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

DirtyP2002 said:

btw. I can't stand Sony for mixing up the consoles and handhelds.

If I was a share holder I'd raise a stink about it. It's deceptive and only done to hide negative data that they don't want to show shareholders, but if you're accepting the equity from a share holder they have the right to know what the hell is going on.



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It seems that even though Sony had one-off sales, they also had one-off expenses, like buying Olympus. Hopefully they'll be able to profit next FY without the sales.



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DirtyP2002 said:

Thanks.

Any idea how PS2 / PS3 went from being down 10% YoY to 35% up during the slowest Q of the year?

No ideia... 3.4m is close twice my most optimist predictions (I expected 1.9m).

Well maybe the sales in the end of the year was bigger than Sony expected (shipped) so they have to make bigger shipments last quarter.



Soundwave said:

So basically if I'm reading that right, Sony's entire game division for the fiscal year made approximately $17 million (USD) in operating income (profit)?

Yeap... you are reading right.



ethomaz said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Thanks.

Any idea how PS2 / PS3 went from being down 10% YoY to 35% up during the slowest Q of the year?

No ideia... 3.4m is close twice my most optimist predictions (I expected 1.9m).

Well maybe the sales in the end of the year was bigger than Sony expected (shipped) so they have to make bigger shipments last quarter.


nah, we would have seen hundreds of threads regarding shortages.



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ethomaz said:
Soundwave said:

So basically if I'm reading that right, Sony's entire game division for the fiscal year made approximately $17 million (USD) in operating income (profit)?

Yeap... you are reading right.


LOL, the game business really is pathetic, this is small potatoes, big time.

I'm starting to understand why Apple really has little to no interest in making a game console seemingly.



Troll_Whisperer said:
It seems that even though Sony had one-off sales, they also had one-off expenses, like buying Olympus. Hopefully they'll be able to profit next FY without the sales.

Gakai, Olymmpus, etc... but I think they will buy more (if need) next fiscal year too.



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DirtyP2002 said:
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
ethomaz said:

DirtyP2002 said:

My thoughts exactly. So when PS3 and PS Vita are actually down YoY and the total number of consoles shipped is up - WTF is the PS2 doing?!

Wait... the PS3 + PS2 is UP in the quarter... for the year they are DOWN 8%  (18 million to 16.5 million).

The text you quoted is about the full fiscal year... not the quarter.

Thanks.

Any idea how PS2 / PS3 went from being down 10% YoY to 35% up during the slowest Q of the year?

yes, by dominating.


any educated information?

is it too difficult for you to grasp the fact that PS3 is just selling way better than other consoles right now? there HAS to be some sore of "explanation" right? its pretty fucking simple! more people bought it the q of this year  than last year! so what is it you dont understand, exactly?



5m forecast for PSV+PSP. Am I the only one that thinks that Sony does not have anything exclusive in the pipes for Vita aside from what is known (tearaway and killzone)?



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