WHAT?! Hell no!

4.2 million PS4s shipped in this Q --> 3.6 million PS3s shipped for this Q.

From Oct. - end of December

3.6 million PS3s shipped // according to VGC 2.7 million consoles sold to consumers
3.5 million Xbox 360s shipped // according to VGC 2.2 million consoles sold to consumers.

So there is 100k difference for the shipments, but 500k for the sold through numbers. This is not logical. That was my point. I never doubted Sonys numbers.

Sony's spinning off there TV business into an independent company while selling there PC business.

It looks like by this time next year Sony's consumer electronic business will be just phones, consoles and cameras.

I do wonder how many of the smaller parts will be divided up like there PC software business if they will keep it (hopes) or if it will be sold as part of the PC business.

Okay, I'm confused :(

This article came out today http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-06/sony-forecasts-annual-loss-as-hirai-turnaround-stalls-on-tvs.html

Everyone here is stating this as good, but what about the other? These two reports are completely different than each other, correct? One is projected while the other is Q3 2013 financials. Also, how could the PS4 be accounted for at all in this (Q3 2013) when it didn't release until Q4? Are those shipment figures, because I guess that would make sense.

Sorry for stupid questions :(

Q3 is the quarter just gone, Q4 January-March.

Splitting the TV bussiness is the last step before shutdown. It's a large division and, unlike the PC division, nobody would buy a TV division to enter a crowded market (and it's more expensive than PC division too). They can't just ditch it, at least while they still have options to save the division. They tried to do it with the division for some years, now they split it to make it more independent. If it succeeds, it will stay this way. If it won't, it will be way easier to put an end with it out of the main company.

The loss will come from costs associated with the separation of the PC division, at least is what I heard. But in the long run, it's better. The PC market isn't doing well, HP was considering ditching parts of its PC bussiness, Dell had to go private and its reported that Samsung will stop manufacturing all their laptops, except the Chromebooks.

I thought Q1 was January-March, Q2 was April-June, Q3 July-September, and then Q4 October to December?

that would make sense though, accounting for the PS4 in that time frame. 

You are thinking in calendar years. Companies can start their "new years" whenever they see fit, but almost all start it in one of the calendar quarters January, April, July, October.

Billion lost next quarter. Anyone have any idea how much money Sony has in the bank?

There are two ways to look at it. One is objective and the other one is spread on VGC.

The Q was decent, but the outlook is terrible.
Sonys shares are down 5.5% in Europe already, let's see how New York reacts to these numbers in a couple of minutes.