misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoWhat is the point of Xbox?www.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down17
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minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·6 months ago Say what you will about Sony and Nintendo but they have output and they care about gaming because they have to, it’s the only way they make money. You are aware that Sony makes lots of other things besides games too?
minus-squareshinratdr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down10·6 months agoTake a look at Sony’s annual reports and then get back to me. PlayStation is the engine that drives the company.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·6 months agoMaybe you should take your own advice, according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/297533/sony-sales-worldwide-by-business-segment/ for the latest available year there (2022) the business segment “Game and network services” is only around 26 billion out of 88 billion total.
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-26 months agoThe sale figures are a bit misleading as the different sections also have different costs (sales make games look more important). The corporate reports are archived here, and the equivalent per-section breakdown is on page 37 of the 2023 report. https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/ When comparing operating revenue (i.e. profit) the breakdown is: section billion yen games and network services 250 music 263 pictures 119 entertainment technology & services 180 imaging & sensing solutions 212 financial services 234 other 17 So it looks like they made a little more profit from music that year.
minus-squareshinratdr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·6 months ago Revenue is not profit. Gaming is by far the biggest bar in that graph. I stand by my point.
You are aware that Sony makes lots of other things besides games too?
Take a look at Sony’s annual reports and then get back to me. PlayStation is the engine that drives the company.
Maybe you should take your own advice, according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/297533/sony-sales-worldwide-by-business-segment/ for the latest available year there (2022) the business segment “Game and network services” is only around 26 billion out of 88 billion total.
The sale figures are a bit misleading as the different sections also have different costs (sales make games look more important).
The corporate reports are archived here, and the equivalent per-section breakdown is on page 37 of the 2023 report.
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/
When comparing operating revenue (i.e. profit) the breakdown is:
So it looks like they made a little more profit from music that year.
I stand by my point.