| vthokiesrmoo said: @ bdbdbd- As time progresses PS3 will most certainly be the system to own. Although myself and many believe it already is. And no Sony will be profitable with the PS3. It will be down the line, but they will be profitable. And the only thing i agree with you is as for right now it may be priced too high for some. I disagree with the lack of games statement because of the fact that the ps3 has too many good games for most to even afford. Of course, the price will eventually change tho. And you are wrong again, Sony is about 2 billion in the hole with the ps3, so if they make an average of $100 on each unit sold for the rest of the lifespan of the ps3 they would have to sell 20 million units to break even. They have achieved that in 2 years with 400-500-600 dollar prices. I'd say in its remaining 8 years they could certainly make a profit. @richarddhutnik- if you want to buy your new xbox and peripherals whenever it comes out be my guest. I own the most future proof console with by far the most potential. And as long as tv's are benchmarking at 1080p, which they will be for years to come, your new xbox won't look much better if at all better than my ps3. |
Which financial statements are you reading finance major? I think you'll find it's now in the vacinity of ~$3.5billion.
I think the latest report from iSupply stated they believe Sony to be currently losing ~$50 on every PS3 sold. Even with the hardware chipset shrinkage/revisions savings they'll more than likely pass those onto the consumer before the gap exceeds a point where developers consider the PS3 an 'afterthought'. I think it's highly unlikely that they'll return to profitability on selling the hardware alone as you're suggesting.
You sound like you're MikeB's apprentice in your last paragraph...if the 360 lasts as long as the PS3 (regardless of a successor emerging) will it then have the same 'future proofing' and 'potential'? I'm tired of reading my own writing rebutting this remark but the whole superior technological advantage meant diddly-squat last generation, why this generation is it all of sudden a huge 'ace in the hole'?
