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Forums - Sony Discussion - Sony FY2016 Q3 results out, 993$ million profit, 21.3$ Billion revenue, 8.4 Million PS4s shipped!

Teeqoz on 29 January 2016
Sixteenvolt420 said:
PowerXXX said:
PS4 is saving Sony.

Also it's time for a new line of phones. It's time to leave the Xperia brand and create something brand new. I love Xperia phones but it's time for a change. They need to bring something new on the table.

 

Or just drop out of the phone market completely. Aren't there enough phone companies as it is? Plus, when is the last time Sony made a phone that people were going crazy to own?

 

If you see that, you see that the only reason Mobile has a loss this year is because of the FX impact. If the exchange rates had been the same as last year, Mobile would have had a decent profit so far this Fiscal Year (though of course some of it would dissappear in the notriously unprofitable Q4).

In any case, the cost of exiting the mobile business (yeah, there are costs related to selling of assets/businesses as well...) would be much higher than what they are set to lose in mobile over the next few years, and most likely mobile will be at ~breakeven in a year or two.



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justinian on 29 January 2016

Considering they were declared "dead" by many "experts" on this forum and elsewhere a few years ago this is some turnaround. Quite remarkable really.



Ruler on 29 January 2016

lol the segment which they invested most money into was the one who didnt turn a profit, which are image sensors.
Its due to Apples sloppy sales



Why i left PC gaming

 

(2015) Question for PS4 owners: if the situation would be reverse? would you still play on PS4?

(2015) The "I don't care PS4 is the most powerful console" thread

Guitarguy on 29 January 2016

Very cool and well deserved.



poklane on 29 January 2016


bruh

FY2015 shipments (15.4mil) have already exceeded FY2014 shipments (14.8mil) even though FY2015 still has an entire quarter to go. Sony is also still expecting to ship 17.5mil PS4 for the entire Financial Year, which would mean Sony is expecting 2.1mil PS4 shipments for FY2015 Q4, down 0.3mil from FY2014 Q4's 2.4mil.



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Nate4Drake on 29 January 2016

Congrats Sony !



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Train wreck on 29 January 2016

A couple things:

Late Gen 7 and gen 8 sales wise, Sony is the largest video game company, really no room for debate.

7 out of 8 quarters (almost 2 years) that the gaming division has been operating income positive... and now, like in the early 2000s, the gaming division is dictating the direction of the company. I don't see them making the same mistakes they did in 2005/2006.

Gaming division looking to post its first billion dollar year in 14 years and depending on this quarter, may surpass 2002's high water mark.

Sony wrote down the value of the Vita and Vita TV last year and while they are still being made, they have no material impact on earnings. Hopefully we can get lifetime numbers of the PS3 when all is said and done.



AEGRO on 29 January 2016

The Playstation 4 is Killing it.

Im just glad Sony reveal concrete numbers when it comes to their Video Game division so we can have an idea of how things are going.

I hate when companies hide the numbers, especially when it comes to Video Games.



DonFerrari on 29 January 2016
justinian said:
Considering they were declared "dead" by many "experts" on this forum and elsewhere a few years ago this is some turnaround. Quite remarkable really.

The specialists on this site are the best... tops Patcher



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

AEGRO on 29 January 2016
RolStoppable said:
AEGRO said:
The Playstation 4 is Killing it.

Im just glad Sony reveal concrete numbers when it comes to their Video Game division so we can have an idea of how things are going.

I hate when companies hide the numbers, especially when it comes to Video Games.

Then I have bad news for you: Sony is hiding numbers.

 

Arent the Ps4 numbers clear enough?