Playstation business heading South

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TRios_Zen said:

WiiStation360 said:
@Tim_Duncan

The "PS3 is selling more with aligned launches" argument, while still relevant, is losing validity with each passing month. If you console launches late, you are expected to eventually compete with the competition in the current time frame, not the past. You cannot always use the "we launched a year late" excuse for the entire generation. The Wii was able to do it. Sony needs to start doing it as well.

Sony is doing fine, all things considered. Hardware sales are better that most people expected, software sales are great, and their lineup for the upcoming year looks better than the 360. Start competing in the present, not the past.

The further problem with this argument is that YOY, the 360 is outperforming it's previous sales, while the PS3 is underperforming it's own, therefor even if you aligned the launches, the 360 is trending positively vis-a-vis the PS3.

However, I agree, Sony is in no danger of suddenly disappearing. They have to be careful (as all companies do in this market), but if Sony's goal is profit, not marketshare (as noted here), then they are on the right path.

 

Sony is certainly in no risk of suddenly disappearing. As for the "2-4 years from now" timeframe, I'm not sure. It really depends on how this recession evolves, if it stays this bad or gets much worse they're going to have a hard time not running out of cash.