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Sony's making big money again, it's been a while.
"We hold our controllers in missing hands.
We stand tall on missing laptops.
We stride forward on the bones of our Vitas.
Then, and only then, are we profitable.
This "revenue" is ours and no one else's: a secret turnaround strategy we wield, out of sight.
We will be stronger than ever, for our Ridge Racer."
―Kazuhira Hirai
I really don't see how anyone could reasonably expect anything higher, have you not been following Sony the past years? This is their biggest profit in a long ass time.I expected a larger profit to be honest, at least in the billions. They sure must have gigantic costs in the equation though.
Shame their camera sensor business starts to show issues, and the earthquake has apparently damaged this Sony division the most.
Where do we figure Xbox One's trajectory fits in? I am guessing between the 360 and the PS3.This was posted in the locked thread by bananafactory
Keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't given any official figures for the XB1 in a long time and the best we have now are estimations, though.Where do we figure Xbox One's trajectory fits in? I am guessing between the 360 and the PS3.
Sony proper.So we're talking about Sony proper? and not just Playstation, right?
I'll genuinely never forget almost the entire industry trying so hard in the months leading up to and after launch.
It was like the PS3 killed their dog or something.
Glad the game division is doing so well.
More more games!
Brace Yourself...
Games are coming.
Brace Yourself...
Games are coming.
Well the Wii U, Xbox One, Vita, and 3DS have all fallen off a cliff. PlayStation is the one outlier in an industry full of flailing competitors.Felt like a lot of people assumed that because the Wii U bombed, the entire industry would bomb.
I'll genuinely never forget almost the entire industry trying so hard in the months leading up to and after launch.
It was like the PS3 killed their dog or something.
Well the Wii U, Xbox One, Vita, and 3DS have all fallen off a cliff. PlayStation is the one outlier in an industry full of flailing competitors.
Well the Wii U, Xbox One, Vita, and 3DS have all fallen off a cliff. PlayStation is the one outlier in an industry full of flailing competitors.
Well the Wii U, Xbox One, Vita, and 3DS have all fallen off a cliff. PlayStation is the one outlier in an industry full of flailing competitors.
This was posted in the locked thread by bananafactory
XB1 seems to be doing 'ok', even though its not as good as PS4. You don't count a console not selling like Wii as a failure.
Sony had BB last year while the Big hit this year was related to May.Worst quarter For PS4 ever since launch. Though was expect. Last holidays PS4 was massive overshipped ( ~1.8 million gap sold-shipped ).
Next quarter gonna be way better, most likely up YOY again.
Also, i predicted 2.5 million. I was close.
I'd say it's even doing good.XB1 seems to be doing 'ok', even though its not as good as PS4. You don't count a console not selling like Wii as a failure.
I don't remember Microsoft releasing press statements about Xbox 360s monthly active users. It was just sales, sales, sales. Xbox 360 was a US and kinda sorta western Europe sales juggernaut. Xbox One is a distant second in those territories and like the X360 has no presence anywhere else in the world. Whispers in the halls of Redmond echo "disaster." It's a real mess like everyone in the console industry except Sony's PlayStation 4.The Xbone is doing poorly compared to the PS4, but isn't it still outpacing the 360? As for handhelds, the writing's been on the wall for years.
XB1 seems to be doing 'ok', even though its not as good as PS4. You don't count a console not selling like Wii as a failure.
Neither console is going to bell-curve like the Wii, either.
Edit: Unless everyone jumps on the Neo and the PS4 craters.
I'd say it's even doing good.
In the US and UK.
But we are talking WW sales, and the XB1 isn't doing too good overall (those 2 markets, maybe 3 with Mexico, being its lifeline particularly around the Holidays), and already starting to fall behind the 360.
I don't remember Microsoft releasing press statements about Xbox 360s monthly active users. It was just sales, sales, sales. Xbox 360 was a US and kinda sorta western Europe sales juggernaut. Xbox One is a distant second in those territories and like the X360 has no presence anywhere else in the world. Whispers in the halls of Redmond echo "disaster." It's a real mess like everyone in the console industry except Sony's PlayStation 4.
Sony had a lot of years where they weren't profitable at all, so anything in the black is an improvement. Kaz is doing a fantastic job of turning the company around.
Solid double-digit revenue growth from the Game & Network Services (G&NS) segment, which now is the largest operating unit overall for Sony (per Page F-6 of Earnings Release).
However, I find it interesting that Hardware sales actually declined slightly year-over-year, while Network segment was up 50%. Per Page F-8 in the same document:
Hardware is still obviously the largest portion of the G&NS unit, but I wouldn't have anticipated a decline with the strength of PS4. This must be due to the ongoing phase-out of PS3 plus continued lackluster Vita sales, no?
Well, look at what Kaz was handed to turn around. Sony was in shambles.With all due respect, it has taken Kaz a longer than expected time to turn things around at Sony.
Regardless, this is good news for the corp.
I don't believe Xbone out passing is true anymore after last quarter.The Xbone is doing poorly compared to the PS4, but isn't it still outpacing the 360? As for handhelds, the writing's been on the wall for years.
Sony had a lot of years where they weren't profitable at all, so anything in the black is an improvement. Kaz is doing a fantastic job of turning the company around.
Solid double-digit revenue growth from the Game & Network Services (G&NS) segment, which now is the largest operating unit overall for Sony (per Page F-6 of Earnings Release).
However, I find it interesting that Hardware sales actually declined slightly year-over-year, while Network segment was up 50%. Per Page F-8 in the same document:
Hardware is still obviously the largest portion of the G&NS unit, but I wouldn't have anticipated a decline with the strength of PS4. This must be due to the ongoing phase-out of PS3 plus continued lackluster Vita sales, no?
They did not sell all 17.7 million at $350.They sold 14.6 million at the price of US $400.. now they are selling 17.7 million at the price of US $ 350. So the increase probably have not covered the drop in sales of PS3 and Vita.
Solid double-digit revenue growth from the Game & Network Services (G&NS) segment, which now is the largest operating unit overall for Sony (per Page F-6 of Earnings Release).
However, I find it interesting that Hardware sales actually declined slightly year-over-year, while Network segment was up 50%. Per Page F-8 in the same document:
Hardware is still obviously the largest portion of the G&NS unit, but I wouldn't have anticipated a decline with the strength of PS4. This must be due to the ongoing phase-out of PS3 plus continued lackluster Vita sales, no?
One of the mods here was hooked on that angle prior to the PS4/XO launch, always preaching long write-ups of doom and gloom for the industry in a lot of threads. It got to a point of predictability to where my eyes would just gloss past his post whenever I saw his avatar since it was the same thing over and over.Despite the fact that the PS4 and Xbone are doing great, people will still freak out about the console industry being dead.