# Sony loses 3.3 BILLION on PS3's **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505 "2008-06-27T01:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/1 "2008-06-27T01:12:54Z")
DAMN! > **[Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > News, email and search are just the beginning. Discover more every day. Find your yodel. ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/2 "2008-06-27T01:27:39Z")
whoa! the only reason i would want a PS3 is because it plays blue-ray, but if i’m correct… at the time of the PS3’s release, only a handful of dvd’s were being released in blue-ray, and people werent well educated on the product. I bet if people had known about blue-rays, and they were more common, the price gap in the gaming systems (xbox vs ps3) wouldnt have mattered as much, because people would know what they were getting. ---
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/3 "2008-06-27T09:35:26Z")
yes and xbox 360 will have a blu ray extension soon ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/4 "2008-06-27T10:29:03Z")
My Blu-Ray drive was $150. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/5 "2008-06-27T10:30:24Z")
That’s not too bad Shawn. Maybe I’ll have to look into one. :ponder ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/6 "2008-06-27T13:41:24Z")
blue ray= laserdisc= failure ---
**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/7 "2008-06-27T17:15:59Z")
> [@n!cole](#): > > That’s not too bad Shawn. Maybe I’ll have to look into one. :ponder i record lots of stuff so im waiting for the recorder units to come out :ninja… or i would have one already myself :nod… ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/8 "2008-06-27T19:46:20Z")
I have 4TB of space. Space is cheap but BluRay movies are like crazy big. Standard DVD can be brought down under 4.7 w/o compression with just the movie while Blu-Ray can exceed 50GB. ---
**Author:** ![bobbyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@bobbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobbyt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/9 "2008-06-28T00:15:54Z")
The PS3 came out way to late,by the time they have allot of games the new xbox will be out.This is why Sony is so fucked and they have very few games close to the 360 games out. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/10 "2008-06-28T00:21:10Z")
> **[BBC NEWS | Business | Sony predicts TV and game profits](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7475006.stm)** > > Sony announces its strategy to make its television and video game operations profitable in the current year. > Sony unexpectedly made a loss of 4.7bn yen ($45m; £23m) in the first quarter. I think yahoo mixed up some numbers ---
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/11 "2008-06-28T10:01:12Z")
if you read the article, its says that they lost 2.16 billion last year and 1.16 this year ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/12 "2008-06-28T10:05:17Z")
> [@waltbabyluv](#): > > if you read the article, its says that they lost 2.16 billion last year and 1.16 this year But according to BBC they have only lost 45 Million this year big difference from 1.16 Billion. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/13 "2008-06-28T10:13:04Z")
The great thing about numbers is they can be manipulated in many ways. I assume Yahoo is using the numbers of R&D, transportation, advertising and the whole tally, while BBC article could have used the simplest form of numbers, cost of production of a unit to the number of units sold. Without any other information and sources used, it’s unfair to use one articles numbers against the other. ---
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/14 "2008-06-28T10:51:53Z")
> [@Mafdark](#): > > But according to BBC they have only lost 45 Million this year big difference from 1.16 Billion. ok, and according to yahoo they have lost 1.16 billion this year, thats a big difference from 45 million ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/15 "2008-06-28T13:13:44Z")
ok well like vlad said it depends on what they including on the loss $$ anyways blue ray and hd dvd are awesome , such an amazing amount of space one just one disc… the dude who said blue ray laser dsic fail shit… uh your wrong anyways gonna read the article now, i knew they were loosing out big time tho… and EVERYONE KNOWS THE FIRST CONSOLE TO COME OUT automatically has an advantage OH by the way Bugatti Veyron is also sold for a price which is lower than what it cost Volkswagen/bugatti to build the actual car… ---
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/16 "2008-06-28T14:27:33Z")
The console that comes out first doesnt always have the advantage. The Wii came out the same time as the PS3 did and it has outsold both the PS3 and the 360 ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/17 "2008-06-28T16:41:45Z")
yea, but coming out late does not help at all , remember gamecube of course it has to be a good console either way, and im surprised the WII sold so much, im a nintendo fanb0y for sure, but damn i hate the wii, the best game for it, is the wii sports, i think it even comes with it… and thats just bowling golf and other silly things with the worst models/graphics ever, the WII must be making 600fps average on that game LOL ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/18 "2008-06-28T22:41:29Z")
how many billion did they make on blu-ray disc? have to remember, sony owns BD. how many billion did they make when they basically cut off the head of toshiba and HD DVD (still pissed about my xbox360 hd dvd player…) it’s a loss, companies make them. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/19 "2008-06-28T22:56:33Z")
oh ya sony is gonna be fine but i dont think that they are happy with the results from Ps3 ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505/20 "2008-06-28T23:22:07Z")
then it should motivate them to appeal to more consumers… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-3-3-billion-on-ps3s/237505.md?page=2)