Post: Sony Still Losing Money For Every PS3 Sold
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02-06-2010, 11:12 AM
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Caspa
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Last we checked, You must login or register to view this content., at $37 a pop. Checking in this week, we find the company is still losing money on every PS3 sold. But now, it's only $18.
Yes, having reduced the functionality and the size of the console, and benefited from natural declines in the cost of component parts since the PS3 launched in 2006, Sony has got the PS3 down to the point where by 2011 the company estimates it'll finally be making money on every console that goes out the door.
Which when you consider it launched at $599 - and Sony's financial troubles of late - is an excellent result for the company.
Yes, having reduced the functionality and the size of the console, and benefited from natural declines in the cost of component parts since the PS3 launched in 2006, Sony has got the PS3 down to the point where by 2011 the company estimates it'll finally be making money on every console that goes out the door.
Which when you consider it launched at $599 - and Sony's financial troubles of late - is an excellent result for the company.
This looks bad but actually it's pretty damm impressive, as the article states at the end. $600 down to less than half that now, it's not easy to reduce losses like that. But still, a loss is a loss.
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02-06-2010, 12:37 PM
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born2destroy
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Sony are fine. They will be making a profit over all with tv incomes,games, ps3 they wont be losing money. the ps3 will last another 10 years or so even if they bring out a new console in 6 years or somet
02-06-2010, 01:51 PM
#3
*Spandex*
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sony makes way to much money on their music holdings, their endless line of electronics...this branch may be at a loss, but sony is cost effective and will come out in the long run, what company can say they take a intentional loss to benefit the people buying the stuff?? defo not xbox or Wii
02-06-2010, 04:01 PM
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FuzzaMuzza
NGU Master
yeah, like born2destroy said... luckily Sony makes more than just ps3s. They will be fine i'm sure, they make so much profit from TVs, VIAO laptops, cellphones, psp Gos, Games and theres lots more thing im sure that they are making profit from.
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oh yeah and they have a record label... SONY BGM ...lol sony is fine
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oh yeah and they have a record label... SONY BGM ...lol sony is fine
02-06-2010, 08:17 PM
#5
Dawsey
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Originally posted by Play
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Technology and manufacturing prices may fall as processes are refined and part costs fall, but Sony is still making a loss on every PS3 it sells. The price of making a Slim was looked into by iSuppli, a market research firm, finding it costs $336.27 to craft a 120GB Slim, which retails for $299 in the US. That's a loss of roughly $37 (around £23) per console. Sony is confident this will turn around in time, however.
Technology and manufacturing prices may fall as processes are refined and part costs fall, but Sony is still making a loss on every PS3 it sells. The price of making a Slim was looked into by iSuppli, a market research firm, finding it costs $336.27 to craft a 120GB Slim, which retails for $299 in the US. That's a loss of roughly $37 (around £23) per console. Sony is confident this will turn around in time, however.
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JimErased ; 02-07-2010 at 12:29 PM.
02-06-2010, 08:42 PM
#6
PHO3NIX~
Regenerated and Reborn
When the original 60gb model was out, it had 4 usbs right?
It had card readers, and if you look at where you put the disc in, it had rubber and not the fluffy stuff which they use now
It had a 3 stage fan
It had backwards compatibility
Slowly, they reduced the quality of the console with every model they released
Now it has reached a point that the slim is so much of a crappier model that you can't even install linux on it, which for me, was a selling point of the ps3
Whats next sony?
It had card readers, and if you look at where you put the disc in, it had rubber and not the fluffy stuff which they use now
It had a 3 stage fan
It had backwards compatibility
Slowly, they reduced the quality of the console with every model they released
Now it has reached a point that the slim is so much of a crappier model that you can't even install linux on it, which for me, was a selling point of the ps3
Whats next sony?
02-06-2010, 10:38 PM
#9
dazedandconfused
Bounty hunter
Sony Have Got Money Comeing out of there Ears They Wiill Be Fine
02-07-2010, 03:18 AM
#10
TheFrozenArrow
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That's wierd that they have to take a loss for every system sold. You'd think they would just up the price a bit, but I'm glad they didn't since I just bought a slim 
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