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It would make them less profitable, but it would make the other consoles much better than Nintendo's last couple efforts because the system in question would have great 3rd and 1st parties, as opposed to Nintendo's consoles, which only have one.

@ hollywood85,I agree with you.@Bamboleo,Sony maybe selling at a loss but for your benefit.You would like them to only make software because they're selling a quality product.If it's anyone that should be sticking to software it should be Microsoft,with that fiasco they did with the xbox crappy hardware just to be out first.Those are the ones who should abandon hardware,they don't care about the consumer,they care about profits,so you decide.

"Better" doesn't mean more profitable. Also, few, doesn't mean zero. Wii as great 1st party and third party support. But in fewer quantities than the HD consoles.

Yes, but if someday I turn to be a stock holder, sure I'll look away from Sony. If I was just asking frm a gamer prespective I wouldn't create this thread.

But even from gamer's vision (and gamer here means everyone, not just only Sony fanboys) Sony as a 3rd party would be insane.

It's a win - win of both sides. Company and gamers. The games still exist, only on other platforms, and also if you're a stock holder, you're doing very good.

How has going third-party benefitted Sega?  They aren't relevant in the videogame business.  Rather than being a focus of the industry, they have fallen below the level of Capcom and Konami, if not at their level AT BEST.  

no way dude, without playstation, gaming is so dead for me, screw nintendo,  I'm not spending my money on rehashes of old shit, and will not be compliant on old outdated tech, with no intrest in making actual games (screw you wii sports, and fit, and anything else wii can kiss my ass), more SMG (an actual new great innovative mario title), metroid, and Zelda that's what I want, and M$................................ if I have to play one fucking dime next gen for online gameplay someone is going to get punched in the face. I don't know who....but somebody, nickle and dime for every single little thing, to me without sony or playstation, console gaming becomes one giant rip off, now while that perfectly fine for you, to me it's bullshit, so my opinion on the matter is that you kindly stfu, go buy a ps3 and buy the games, so Sony can be the money maker you want them to be, that's the real win win.

it's called support people, anybody willing to give up 75%market share, invest all of the billions made into new risky, and awesome ideas......all for the good of the customers!!! is a company you need to support. it's so stuipd the logic, of turning your back on the people out for you! and willing to sacrifice themselves big time to do so, when it's your support that's helps them, and keeps them going (DUH!!!). gaming would suck ass if sony was a only a third party developer.

my 2 cents.

btw I would say the same shit if M$ or nintendo was in sony's position.

Well if you someday turn out to be a stock holder,and turn away from Sony because they've seen losses for four years,after cutting their losses with each year in one department mind you,the same department that was making a profit for years then i don't think you would be a very good stock holder.

But since your looking at from a gamers vision (and gamer here means everyone, not just MicroSoft fan boys) Sony as a 3rd party would be insane but,it would leave us with the risk of having faulty hard by MS again and the casual hardware if Nintendo decided to go that route again.

So it's not a win-win for both sides.

financial reports would be done in black ink... now since owners are interested in where they are losing money, losses would be written in red to stand out, hence where "in the red" came from. and then profits are referred to as "in the black" as bad as in the black may sound lol. as for breaking even, when you're investing millions of dollars, and then you've got millions in revenue, i don't think a company will ever break even. if that happened I think the universe would come into balance..and then implode

no, they would be an above average developer. Sony is in hardware because they have their hands in so many sectors of the electronic world and they use it to their advantage. Software is not their strong point even though they do have some strong software. They are not even running a very profitable software business right now if they can't make up for the shrinking losses on PS3 hardware. If they weren't trying to show off the hardware to sell systems that games might not be as amazing anymore, and Sony wouldn't be willing to spend so much money for that reason.