Sony would add another division to their list of divisions that are not very successful

Well..they said last year e3 that they can't let PS4 be a failure multiple times.....so.......


*dead* (a few years earlier.)

Well, last time I checked Sony was struggling... PS4 success or not.
The Playstation division is doing okay but it is certainly not the reason why Sony is not in big troubles but only in troubles right now.

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if sony wasn't here then PS4 wouldn't be crunching up gen 8 but it is so yeh,when sony goes down it won't be in teh console warz but it is and it is winning gen 8

round and round we go

They haven't broke even over the last ten years, Sony has lost 3.5 billion USD on Playstation over that period.

Numbers taken directly from Sony financials. 

 Sony's Gaming Division, Profit over the last 10 years:

Sony's Game Division, FY 2004 (April 2004 - March 2005)
729.8 billion JPY in sales
+43.2 billion JPY in profit (+$404 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2005 (April 2005 - March 2006)
958.6 billion JPY in sales
+8.7 billion JPY in profit (+$75 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2006 (April 2006 - March 2007)
1,016.8 billion JPY in sales
-232.3 billion JPY in profit (-$1969 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2007 (April 2007 - March 2008)
1,284.2 billion JPY in sales
-124.5 billion JPY in profit (-$1245 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2008 (April 2008 - March 2009)
1,053.1 billion JPY in sales
-58.5 billion JPY in profit (-$597 million)

Sony's NPS Division (includes PlayStation), FY 2009 (April 2009 - March 2010)
1,575.8 billion JPY in sales
-83.1 billion JPY in profit (-$893 million)

Sony's NPS Division (includes PlayStation), FY 2010 (April 2010 - March 2011)
1,579.3 billion JPY in sales
+35.6 billion JPY in profit (+$429 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2011 (April 2011 - March 2012)
805.0 billion JPY in sales
+29.3 billion JPY in profit (+$269.5 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2012 (April 2012 - March 2013)
707.1 billion JPY in sales
+1.7 billion JPY in profit (+$15.6 million)

Sony's Game Division, FY 2013 (April 2013 - March 2014)
979.2 billion JPY in sales
-8.1 billion JPY in profit (-$74.5 million)


+$404 million
+$75 million
-$1969 million
-$1245 million
-$597 million
-$893 million (includes non-PlayStation segments)
+$429 milion (includes non-PlayStation segments)
+$269.5 million
+$15.6 million
-$74.5 million

= -$3585.4 million operating loss over the past 10 years

Not surprising, the PS3 was a huge kick in the pants from so many angles.  I loved the machine, but that doesn't mean it was profitable by any means heh.

Nothing would really change. Ps4 would need much much more sales to really help Sony. TV alone lost more money alone yearly than Ps3 managed to lose during it whole dark years.