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Qwark on 12 March 2018
DonFerrari said:
Qwark said:

If you are willing to forget that the PS3 nearly bankrupted the Playstation brand then sure it did fantastic. The PS3 litteraly burned all the profits made by the PS1 and PS2. Sure Vita didn't sell much, but it didn't cost Sony much either.

PS3 got a successor (and sold well), PSVita didn't... let that sink in.

The PS4 would have sold great even if the PS3 had normal hardware. Chances are a PS3 for $500 with normal hardware would also have sold great without massive losses. The PSVITA could still get a Switch like successor. Besides Sony choose VR over a new handheld.



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DonFerrari on 12 March 2018
Qwark said:
DonFerrari said:

PS3 got a successor (and sold well), PSVita didn't... let that sink in.

The PS4 would have sold great even if the PS3 had normal hardware. Chances are a PS3 for $500 with normal hardware would also have sold great without massive losses. The PSVITA could still get a Switch like successor. Besides Sony choose VR over a new handheld.

I know that, but the question is PS3 didn't kill itself on the market, PSVita did... so as far as mistakes go, killing a product line is bigger than making 0 profit during the lifetime of a gen of a product.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

SvennoJ on 12 March 2018

Launching GTS. I haven't played anything else in a long time, and thus not bought any new games except the inpatient which I haven't tried yet,.



method114 on 12 March 2018

It's easily the PS3 launch. It's really not even debatable.