CrashMan said:
Smidlee said:
Sorrow880 said:
Once again though...it is hard to measure the true losses. If blu-ray is very successful in the future, that will be because of the ps3. However, that won't be included in the ps3's #'s. Also, how much does the ps3 help Sony's other departments? e.g. HD tv's, etc.?
As I said, it's the only reason I bought my Sony HD tv. W/O my ps3, I wouldn't have bothered going HD or even getting a Sony if I did (probably would have gotten a Samsung or Toshiba) |
Good point. Isn't the 3 billion losses from both the PS3 and the Blu-ray combine? Obviously PS3 is designed to be used to play HD movies and game since from what I've read PS3 have of the best Blu-ray player unlike PS2 average DVD player. Also according to many Wii fans here the PS3 will have a long life of 20-50 years. If people really don't care about HD then PS3 (xbox360) is all you would ever need to run games in 480p (more like overkill). So there would be no need for a next generation PS. (All it needed is a different controller every five years.) The thing is Nintendo is all about games and nothing else (many sees this as a good point) but Sony isn't all about games but also movies, HDTV , Blu-ray,etc. |
Not that I dispute this line of thinking, but I was wondering if any one had (or had a link to) some statistics as to the percentage of blu-ray hardware sales by model. I looked around but couldn't find any. @Bod: Well, you DO have to take in to account server costs and the like, but even if that is 40 mil/year (way to high) thats still 200 mil in profit. |
I am taking that into account. Both Sony and Microsoft have to pay for servers, so that's a wash. What I'm saying is: Microsoft and Sony make (and spend) money in the exact same ways in regards to the internet; both have servers they need to pay for, both make money through DLC, both provide demoes to push software. There is exactly one financial thing that XBL does than PSN does not, and that is cost 4 dollars a month to simply exist.
So if we're going to strike 40 million dollars off of Microsoft, we need to strike 40 million off of Sony, too.
