PS4 sold at a LAUWSE

[daze23]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-recoup-playstation-4-hardware-loss-at-launch

PlayStation 4 hardware will make a loss at launch, but Sony expects to immediately recoup the costs when a typical user also buys a PlayStation Plus subscription and at least one launch game.

Sony Japan executive Masayasu Ito made the comment to Eurogamer today in an interview at the company's Tokyo headquarters.

Eurogamer has heard from well-placed sources that Sony expects to make an approximate $60 loss per $399 unit sold. When presented with the figure, Ito denied it - but only because the company expects a typical user to buy a console with these other items.

Ito would not be drawn on whether more than one launch title would need to be bought before the whole equation resulted in Sony making money, just that the company expected to turn a profit on an average user's initial purchase.

The purchase of one launch title and a Plus subscription would indeed total close to, if not more than, the $60 mark.

But even without the purchase of these items, PlayStation 4 will incur a profit at a sooner point than PlayStation 3, Ito concluded.

Nintendo made a similar comment prior to the launch of Wii U - its console was also sold at a loss but would become profitable with the purchase of a single game.

Last month Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House said he expected PlayStation 4 launch-related losses to come in below those of the PlayStation 3.

Chief financial officer Masaru Kato added at the time that because the PS4 features PC-like architecture - as opposed to the custom components featured inside the PS3 - the cost of production is "much, much smaller".

Gnauze Won

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Rekkapryde]

Of course they losing money on each sold at launch. MS is too.

 

[daze23]

how the numbers looking?

 

[Rekkapryde]

So Xbox One is making a profit on each unit out of the gate?

 

[daze23]

So Xbox One is making a profit on each unit out of the gate?

what does the x1 have to do with this?

I'm just sharing gaming news with friends

 

[Rekkapryde]

Where's the neg button when we need it?

 

[ChrisDorner]

Nothing but Xbot struggle threads this week

GTA V got y'all lazy

 

[Diondon]

#strugglebox

 

[x2y]

Console wars have fallen off something serious.

 

[CTech83]

I'd take a wager and say that the X1 is selling at a bigger loss than the PS4. I'd imagine that Kinect sensor would be sold for at least $200 if it wasn't bundled with the system.

 

[Mensch Fontana]

I'd take a wager and say that the X1 is selling at a bigger loss than the PS4. I'd imagine that Kinect sensor would be sold for at least $200 if it wasn't bundled with the system.

its already been said by M$ themselves that the kinect cost as much as the xbox itself. So theyll be selling units at a loss too.

 

[PS5 Pro]

its already been said by M$ themselves that the kinect cost as much as the xbox itself. So theyll be selling units at a loss too.

What does that have to do with this threads topic tho

Xbox is not owned by sony, Microsoft has billions of dollars to spend wherever.
Sony is on the verge of bankruptcy and if the PS4 fails its done for
Why you think this war is already over

 

[marcuz]

good

that's a win for the consumer.

 

[marcuz]

Console wars have fallen off something serious.

i noticed once gta 5 came out, only the handful of marketing xbots kept pushing this console war. if you notice @MeachTheMonster @PS4 @Smooth3d @Rico @Raiders , none of them copped gta