Sony PlayStation Operating Losses Double in Q2

***wraggster*** · October 25th, 2007, 20:12

Sony said Thursday that quarterly operating losses for its games unit had more than doubled, but that it hoped the division would break even or better in the second half of the financial year.

During the quarter Sony sold 1.31 million PlayStation 3s and 10.3 million PS3 software units globally. The ageing PS2 notched up 3.28 million sales and 38 million game sales, while the company also shifted 2.58 million units of its handheld PSP console and 12.6 million games for the system.
The company feels it is still on track to sell 11 million PlayStation 3s during the current financial year.

The games division losses weren't enough to stop Sony posting a quarterly operating profit across its full business however. Overall Sony's quarterly operating profit reached 90.5 billion yen, compared to a loss of 20.83 billion during the same period last year. Growth was largely driven by strong LCD TV, camera and camcorder sales.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=7672&Itemid=2

**Milleniumas** · October 25th, 2007, 20:54

emm... $#@!?

**JKKDARK** · October 25th, 2007, 23:59

die sony ,die

**rehbock** · October 26th, 2007, 06:07

HAA HAA

**PSPCulture** · October 26th, 2007, 10:01

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

die sony ,die

Strange attitude to have? Why do you want Sony to die? Do you not like using their products?

I've really enjoyed using my PSone, PS2 and PSP over the last 10 years or so. Without Sony, I'd have never had all those hours of entertainment.

I guess you should head back over to the Apple/Microsoft/Nintendo forums where you belong.

**JPJunkie** · October 26th, 2007, 10:07

Interesting news

**Shadowblind** · October 26th, 2007, 12:50

Huh... "Growth was largely driven by LCD and camcorder sales."

Well, what about the PS3? Didn't do anything I suppose?

**jools** · October 26th, 2007, 14:49

oh noes

**JKKDARK** · October 26th, 2007, 14:58

Originally Posted by PSPCulture

Strange attitude to have? Why do you want Sony to die? Do you not like using their products?

I've really enjoyed using my PSone, PS2 and PSP over the last 10 years or so. Without Sony, I'd have never had all those hours of entertainment.

I guess you should head back over to the Apple/Microsoft/Nintendo forums where you belong.

You forgot to say "PlayStation 3"