Sony's gaming division posts a loss, expects lower sales of PS3 and Vita
The PlayStation division hasn't performed up to Sony's expectations. In its latest quarterly earnings report, the electronics giant reported lower sales of hardware and software of the PSP and PS3, causing a sales decrease of 14.5% year-on-year.
The PlayStation division hasn't performed up to Sony's expectations. In its latest quarterly earnings report, the electronics giant reported lower sales of hardware and software of the PSP and PS3, causing a sales decrease of 14.5% year-on-year.
As such, the gaming division of Sony posted an operating loss of 3.5 billion yen ($45 million), compared to an operating income of 4.1 billion yen in the same quarter last year. In addition to lower sales, "unfavorable foreign exchange rates" have also contributed to the loss.
Things aren't looking up for Sony, either. According to their sales forecast, annual sales are expected to be "significantly lower." Sony anticipates to sell 16 million PS3/PS2 systems, dropping from the 18 million sold last fiscal year. Their portable electronics forecast, which includes both PSP and Vita, has dropped from 16 million to 12 million, likely reflecting slower than anticipated demand for Sony's handheld offerings.
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The PlayStation division hasn't performed up to Sony's expectations. In its latest quarterly earnings report, the electronics giant reported lower sales of hardware and software of the PSP and PS3, causing a sales decrease of 14.5% year-on-year.-
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It really does.
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Or at least the ability to download digital versions of UMD games you already own.
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Seriously. If I already own a UMD of a game, don't charge me twice for a digital version. Damn.
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Have any notable RPGs come out for the Vita yet?
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In Japanese there are very few (Ciel no Surge comes to mind). Quite a few good action/adventure games though like Time Travelers by Level 5 and a new Ys game.
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Take THAT Sony. That will teach you to delay the Planetside 2 beta!
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Sony needs to redesign their entire PSN Store, and have some Steam Sales.
There is no way to know anything about anything on the PSN store. No screen shots, no reviews, no videos, nothing. I'm supposed to buy games based on their icons and a star rating. Its terrible and it forces me to look elsewhere to see whats new. Steam might not be perfect, but at least I can browse whats on sale or whats new and actually find stuff that I might like, PSN just makes it too much effort, I hate the whole experience.
It doesn't help that it feels like everything on PSN is a plug for PSN+ or whatever it is. Are there new demos? nope, but there are a million trials of full games for PSN+ users, a service I have seen no incentive to purchase other than to play trials of games I could grab for bargain bin prices on craigslist.-
I've been on about this for awhile.
They did recently add videos to *most* of their games, but it's still just marketing.
- They don't allow user reviews (just the vague star rating)
- They don't have (100+) screenshots
- They don't have good gameplay videos, maybe even user-submitted
- They don't have a demo for every game, day 1
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What Sony REALLY needs to do is develop they're own tablet that has 1920x1080 screen and plays PS1, 2, & 3 games with a built-in blu-ray player.
Sony knows they need to do something: http://www.develop-online.net/news/41580/Sony-aiming-to-make-the-PS3-more-open-for-devs
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