Sony chief financial officer Masaru Kato, spoke at the companies earnings conference call which was attended by GamesIndustry International. He stated that Sony has learned from its mistakes with the PlayStation 3. This time around Sony is not planning on taking a "major loss" when the PlayStation 4 launched later this year.
Despite launching at $599 in the US, the PlayStation 3 still took a huge loss. This was due to the Cell chip, which was developed in-house, as well as including a Blu-Ray drive. This time around Sony is basing the CPU on technology that already exists.
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