Sony's gaming unit lost $443 mil 3Q

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wii_are_better_than_ said:

Kwaad said:

roadkillers - God of War2 was a lower budget game than the original. (mainly because they used the same engine, assets, and other stuff)

RolStoppable - Why does everyone say that sony requires market domination for profit? They seem to be going the nintendo way. Sell 1st party games. Are you saying nintendo will fail unless they dominate the market? 

Nintendo makes a profit on every console sold though.

 

 

they also don't need to sell 500,000 copies of each to make a profit either.

 

It is very easy to say that a game must sell 500k to be profitable, but Sony as Nintendo have could make an engine and use it over a whole spectrum of games. They could also make a lot of fill out games. I don't know Sonys strategy so far they aren't selling enough I guess but the few Sony games out seems to be selling quit good. Resistance is over 1 million WW. It is never as easy then just say that they can't turn this to a profit, they have problem and the should react, but I think Sony knows that