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Forums - Sony - Sony's FY2012 Earnings: $458m Profit (FY); 3.4m PS3+PS2 (Q4); 1.3m PSV+PSP (Q4)

ethomaz on 09 May 2013

PS3 Shipment

80.4 million - PS2 FY2012 Shipment 



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ethomaz on 09 May 2013
Troll_Whisperer said:

This may help visualise the situation:

TVs and Mobile Devices (Phones) are the the biggest Sony issue.



ethomaz on 09 May 2013

The discussion in GAF now is how many PS2 was shipped... yeah guys the king is not dead yet.

Sony did not make any projection for PS2 sales... so can it finally be discontinued?



ethomaz on 09 May 2013

The Game Forecast

"Sales are expected to increase significantly primarily due to the planned introduction of the PlayStation®4 (“PS4TM”) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Operating income is expected to be essentially flat year-on-year primarily due to an increase in research and development expenses and marketing expenses related to the introduction of the PS4, offset by the impact of the above-mentioned increase in sales." 



ethomaz on 09 May 2013
Otakumegane said:

Wondering what caused a loss in Game division. (Q4)

Vita cut? 1st party didn't so as well?

PS4 dev costs for sure.



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ethomaz on 09 May 2013

Game

"Sales decreased 12.2% year-on-year (a 15% decrease on a constant currency basis) to 707.1 billion yen (7,522
million U.S. dollars). Sales to external customers decreased 22.5% year-on-year. This significant decrease was
primarily due to a decrease in unit sales of PlayStation®3 (“PS3”) hardware and PSP® (PlayStation Portable)
(“PSP”) hardware and software, as well as PlayStation®Vita (“PS Vita”) hardware, partially offset by the favorable
impact of foreign exchange rates.
Operating income decreased 27.6 billion yen year-on-year to 1.7 billion yen (18 million U.S. dollars). This
significant decrease was primarily due to the above-mentioned decrease in sales of PSP hardware and software as
well as the impact of a strategic price reduction for the PS Vita, enacted in Japan in February 2013"



Otakumegane on 09 May 2013
ethomaz said:
Otakumegane said:

Wondering what caused a loss in Game division. (Q4)

Vita cut? 1st party didn't so as well?

PS4 dev costs for sure.

Right. Forgot about that. But then there's this.

This significant decrease was primarily due to the above-mentioned decrease in sales of PSP hardware and software as
well as the impact of a strategic price reduction for the PS Vita, enacted in Japan in February 2013"



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Lawlight on 09 May 2013

Seems to corroborate what people have been saying all along - the gaming division is profitable.



ethomaz on 09 May 2013

Otakumegane said:

Right. Forgot about that.

They expect for FY2013 "Operating income is expected to be essentially flat year-on-year primarily due to an increase in research and development expenses and marketing expenses related to the introduction of the PS4".

So we will see a lot of expenses related to PS4 in next fiscal year too.

Edit - You beat me to get the quote.



ethomaz on 09 May 2013

Crazy but I can't believe in these 3.4m shipped for PS3+PS2... UP 36% YoY and that number is even better from what Sony expected.

PS. I know it is real