you mean like gears of war?

and thats good for gamers, how?

why does it matter at all how well the games are selling, if they are good.

are you more statisfied as a gamer to now that, sure you only had 1 or 2 games this year, but at least the company that published them is making alot of money. i think most people just care if there are a lot of good games. (which is why i bought the ps3 because there are a lot of games, with a lot of quality, i didnt buy  a PS3 because i was hoping sony would make billions of dollars. and really unless you own stock in the company, why should you care.

how does that benefit the gamer? i think games benefit the gamer, dont you?

It benefits the gamer in that there will continue to be more games from them.  You won't get any new games from a company that no longer can afford to make them or ceases to exist at all.  However, there needs to be a happy medium.  Like I said in previous posts, they can't keep churning out crap like the most recent socom games.  They aren't good, get bad reviews, bad word of mouth, and don't sell, yet cost lots of money.  Microsoft however, needs more exclusives than just Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable. 

Remember, it isn't just the sales and the company that suffers, it's the quality of games, and Sony admitted that.  Production budgets and values get cut when you spread yourself too thin.  The consumer doesn't get as quality of a game.  I see it similar to how the government needs to cut back on spending by eliminating the crap.  That doesn't mean I want the government, or gaming companies, to not take risks on new technologies or new games.  It just means I don't want them spending money on unnecessary things.  Too many of Sony's games end up stuck in limbo for one reason or another, which just sucks away money from them with no return on it, and no game ever being made.  They need to either do it, or don't do it.  But they won't be around for much longer at this rate, thus they will be unable to supply us as consumers with awesome games. 

Uncharted vs. Halo? Try again. The new CEO of Sony, Kaz Hirai, has the job of turning around the Titanic before it hits the iceberg. The whole 3D television business is a complete failure, Blu-Ray is a failure compared to the transition from VHS to DVD, and the PS3...We can start a whole new thread on that because I have my sources in the mainstream media detailing how much of a financial blackhole it was from launch until the price drop in 2009.

My prediction and you can hold me to it, if Sony does not go bankrupt before the release of the PS4, they will exit the console business midstream into the PS4's life.

Sony cannot afford another PS3; each PS4 console has to be selling at a profit from day 1.

yes, and MS should have left the industry when they lost OVER 6 BILLION (LMAO!) on original Xbox and almost 3 billion on 360 till 2009 (1 RROD, 2 R&D costs during early years)?? And Apple should have left the industry back in 1995 when they were 30 million away from bankruptcy ?? Or Nintendo in 1983 when almost an entire industry went down? GTFO and stop flaming and provoking people boy, ALL japanese companies are in loss as of now, thanks to poor economy and recession these days, so get your head out of your ass

Not a bad idea to trim the fat a bit, forget about the mediocre games with mediocre sales and focus a bit more on the select few who have potential to be great

TrevDaRev said: Pokemonbrawlvg said: @blkfish92 Sony just sucks at advertising period. Where's Kevin Butler when you need him? As a matter of fact where the hell is Kevin Butler?!?! Haven't seen him in awhile.

Last i saw of him he was in a Bridgestone superbowl commercial lol

so 1 (2 if you count ALL 4 One) game out of... what 10. all the other games were of superb quality.

and it doesnt matter to the gamer, until the company ceases to make games. what happens in the mean time is of no concern, its up to the company to be profitable, and if it takes making less games, milking some more like other companies do to become profitable, thats still not good for the gamer.

games are good for the gamer. and Sony has been churning out tons of very high quality exclusives, with 1 or 2 duds. thats good for the gamer, if they reduce those games, its bad. sure i want Sony to do good, but if it comes at the expense of games, then i will be moving to which ever company provides me those games. i dont buy the system so the company makes profit, i buy the system for the games.

and the only game that i regret buying from Sony was Socom 4, and i bought that because of the move support ( and perhaps the little fanboy in me), all the other games i bought from Sony either met my expectations or vastly exceeded them.

So really in no way is it good for the gamer, for a company to do what Microsoft does.

if i worked for Microsoft or had their stock, i would love it, but i dont. if i worked for Sony or owned their stock, i would be pisses, but i dont. i own their game system, i own it to play games, not to profit Sony.

"People thinking less games = good"

Its all over, everybody pack your bags and move on. May I suggest knitting?

Given the near zero marketing I've seen over here, I guess the best financial option would be to cut the number of games.


Gamers on the other hand....