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"Such thin gross margins on a consumer electronics product are rare" For games consoles, it's extremely common for them to be sold at a loss. (Nintendo used to
by joosters 13y ago
"Such thin gross margins on a consumer electronics product are rare"
For games consoles, it's extremely common for them to be sold at a loss. (Nintendo used to be the exception)
- wmeredith 13y agoExactly. Whoever wrote this article doesn't know much about the console gaming business.
- alexholehouse 13y agoConsoles are like the archetypical example of loss leader hardware. I assumed this article would be going the other way - that Sony making any profit on the hardware is actually really surprising/impressive.