MontanaHatchet said:
By 2010 or 2011, the PS3 may actually be making a profit. So Sony is likely to continue with the 10 year plan because they'll need any profits they can from the PS3 to stave off the almost certain losses they will receive from producing their next console. Unless of course Sony decides to sell their next system for a profit, but I don't see it happening.
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Mwah, at the current pace the PS3 will never really be profitable.
a) Harware is still making a loss. That will be resolved within a year, but still.
b) Sony needs to make its money on the Software, but the userbase is too small to really make money on these massive projects. Sony doesn't have the Square-Enix luxury of going multiplatform. Sure a few games will make money, but Sony has a lot of studio's that all need to be paid, and quite honestly I don't have a clue what they are doing. Sony needs GT5, but that game is not even on the horizon and will absolutely be the most expensive game ever when it releases. Killzone 2 looks great but is rumored to cost around $60 million. Etc.
c) Sony will go into the next gen for the first time not as the winner. They lost loads of exclusives to Microsoft and they sold very good there so far, so games like GTA and DMC will probably never be Sony exclusive again. Sony can't afford to let Microsoft launch a year early again. PC tech is already past the PS3 and in 2-3 years when Microsoft releases its next console it will be much better than PS3. PS4 needs to be there around that time, or at least the promise of a PS4 to keep the visualcore.
I think Kaz better worry about his own business instead of wondering where Gamecube and Xbox are.
