heruamon said:
Maybe more revenue, but I have serious doubts about the PS3 generating more profits...that's part of the ps3's problems....the ps2! The console was SO dominate, and such a seller (it's STILL selling!), that the ps3 total pales in comparison from a financial standpoint. It's a testament to the great job Sony did on developing the console, but it sets a tough act to follow. Even with all of its technical challenges, the xbox 360 has totally blown away the original xbox (which was a technically solid platform) in performance as a marketable product. M$ did a pretty darn good job making it easy to program for the console, and they are probably going to make it even easier in the next console. Without the headaches of making an operating system that is flexible to handle a ton of options, the xbox OS is extremely slick, and whereas M$ stumbled on Vista, they nailed it on Xbox 360. This has probably contributed to some developers getting "lazy" on pushing the 360, but when you compare Gears of War to Gears of War 2...you see that the 360 has ALOT of room to expand, and I'm sure there's a simple example in Resistance to Resistance 2.
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if you have doubt's about The PS3 generating more profit's than the PS2...i can see what you are saying, but you cannot point out the ps2,xbox,game cube era to these new machine's because, unlike the prev. generation there is more income stream's per console this time than last.
example: just with Sony
for every Blu-Ray disc blank sold to other OEM's, or software published on a blu-ray disc's, Sony recieve's a cut or the blu-ray diode sold to OEM's ,also blu-ray optical drive's to OEM's.sony is also a major holder of licences in the Blu-Ray consortium. now also take in the fact that 24 publisher's have also signed up to the PSN:network, and that may be for not only the psn:store but for the PSN:HOME also. and they are there to sell content, or ad space,Movie sold, rented on the PSN:store, music,ONLINE GAMES that can be sold to the PSP or PS3 user. ad in user created content also.product promotion's. etc.
this generation xbox360
has many form's of profit streams. xboxlive, Rented movie's, rented ad space, product promotion's , online game's sale's and game's sold at retail.user created content.
nintendo's
has also online profit stream's, wii chan., ad space, game distributed online, product promotion, game products like new controller's, game's sold at retail.
firmware updates also give's a great bonus to the system's by adding feature's and fixing problem's
that's one of the big advantages this generation compared to last ..more profit stream's per system
I AM BOLO
100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...
ps:
Proud psOne/2/3/p owner. I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.