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Jan 22 2009, 5:00am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony updated its financial expectations for the fiscal year ending March 31st. Instead of an 150 billion profit as forecasted in October 2008, Sony expects now a 150 billion yen loss. This kind of symmetric flip from profit to loss is an interesting picture showing how things turned completely to the bad within a very short time for Sony. Sony also revised the Sales and operating revenue from 9,900 billion Yen to 7,700 billion Yen.
Sony attributes the revised forecast in the Electronics sector to the deterioration in the business environment brought on by the slowing global economy and an
Intensification of price competition. Also the high Yen is hurting the bottom line for Sony.
For the gaming sector Sony says that the operating income (loss) is expected to be lower by approximately 30 Billion.
The high yen and the lower-than-expected sales are the reasons for it.
Lower-than-expected sales is a very weak reason to mention. The whole technology news community is saying since months that the PS3 is too expensive. Not that the PS3 would not be worth $400. The problem is that the Xbox 360 and the Wii are just so much less expensive and offering for the most part similar gaming experiences. And by the way Blu-ray is not a selling argument anymore for the PS3.
Numbers via this Sony announcement.
Source: V3.co.uk
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.
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