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GamerBiz: SCEA Losses trimmed

Saturday, June 2, 2007

SCEA Losses trimmed


(<-Perhaps the only good use for a PS3?)
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced recently that their losses were 630 million bucks for Q4 (ended March 31st). This number is smaller in comparison to recent losses. A 60 GB PS3 costs around $800 to make, and sell for $600. Everytime someone buys a PS3 console, they lose 200 dollars. The more consoles that sell, the bigger the loss. So a smaller loss indicated rather poor sales. And this is supported by the fact thatthe PS3 sold only 80,000 units in the US for April. This is compared to 360,000 units for the Wii, and 200,000 for the XBOX 360. Poor Sony, if they lower the cost they will lose even more money, but if they dont lower the price then they will lose something bigger than the PS3, and thats control of the Gaming Industry. You have to feel sorry for them, what can they do? Trying to push a next generation format into the console has really created quite a mess, and scores the 8th spot on the Top 21 Tech Screw Ups of 2006. Microsoft hasnt even made that list....yet.

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