How do you sell fewer hard drives but make more profit? Let's ask ... Western Digital

Western Digital's third quarter of fiscal 2015, ended April 3, raked in sales of US$3.55bn – that's 4.1 per cent down on the year-ago quarter, and 8.7 per cent less than the previous quarter. It banked a profit of US$384m; that figure was US$375m a year ago, so that's a 2.4 per cent gain. WD recorded a profit of US$460m in the …

[Nameless Faceless Computer User]

q: How do you sell fewer hard drives but make more profit?

a: Layoff your employees.

[Anonymous Coward]

Industry monopolies are not good for consumers

As OPEC and others including DRAM and HDD makers have proven, industry monopolies are not good for consumers. It's quite easy to increase profits and revenue when all the players in an industry conspire by raising their selling prices without a production cost increase. It happens all the time at the petrol pump and in many industries including the PC industry. Collusion is very popular and profitable.

[Joe User]

Why are Seagate's profits down?

Probably from having to replace all their SHITTY hard drives that have been dropping like flies at my office over the past 4 months....

[Ammaross Danan]

Re: Why are Seagate's profits down?

Gets even more costly when it's enterprise drives. :)