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A recent Sony earnings report published in the Wall Street Journal revealed that they still lose money on every PlayStation 3 sold.
According to the report, despite the manufacturing savings made over the past few years, Sony are out of pocket by six cents for every dollar of PS3 hardware sales. This translates, in British terms, to around a £9.50 loss on a £249.99 PS3 Slim. While this is a massive difference to previous years, they are clearly yet to profit from the hardware itself.
Sony are hoping to further cut production costs by 15% before March 2011 rolls around but maybe the latest news that they are still considering charging for the PlayStation Network will, in the future, give them that additional income leading ultimately to a profit on the system.
On the plus side the sales of the PlayStation 3 are up with an estimate of 33.71 million consoles sold across the globe. Compared to the 30 million Xbox 360s that Microsoft say they've shifted, Sony's offering isn't far behind at all, especially considering it released 11 months after the 360.
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