Kasz216 on 18 July 2008
| Soriku said: My point is that Sony can't live off first party and some second party games forever. MS is buying exclusives and multiplats. If the game does really well on the 360 then third parties might not put that certain game on the PS3. Userbase is crucial and without the proper third party support it could hurt them. MS can always buy exclusivity or companies can just make games Wii exclusive (MS hasn't gone after Wii exclusives. They seem to only want to hurt Sony.). I mean...yeah, the PS3 won't sell 100 mil+ but couple that with the fact that they don't make much money on the PS3 and third parties are leaving Sony (making 360 games exclusive or multiplat) and Wii games as exclusive. |
Why? Nintendo seemed to do it pretty well in the Gamecube era. They didn't win... but they made more money then Sony did with during that same era with the winning console.
Sony's higher ups are just maturing and realizing that more proft > Winning. Likely partly based off that shocking fact.
Had Sega got that message they'd still be around today... and the Dreamcast might of been the winner last gen.
I'd guess Sony doesn't even loss lead with their next system. Loss Leading almost never pays off. Your increased market share often gets you less profit.
