Sony Financial Year 2011 - $6.4B Loss - PS3 is No.1! For FY 2012 so far

**dc89** · 05-10-2012

Hardware unit sales for the fiscal year ended 31 March:

Forecast Hardware sales for the full fiscal year ending 31 March 2013:

Much more over on NeoGAF

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Good to see PS3 has done so well despite the flooding in Thailand which impacted the efficiency of Sony's operation.

But To think they are going to sell 16M Handhelds (PSP and Vita), well I'd like some of what they are smoking! Unless of course, they have some stellar software under wraps that is really going to shift those machines. Cause at the moment, it's no where near that figure if it carried on selling how it is.

**Fon** · 05-10-2012

Playstation 2 sold over 4 million units in 2011.. How is it still selling so many units?!.

That being said, Playstation hardware sold less then 2010 but despite that, it outsold the competition. Interesting outcome on Sony's part but I'm more impressed by the 3DS' performance. Now I wonder how the Vita will fair in this fiscal year.

**dc89** · 05-10-2012

PS2 is cheap and really popular in developing countries for that reason. Plus, it has one hell of a selection of games. It will be around for a few years yet trust me!

**Cuguy** · 05-10-2012

Edited the thread title to add detail.

**Ghost-Rhayne** · 05-10-2012

Hmm, kaz has his work cut out for him, but I dare say we will see such figures for another year or 2 before the turn around really kicks in. As long as Sony keep releasing the games I don't really give a shit how much they are making or losing.

**Soldier 95B** · 05-10-2012

Holy fuck, that 6.4B loss is gonna take some work. I have to wonder, why are PS3 sales down?

**AaronSOLDIER** · 05-10-2012

Nice, PS3 is killing it

**Sir Cedric** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by AaronSOLDIER

Nice, PS3 is killing it

63.9 million PS3 units sold as of March 31, 2012. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data...s3_sale_e.html

**radgamer420** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Sir Cedric

63.9 million PS3 units sold as of March 31, 2012. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data...s3_sale_e.html

Awesome.

**Fenix** · 05-10-2012

Wish new PS2s were that easy to find in Canada, I can only find refurbished/used for $100. Lol.

**Sub-stance1** · 05-10-2012

Sony hit hard in FY2012 financials, PS3 sales down

Sony has been hit by an annual loss of ¥456.7 billion ($5.74 billion) in comparison to the ¥259.6 billion loss last year, with PS3 sales also down.

For Q4 FY2012, a ¥255 billion yen ($3.2 billion) loss was reported.
The Consumer Products and Services division, the branch the PlayStation business falls into, has made a ¥229.8 billion ($2.8 billion) loss compared to the ¥10.8 billion profit for the same period last year.
Sales were also down by 18.5% to ¥3.13 trillion ($38.2 billion) within all parts of the group. Lower sales of PS2 and PS3′s price-cut last August at gamescom were noted within the CPS group.
Worldwide PS3 hardware sales are down for the year to 13.9 million from 14.3 million in the same period in 2011. PSP is also down by 1.2 million to 6.8 million from 8 million, while PS2 sales are down 4.1 million from 6.4 in 2011.
Software for PS3 is up, though, to 156.6 million units sold worldwide from the 147.9 million in the same period last year. PSP is down to 32.2 million units from 46.6 million units in FY2011 and PS2 is down at 7.9 million units from 16.4 million units.
Vita sales weren’t given in the report, but Sony’s forecasted a combined 16 million sales worldwide for Vita and PSP for FY2013.
The same figure has been given to PS3 and PS2 combined. Sony’s prediction for software for FY2013 is largely the same as it was for this FY at 196.7 million.http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/10/sony...s3-sales-down/

**Nitey** · 05-10-2012

Impressive performance for the PS3 considering the PSN fiasco last year. Not surprised though!

**Sub-stance1** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Nitey

Impressive performance for the PS3 considering the PSN fiasco last year. Not surprised though!

Actually, PS3 sales are down annually. Still good but not like before.

**radgamer420** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Sub-stance1

Actually, PS3 sales are down annually. Still good but not like before.

Yeah we heard you the first time. lol Anyway like Ghost said Sony is still kicking out those games and thats good for me. And the PS3 userbase is still not far behind its direct rival http://www.examiner.com/article/sony...d-sale-figures. As for the Vita its in need of a price drop and some compelling software to boost those sales. Uncharted cant carry it forever.

**Nitey** · 05-10-2012

Yeah I know. Really good performance as console sales all round are down, particularly in 2012 so far. Man, can't stop the PS3 though, beast

**Ghost-Rhayne** · 05-10-2012

Sony is definately the underdog this gen. Kicking ass on all fronts.

**Soldier 95B** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Ghost-Rhayne

Sony is definately the underdog this gen. Kicking ass on all fronts.

So losing record money, being in last place, and dropping in sales is "kicking ass on all fronts?".

With the new leadership, I suspect all that will turn around. I like his consolidation efforts that he has planned.

**Ghost-Rhayne** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

So losing record money, being in last place, and dropping in sales is "kicking ass on all fronts?".

With the new leadership, I suspect all that will turn around. I like his consolidation efforts that he has planned.

LOL I don't care about last place or profits, Sony is 1st place in games and that's all I care about. Haven't figured out how to stick Sony's sales figures into my PS3 to have a play at them, however, with 20 games on show at E3, including Vita and some core Move titles, Sony is kicking ass on all fronts. When I become a shareholder, then I'll give a fuck about sales. While I'm a gamer, kicking ass will equate to supplying me with games.

**radgamer420** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Ghost-Rhayne

LOL I don't care about last place or profits, Sony is 1st place in games and that's all I care about. Haven't figured out how to stick Sony's sales figures into my PS3 to have a play at them, however, with 20 games on show at E3, including Vita and some core Move titles, Sony is kicking ass on all fronts. When I become a shareholder, then I'll give a fuck about sales. While I'm a gamer, kicking ass will equate to supplying me with games.

+rep

**Soldier 95B** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Ghost-Rhayne

LOL I don't care about last place or profits, Sony is 1st place in games and that's all I care about. Haven't figured out how to stick Sony's sales figures into my PS3 to have a play at them, however, with 20 games on show at E3, including Vita and some core Move titles, Sony is kicking ass on all fronts. When I become a shareholder, then I'll give a fuck about sales. While I'm a gamer, kicking ass will equate to supplying me with games.

LOL I don't care about last place or profits either. I was just pointing out that you said they were kicking ass on all fronts. For me, Sony and MS are in first place for games and that is all I care about as well.

For me, it's all about the games boyz. Doesn't matter if they shit diamonds, so long as the games are fun.

**Ghost-Rhayne** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

LOL I don't care about last place or profits either. I was just pointing out that you said they were kicking ass on all fronts. For me, Sony and MS are in first place for games and that is all I care about as well.

For me, it's all about the games boyz. Doesn't matter if they shit diamonds, so long as the games are fun.

All good, I was just clarifying that kicking ass to me has nothing to do with console sales or profits.

**Sub-stance1** · 05-10-2012

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

LOL I don't care about last place or profits either. I was just pointing out that you said they were kicking ass on all fronts. For me, Sony and MS are in first place for games and that is all I care about as well.

For me, it's all about the games boyz. Doesn't matter if they shit diamonds, so long as the games are fun.

They are doing o.k. but I wouldn't call losing over 2 billion in that division kicking ass. Kaz will definitely change things because I can't really see it getting any worse.

**AaronSOLDIER** · 05-10-2012

Nice.

**acryllicaltair** · 05-10-2012

never cared about Sega and their financial woes, till they folded and i still think that Sega going down was one of the biggest losses to the gaming industry. Bottom line is that Sony need to start making a profit or somewhere down the line they are going to make some cuts. It may not influence the next generation seeing that most of the planning for that was in the works way before, but going forward it could have some major implications on various segments of their business, and as a consumer that is where one starts to get worried especially if one is major consumer of part or all of their products.

**mooninites** · 05-10-2012

Good to see the PS3 doing well. Inn not too worried about the future, Kaz seems to know what he's doing. I'm actually more excited seeing how they will be focusing more on the products that work. Gaming being one of them, interested to see what they will do.

Anyone been seeing more Sony commercials lately? I've been seeing the camera and tablet commercials a lot.

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