Sony Profits, PS2 Sales Slide

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their article discussing Sony's disappointing games division financial results. According to the piece: "Global sales of the PlayStation 2 may well have peaked, with Sony's results for the quarter ended June 30 revealing a steep decline in sales of the console and a drop in overall revenues for the games division of the corporation." The specific news was mixed: "The company sold some 4.59 million PS2s during the quarter last year - this year, however, the figure has dropped off to 2.65 million. As you might expect at this point in the console's life cycle, however, software sales are up - gaining four million units in during the period this year to bring the total to 31 million units."

Comments

Re:Could it be

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

Which is exactly why SCEA executive vice president Andrew House emplores you to buy another PS2 and keep it in the original packaging as a collector's item. He does, after all, have a family to support and not one, not two, but three houses to pay property taxes on! Please, think of Andrew and buy a PS2 for every television you own.

And while we're at it...Hideki "Dick" Komiyama thinks you might like a brand new Sony television. You deserve it! Be good to yourself! The new HDTVs are cool!

:P

Re:We're #1!! We're #1!!

[AvantLegion]

Actually, many are bright enough to understand the fact that sales figures are basically meaningless to the quality of the product itself.

Case study: Windows.