Actually no, according to industry leader's because of the camera being separate, it cut their manufacturing cost significantly.
They make the PS4 for anywhere from 325-375. The make a small profit on the console, and their are huge factors as to why they do;
1. They have and own both Hardware manufacturing for PS3, and bluray. With those factories already in place from PS3, it's an easy transition, hence why the have over 1 million Preorder's sold.
2. They do get some small dividend from Microsoft and other companies who use bluray, like I said small as they are not the only company who own's a piece of the bluray pie.
3. They Use Sony Pictures as their video front for distribution of movies they produce themselves. Such hits like SKYFALL, Amazing Spiderman, Elysium, MIB and so on.
I mean they still don;t have the funds or backing like a corporation like Microsoft does, but they have all the right tools and right people leading this console launch than they did with PS3.
Phill Harrison pretty much almost destroyed the UK Sony branch and PS3 launch, so much he left and went to Microsoft. Look how that has turned out?
The DRM PR Fiasco is mostly his doing with Mattrick adding salt to the gaping wound.
So that's why they sol their DLNA business for 458 Million dollars? They also have gaikai which more and likely are using for server hosting. Did you watch the Gamescom stream? He instantly got into a game, there was very to no lag at all.
Sony has had consistently dedicated servers through their first party games, like MAG, SOCOM, ECT. But because of not charging for online had no revenue to keep them on, until now with playstation Plus.
They do have the brains, and so much that made Microsoft change their tune, because preorder's were being outsold 4:1.
There's a reason xbox one hasn't put out number's it's because they are at this time and moment lower than Sony's.
Why do you think they announced a new Fifa bundle? To make up those lost units.
Where are you getting they won't have mod support? That is untrue, because they havn't announced anything on it. With all the PC ports of Free to play games and MMO's, I'm inclined to believe that Mods will be available for certain games.
There server's will be updated PSN server's which PS+ pay's for just like xbox live pays for better server's.
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