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Sony Q3: PS3/PS4 7.8 M; FY13 FCT 15M

P

Parmenides

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Sony - Consolidated Financial Results (Millions of U.S. dollars)
Code: 
        Game                 Ap-Jn'13    Jl-Sp'13    Oc-Dc'13     


        Sales                 1,191       1,588       4,207                    

Operating Income  (Loss)      (149)        (8)         172


Ap-Jn'13 -> Significant increase in loss due to an increase in R&D related to the PS4

Jl-Sp'13 -> Loss was primarily due to the price reduction for the PS Vita 

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   Sony Corporation          Ap-Jn'13    Jl-Sp'13    Oc-Dc'13     


        Sales                 17,300      18,117      22,979                    

Operating Income  (Loss)       367         151         860             

   Net Income  (Loss)          35         (197)        257




Hardware Unit Sales (Unit: Million) - 2013
Code: 
PlayStation 2 is not included in FY13 (April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014) 


                                 Home Consoles


  Period          PS      360     360 + XBO     Wii U     Wii    Wii U + Wii
------------                                      
(Ja-Mr)’13        3.4     1.3        1.3        0.39      0.45       0.84

(Ap-Jn)’13        1.1     1.0        1.0        0.16      0.21       0.37

(Jl-Sp)’13        2.0     1.2        1.2        0.30      0.26       0.56

(Oc-Dc)’13        7.8     3.5        7.4        1.95      0.60       2.55
-------------   -------------------------------------------------------------
   
   2013           14.3    7.0        10.9       2.80      1.52       4.32


PlayStation Hardware Unit Sales (Unit: Million)
Code: 
                                  Home Consoles
                                                                    

     Period            PS1       PS2       PS3       PS4/PS3/PS2      PS LTD
-----------------                                       
  (1994 – 1999)        71.8                                            71.8 
   
  (2000 – 2006)        30.7      113.2     1.7                         145.6

  (2007 - 2013)                  41.9      62.2         27.4           131.5
-----------------    ---------------------------------------------    -------
  
                       102.5     155.1     63.9         27.4           348.9



[1] PS3 Fat Era  (Oct 2006 – Jun 2009)

  - Wii 52.62    (Nov 2006 launch)
  - 360 31.5     (Nov 2005 launch)
  - PS3 23.8     (Nov 2006 launch)

[2] PS3 Slim Era (Jul 2009 – Nov 2013)

  - PS3 56.2     (Nov 2,  2013)
  - 360 48.5     (Oct 17, 2013)
  - Wii 47.68    (Sep 30, 2013)

[3] PlayStation - Console Transitions

  - PS1 72.92    (Mar 31, 2000)
  - PS2 106.5    (Sep 30, 2006)
  - PS3 80.0     (Nov 2,  2013) 

[4] PlayStation LTD

  - PS1 102.49
  - PS2 155.1  + (Apr'12 - Mar'13) 
  - PS3 80.0   + (Nov'13 - Dec'13)

PlayStation Milestones
Sony: PS1 100 m (May 18, 2004)
Sony: PS2 100 m (November 29, 2005)
Sony: PS2 150 m (January 31, 2011)
Sony: PS2 153.6 m (September 30, 2011)
Sony: PS3 70 m (November 4, 2012)
Sony: PS3 80 m (November 2, 2013)
Sony: PS4 4.2 m [Retail Sales] (December 28, 2013)
Sony: PSP 70 m (April 27, 2011)
Sony: PSP 73 m (September 30, 2011)

Retail sales to consumers estimated by SCEI
Retail sales to consumers estimated by Microsoft
Code: 
PS4 Hardware ->  4.2 million as of December 28, 2013

PS4 Software ->  9.7 million copies sold in retail stores and through digital downloads on PlayStation Store

XBO Hardware ->  Over 3 million XBO consoles were sold to consumers before the end of 2013

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P

Phediuk

Member
So is Sony no longer in immediate danger of bankruptcy then?

Looks like they made a healthy profit last year.
 
V

vinnygambini

Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Sony may have profited from Q3 - approximately 115 million, the outlook is terrible.

The Japanese tech giant said it anticipates a net loss of ¥110 billion for the full year through March, compared with its previous forecast for a profit of ¥30 billion. That was much worse than an estimate of ¥16.79 billion profit from analysts polled by financial data provider Quick. It was Sony's second downward revision in just three months.
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579365813295595026?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303496804579365813295595026.html

Good results from Game segment nonetheless. Although in the short-term the results are nothing to write home about, in the long-term Sony will most likely be stronger financially going forward.
 
S

satam357

Banned
Kaz finally making the big moves necessary:
Sony sells its VAIO PC business, makes TV arm its own subsidiary
BY MAT SMITH FEBRUARY 6TH, 2014 AT 1:02AM ET

sony.jpg


Sony said it was "addressing various options" as recently as yesterday when it came to its VAIO PC and laptop arm, and while announcing its financial results for Q3 2013, it's apparently come to a decision. Amid reforming its TV arm (and splitting it into a stand-alone entity by June 2014), it's going to sell its PC business and VAIO brand to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), with the final deal set to be done by the end of March 2014. The company has reported a drop in demand for its PCs in prior financial statements, and (barring the VAIO Flip 11A), Sony didn't really have much to show from its VAIO range at this year's CES.

The company says it's no longer designing and developing PC products, while manufacturing and sales will wrap up after the company's final VAIO range goes on sale globally. It has decided to focus on those post-PC products (yep, smartphones and tablets), meaning that it had to make some big decisions with less successful parts of the business. During Q3 2013, Sony saw year-on-year sales increases from its mobile arm, but still forecasts an annual loss of around $1.1 billion (110 billion yen) for the full year: it had previously projected a 30 billion yen profit. The blame is leveled at the businesses its now looking to change. Other highlights include the PS4, which sold 4.2 million units and 9.7 million games in its first six weeks. The games arm also saw a "dramatic increase" in PlayStation Plus subscriptions -- something that's mandatory for multiplayer on the company's new console.

Sony will cut a total of 5,000 jobs worldwide (1,500 in Japan) by the end of the 2014 fiscal year, while the new PC company has stated that it will hire around 250 to 300 Sony employees, encompassing design, development manufacturing and sales, and will be based in Nagano -- where Sony's current VAIO HQ resides. The company is promising to fulfill all its aftercare warranties. Sony is signed up to invest 5 percent of the new company's capital to support its launch and smooth over the transition. Restructuring costs across both the TV and PC segments are now set to cost an extra 20 billion yen. Sony is now set to focus on its high-end sets and 4K screens, and hopes that changes will ensure the TV business returns to profitability within the next financial year.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/sony-sells-vaio/
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ethomaz

ethomaz

Banned
astrogamer said:
Well at least this year we can figure out that it was approximately 3.6 PS3 and 4.2 PS4
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Unless there is a magical way to ship in 1 day the units produced in late December then the most probable is that Sony shipped at least 4.4m PS4 in 2013 (200k units reached the stores in January)..,. I guess that's the minimum.
 
Zok310

Zok310

Banned
Kaz seems to be doing what needs to be done to save the greater Sony. Hope his efforts pay off, he deserves it.
 
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B.O.O.M

Member
neptunes said:
I'm sure we'll still get Vaios, just not from Sony.

Are their tablets selling well? How much markets share do they have in that arena?
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yeah if they continue to come and be the same build quality I will buy em. Both vaio and asus laptops are awesome


I want to see their reasoning behind the forecast adjustment. That's a significant loss
 
R

ReturnOfTheRAT

Member
Finally dumped the PC business which only a select few should even both with at this point. I think that these days, either make enthusiast (Gamer) PC's or hardware that is going to be sold in mass to companies. High end PC's for normal consumers isn't something Sony will no longer have to bother with.
 
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LiquidSolid

Member
Not surprised the Vaio division is being sold off but I think it's a pity they're selling the Vaio brand as well. I really think they could've rebranded their tablets with it and helped them stand out (so you'd have the Xperia Z line for phones and the Vaio Z line for tablets).
 
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satam357

Banned
LiquidSolid said:
Not surprised the Vaio division is being sold off but I think it's a pity they're selling the Vaio brand as well. I really think they could've rebranded their tablets with it and helped them stand out (so you'd have the Xperia Z line for phones and the Vaio Z line for tablets).
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You do realize that Sony already makes a Xperia Z Android tablet?
 
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LiquidSolid

Member
satam357 said:
You do realize that Sony already makes a Xperia Z Android tablet?
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Of course I do, that was my bloody point. Xperia Tablet Z is a shitty name.

Trevelyon said:
Argh!!! Goddam consolidation of numbers. But hey, if anything they are consistent, in success and failure.
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Why do you care? Were you expecting them to announce January numbers in their Oct-Dec quarter? We already know how many PS4s they sold last year.
 
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satam357

Banned
Keyouta said:
Smart decisions there. I also think they should spin off their Mobile phone and tablet business.
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You do realize that the mobile division is successful for Sony, right? Sony sells the most Smartphones in the world outside of Apple & Samsung.
 
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B.O.O.M

Member
oh reading the notes the forecast is explained...a huge set of impairment charges are at play

32.1 Billion impairment charge to the battery business
8.2 Billion impairment charge to the pc business


there's also a write off for PC software in the gaming segment for 6.2 Billion (SOE stuff)

all in yen
 
S

satam357

Banned
LiquidSolid said:
Of course I do, that was my bloody point. Xperia Tablet Z is a shitty name.
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"Xperia" is the name of Sony's line of Android devices. Just like "Galaxy" is the name of Samsung's line of Android devices. So an Android Tablet from Sony is gonna be called Xperia.
 
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