do you know this all silly, none of us know exactly how much sony is losing, for all we know they could be losing $50 or just $1 per PS3 sold, either way there losing so the above statements about losing money mean nothing as their is not substance to that statement, right now as it stands it just an empty comment and yet here we are fighting......wooooo VG forums FTW!!!

Those are brackets.  Greenberg used some other word and the reporter substituted "repair" for it, either because he accidentally used the wrong word, or because the reporter thought "repair" made more sense or would make it easier for the audience to understand what Greenberg was saying.

So, do you then disregard everything else written in the article that isn't a direct quote from Stringer?

^ thats what im thinking...he has no proof thats says that was a mistake vs clarity

It's absolutely unbiased.  We have Stringer's exact words (would was just added, it didn't replace anything) quoted.  And we have a word added by a reporter who is attempting to interpret what Stringer said.  Basically Stringer said the PS3 is losing money and the reporter interpreted Stringer's comment as meaning the PS3 would lose money if there was a price drop.  Just because something is a common practice doesn't mean it doesn't sometimes lead to a journalist changing the meaning of a quote by misinterpreting it.

 

ramuji said:

So, do you then disregard everything else written in the article that isn't a direct quote from Stringer?

That's not what I'm doing at all.  I'm giving more weight to an exact quote from the CEO of Sony regarding their PS3 business, over some random reporter's interpretation of what that quote means.  What a silly straw man argument.  Just because the reporter said Stringer arrived in Idaho on Tuesday and that's not a quote from some witness/source doesn't mean I disregard it.  I assume it's true barring any evidence to the contrary from someone who has more expertise on the matter.  If there was a direct quote from Stringer's personal travel secretary that he actually arrived on Monday, I would place more weight on that.  If some random person said Stringer arrived on Monday, I would assume they were wrong and the reporter was correct.  Here it's a direct quote from the CEO of Sony and one journalist's interpretation of that quote, that's an easy choice.

It is possible that "I lose money on every Playstation I make" could be in future tense. It would depend on the tone of the response. However, it is hard for me to convey a vocal tone via internet text to show what I mean, haha. Maybe the writer felt the tone of Stringer's response implied a future tense

To put what I mean into a question...

Question: "why not cut the PS3 price"

Answer: "I lose money on every Playstation I make"

...which could imply the result will cause a loss of money. However, without the actual audio of Stringer's response or the exact question that was asked, it is harder to know for sure. But the fact remains, the author wouldn't put "would" unless he felt it was warranted.

I was about to respond to this, but it seems kind of silly at this point.

Instead, I'm attempting to get in touch with Mr. Oreskovic (the reporter) via Reuters to get some clarification on why (would) was added to the quotation. I'm not too hopeful about getting a response, but it's better than simply going around and around on the issue in this thread.  :) 

Sony Still Takes 10% Hit on PS3 Systems
May 15, 2009

sorry but i dont get your argument when he says WOULD

They can't put any pressure on any dev. They are selling poorly, in last place. On top of that the PS3 costs the most to develop for with the least return. And analysts are predicting attach rates for PS3 to drop. Hate to say it, but the future looks bleak for PS3. Considering as well they cant drop the price because they will leak more money.