Wall Street Journal on Sony.... Ouch!!!

[arsenicazure]

Steroid said:

Hyruken said:
So financial analysts say the PS3 is heading for a bumpy ride and is still losing a lot of cash and some people say that is promising?! You do realise losing money is bad right? Especially when your in your 3rd year when sales year to year are down a lot?

Well see the thing is now the PS3 is up to where 360 sales were 6 moths ago. 360 sales jumped when they cut the price to Sub wii levels- big surprise. What's the bottom line? PS3 gets a price cut in 09 and then it will get a sales boost. They go back and forth and the truth is that they are selling pretty much equal over their lifetime. However Bluray and the cell means that PS3 has the tech to go against the 720. Who wants to bet that the 100-1000GB games of the future will be multiplat PS3/720 games. This is why they know they HAVE to kill of PS3- but they can't- even at half the price, even with a years headstart- they have what- a 7 million console lead?  And is MS still in the hole for 6 billion with the X-Box Brand, are they not about to lay off , what 100,000 employees?  And PS3 which ensured bluray won the format war which means the 720 will be using bluray drives (or what digital downloads? Some vaporware tech? Don't make me laugh might as well just stick with PC gaming). Which means that MS will be sucking at Sony's teet for the next 10 years+ and so will everyone else. It's already been confirmed that bluray is being adaped faster then DVD was and HD digital dowloads are not going to be a viable mass market option until fiber is the norm. So those who-lol- want PS3to die you should be get a grip. The PS3 won't last a year longer then 360, it will last mutiple years into the 720's lifespan 2-3 years after the 360 is dead in the water. Just look at the exclusive linup for next year. What does 360 have to go up againse Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 or God of war 3? 50 million doller GTA4 episodes? Alan "no gameplay footage" Wake? Metal Gear Solid 4 a year too late?

 

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That was a pretty charged up reply. But you clearly missed some facts here and made up some of your own.. SONY is still losing money on the ps3 (around $50 atleast according to estimates), that doesnt lead to a very strong possibility for a massive price cut..maybe a small one but a $100 cut looks unlikely, especially with the fact that SONY has bled off around 5billion in recent times. A $50 cut for a $399-499 console isnt a massive cut and isnt likely to bolster much. m$ dont have to worry about killing off SONY, which is pretty much nutered into third place.. it has been the console leader since the last 15 yrs by a wide margin..the 360 has already done its job,partly made easier by the high price the ps3 is tagged at.

Why would the 720 need to use bluray? dreamcast used GDROMS, nintendo always uses proprietory disc technology. Its never been about disc space/format. Thats just something videogame companies make you wanna believe.

As beautiful as sucking on SONY's "teet" sounds..no one is doing that but fanboys. Your insight on the 360's lifespan is interesting. Why would M$ kill off the 360 when it is finally profitable and selling well. The original xbox had a shorter lifespan cause M$ had payment disputes with nvidia which was bleeding them- m$ have lost a shit load of cash on the xbox brand.. but here is the big BUT.. they can afford to.. they have 10 times more money than SONY does. And ultimately this was what this thread was about.. finances.. and not some fantasy hogwash..

 

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