| RPG said: So it finally releases tomorrow and it is pretty good, the Beta was fun but nothing to get very excited about. Of course Home is not for gamers (I know you want to believe it is but it's not) but is simply a cashcow for Sony. Many companies have already signed to advertise on Home inclusind Capcom, Ubisoft, Disney etc and I cant think of the prices to advertise in home being anything but cheap. Home was expensive as it has taken well over a year but it finally releases and day 1 it will begin to pay for itself. Another thing about Home is that it will continue to evolve and chances are will go onto the next Playstation console so with that said, do you think Home will become the biggest Playstation cashcow for Sony? I think it will eclipse Gran Turismo which has made Sony a lot of money. The success of Home will be nothing but good for gamers. That money will have to go somewhere and as a big company it is likely Sony will recycle any money made back into the Plsyatation brand ie more games, increase in firsty party studios etc. To everyone who said Home was useless................just lol. |
Home will be fortunate to break even. it will not be a cash cow. It's going to require tons of bandwidth and setup/R&D costs for solely advertising revenue? It's got less chance of being Sony's biggest cash cow than the PS3 hardware itself. Sony's hope, I'm pretty sure, is for it to just pay for itself. Home was made as a selling point for the PS3 to increase their userbase, not a revenue generator. Infact, it's popularity could be a bad thing. Think of how many people play 1 MMORPG or game like the SIMs to the exclusion of all other titles. If home is a big hit, lots of people will be logging in and spending nothing, eating bandwidth, and ultimately buying less games. Do you think advertisers are paying $50 per year PER PERSON using the service?
