think, Panasonic probably on non recession years, Nintendo is a videogame only company and generate $4billion a year
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don't talk about MS here.it is a mainly a software company.most of its cost is from their software developers salary and then they print that software on a cd or a dvd and packaging which costs them a Dime and then sell it for at $100 which is big profit cause they sell big amounts of those cause its essential for PC's which everybody has.they can fire their workers if their profits go down not like hardware companies where hardware cannot be fired and once made is made.
apple just lives on the brand name.they have a comparatively less R&D,you can just see their ipad,even though its not anything significant and just a bigger version of iphone which wouldn't have cost too much r&d is still gonna sell big amounts cause its the new 'COOL' out their which all kids are gonna want to show off.the day apple 'i' brand starts to fade,they are doomed and you know it.
samsung and lg are just another electronic company,they produce hardware and sell and advertise to make people that they are there but how many times have they peioneered in anything.their products aren't anything special.hey how many people do you know that care about their tv's specs,most just see an ad and go to the store and buy the product.not everybody is a hardcore and check what is the FPS,refreshrate,contrast ratios of its tv or what chip and medium is in their console.
one of the reasons sony having thise period is because last time when PS1 and PS2 launched their phsical mediums were already there.cd and dvd drives were becoming cheap already but this time sony had to do Blu-ray from the starting.they beared most of the cost and they are now gonna have most of blu-ray profit.PS4 releases and blue-ray would be cheap so they will price it low from the start.also Sony has too many brands,it sometimes a headache to manage them all.
like if you see apple,they had only one succesful brand earlier,the iPOD.they used it for their cellphone launch.what will sony do,walkman phone,cybersot phone,playstation phone,it gets mixed then and people tend to get confused.for exaple sony digital music player and online store Sony Connect came before iPOD but people got saturated with the brand name.it will happen to Apple too in the future.sony has always been like this,they invent a medium like cd,bluray and then will reap rewards for next 10-15 years and then redevelop.
for the past 4-6 years sony was just investing for the tech and mainly for the future,now they have got what that tech and now they are gonna use it.
