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Munkeh111 on 12 January 2009
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BengaBenga said:
Munkeh111 said:
Demotruk said:
Munkeh111 said:
they should be making more money on PS3 and they should make up all the money

Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how much they've lost on the PS3 so far?

I thought it was a few billion

This could happen by the PS3's 6th year... with profit from games like Gran Turismo, as well as increased royalties from softaware sales due to more consoles, and of course they would need to make a profit on every console sold. It is unlikely thinking about it more, but they should certainly make much of it back

 

You make it sound like "a few billion" is just peanuts.

Those "few billion" is actually over 3 billion with a profitable PS2 and PSP included, so the actual losses on the PS3 is much higher.
Those "few billion" are MORE than the PS2 made in its whole lifetime.
Those "few billion" will NEVER be earned back by the PS3.

You clearly don't have an idea of what a game will earn. GT5, which is Sony's biggest game by far, will likely cost around $100 million to make. The return for Sony will likely be $40 per sold game. Even at 10 million copies (ridiculous amount) it will "only" be a $300 million profit on the game.

Okay, I thought it was less than that, and I thought the PS2 made more money than it did.

I know that they will only make that amount of money, but $100m is also a ridiculous figure, that would make it the most expensive game ever. You should also remember that they have already made quite a lot from Prologue, but that is only a minor point

Of course I am relying on great sales of the console at a decent profit.... though I agree, they will never make the money back just from the PS3, hopefully they can use the cell in other projects to try and get some money from it