Will PS3 have a successful year in 2009?

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amirnetz said:

Hawkeye said:

amirnetz said:

Back to the PS3 - if/once it is stabilized, they need to make sure it does not drop to the red again. Again - forget about price cuts for a while. They need every penny and it takes precedent over the volumes produced and the competitive situation against Microosoft.

If the PS3 does not stabilize (and it is not easy to save $1B in cost/year) then they'll have to consider exiting the market. For good. They just cannot afford letting one product sink the whole company.

 

Won't that kill consumer confidence in the playstation brand though? No PSP2? Would people even buy a PSP if they see PS3 die?

Exiting the market has major negative consequences. It will not be taken lightly. But they will amputate the leg if it means saving the company, even if it means they'll never race again.

 

Lol, love the analogy.

 

They do own a lot of studios, they will continue to make games and port the stuff in channel over to 360. Worked for Sega. There are many many game developers out there, and only a few hardware manufacturers.  If HW loses money, and you make up for it selling games...why make the HW at all?

PSP will be fine. It has reached critical mass all by itself - before PS3 came out.