PS3 Shuts Up Gabe Newell!

[Pristine20]

Khuutra said:

Pristine20 said:

Khuutra said:

Pristine20 said:
Well Newell can say whatever he wants, I won't be missing his games LMAO. If you make a good game, be humble about it and the respect will come.

Asking a company to ditch a product they spent 3 bln on is beyond unreasonable...it's downright stupid!

Newell suggested this before they lost the entirety of the PS2's profit on the PS3, as I remember.

 

Doesn't matter when he said it. When R&D is done, its done. It was already expensive before they started making price cuts and taking huger losses. you really think sony's gaming division should have skipped this gen? That is as senseless as it gets.

like I said, if you're a ganme dev, dev your games for whatever platform you want but don't tell people how to run their business...in a condescending manner to boot. Did this guy think his games would've "saved" the ps3 or sony would die without him? What a joker. Have fun playing his games. I never bought any of them in my life and couldn't care less about his support.

This would be a fair point if he hadn't been right. Newell said the PS3 was going to be a disaster for Sony financially, and he was right. Yes, faced with the way things have turned out versus just dropping th R&D costs and bailing, they would have been better off washing their hands, financially. That sounds rough, but it's true.

 

It still doesn't make sense. If they bailed out and saved themselves from further losses. Sony's would lose all its footing in the gaming industry and would be relegated to sega's status. After what happened when they were late to the LCD generation, I don't think it would be in their best interest to abandon gaming.

Also, don't act like Newell = Nostradamus. He still had the benefit of hindsight. R&D was done. Anyone could guess that a  $600 console won't be taking over many living rooms regardless of what it brought to the table.