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Wow at those shipped numbers.
Crapgamer on suicide watch.
Crapgamer on suicide watch.
Vita means life... somewhere else.
It happened last quarter. They actually made a small profit this time, 9.3 billion yen.
They are the undisputed leader, on the biggest quarter, with great sales and PS+ subscriptions.
And the income is only ¥53.7 billion yen?
I was expecting better, something like Wii-numbers...
Vita means life... somewhere else.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7975609/sony-earnings-q3-2014The Xperia smartphone business continues to struggle; Sony is laying off 2,100 workers by March 2016 having previously announced 1,000 cuts, meaning the division will shrink by around 30 percent in total. Sales were actually up slightly year-on-year with a small operating profit, but new mobile chief Hiroki Totoki is implementing a restructuring plan designed to streamline the smartphone strategy.
4K sets have boosted Sony’s TV business, meanwhile, helping it turn a profit for three straight months for the first time in over a decade. The gaming division continues to perform well, with strong PlayStation 4 sales and income from network services driving a 17 percent increase in revenue. Sales have also been helped across the board by a weaker yen.
The cyberattack itself, which authorities believe was orchestrated by North Korea, hasn’t made much impact on Sony’s bottom line. Sony is putting aside 15 million dollars (¥1.8 billion) in "investigation and remedial costs" connected to the hack and, despite a projected 11.7 percent decrease in revenue put down to fewer home entertainment releases and less box-office take, Sony Pictures still made a slim estimated operating profit of ¥2.4 billion ($20.4 million) for the quarter.
Him and nexgen720 are the pits they rejoice on anything Sony negative relatedWow at those shipped numbers.
Crapgamer on suicide watch.
I think that's right. Also if you take that AMD statement awhile back as gospel would that mean that the X1 is less than 10 million sold through??? I'd doubt that.
I think this is it.How does that 1.4 million shipped portables number compare to last year?
Looks like PS3 is dying faster than the 360 then.
Those PS4 numbers are superb. It's very near to the Wii in the same time frame.
I just noticed that Sony don't report software unit sales anymore. They just report software as revenue now.
It's on page 25 isn't it? The 420 million figure.
Sorry, but if someone has the time, could they please explain to me what a write-down is.Interesting tidbit:
[Sony initiated] recording of an 11.2 billion yen (93 million U.S. dollars) write-down of PS Vita and PS TV components. This write-down was recorded because the latestforecast of PS TV unit sales does not reach our original forecast as a result of lower than expected unit sales in the current quarter.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/150204_sony.pdf
Yes that's revenue. before they used to list software as units
Sorry, but if someone has the time, could they please explain to me what a write-down is.
I looked it up and still not confident if I know for sure. Does it mean that because a product (Vita,PSTV) doesn't do well retailers sell it a constant reduced price that has to subsidized by Sony?
So am I the only one who's disappointed Sony failed to capitalise on the popularity and didn't ship 22 million?
Sorry, but if someone has the time, could they please explain to me what a write-down is.
I looked it up and still not confident if I know for sure. Does it mean that because a product (Vita,PSTV) doesn't do well retailers sell it a constant reduced price that has to subsidized by Sony?
So am I the only one who's disappointed Sony failed to capitalise on the popularity and didn't ship 9 million this quarter?
Yes that's revenue. before they used to list software as units
So am I the only one who's disappointed Sony failed to capitalise on the popularity and didn't ship 9 million this quarter?
So am I the only one who's disappointed Sony failed to capitalise on the popularity and didn't ship 9 million this quarter?
When a company, like Sony, can't justify the book value of assets in their books, they need write it down (reduce the value) to an appropriate amount..if not it would be misleading to those who use their financial documents.
ps: and yes you are on the right track with the PS TV example..that could very well be a good reason to do so
Thank youBasically Sony assessed their Vita parts as being worth X million dollars, but determined that in reality, because of low demand, they were only worth X - $93 million since it was incredibly unlikely they could sell them for the price they originally thought they could.
As such, they have to "write down" the value of the asset (Vita parts).
Doesn't amount to anything if they fail to capitalize on it
So am I the only one who's disappointed Sony failed to capitalise on the popularity and didn't ship 9 million this quarter?
I must concede, Travis pulled it off better than me. >_>Well played lol
Amazing to me how low the operating income seems to be for playstation as well. Is game development factored into that?
so how high are we expecting sony stock to jump?
why don't they just fucking axe their mobile division
But honestly very good quarter overall. Most divisions are profitable now and Playstation is the strongest it been in like a decade,
Sony doing good.