Two quick news bytes from Sony [props to BBC for the news breaks] -
Sony up Despite PlayStation Woes
BCC reports:
Sony profits for the April to June period have more than doubled as robust demand for its cameras and a weak yen offset losses at its games unit.
Net earnings for the first quarter at the electronics giant rose to 66.5bn yen ($552m; £269m), up from 32.3bn yen last year.
The fall in the Japanese currency against the US dollar and euro helped boost the firm’s overseas earnings.
But its Playstation 3 console continued to struggle in a tough games market.
A nice piece of news, but I spotted this item a couple days ago…
PlayStation 3 Sales Boost in the US
Also from BBC:
Tracking firm NPD Group reported that 98,500 PS3s were sold, compared to 198,400 Xbox 360s (up 28%) and 381,800 Wiis (up 13%).
Sony said that the $100 (£50) price cut to the 60GB PS3 led to a 135% sales rise over the last two weeks.
Independent figures for sales of the cheaper PS3 are not yet available.
“This jump in sales bodes very well for us heading into the fall as we launch an impressive arsenal of hardware and software,” Jack Tretton, head of Sony Computer Entertainment America, said in a statement.
So…which one is it Sony?
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