So, a $450 million loss for the Playstation division for the quarter.
Without the positive contribution from the PS2 business, PS3 on a standalone basis would be closer to $1 billion in losses for the quarter (assuming PS2 results are consistent with 2005).
That's close to $500 per console sold. Pretty staggering.
Well, if you mean Home Systems, we can discute, but for ALL systems, Nintendo is selling more systems (both handheld and consoles) then everyone else. So, we can say that Sony was the leader of the past generation, but now, we have to wait until the market estabilishes a clear trend.
But if you ask me: who is selling more systems then everyone else ? The clear answer is Nintendo, for the moment and for the last 2 years. In fact, the DS is a monster....
Actually, for the last 5 or 6 years or so they've been pretty close. Sony has sold 115M PS2s + 25M PSPs (140M total), while Nintendo has sold 75M GBAs + 35M DSs + 20M GCs (130M total).
Of course that's if you're talking number of units. If it's by dollar value then it's a no contest.