Smashchu2 said:
Akvod said:
The OP did this for the VG$!!
For those who are saying that Sony is losing money on this, didn't MS lose a considerable amount of money to penetrate into the console market? Why is Sony investing for the long term if they just want to step out of the gaming industry after this gen?
Microsoft never did this for profit. Their goal is to stop the Playstation brand from disrupting computers. Sony's vision of videogames is different then Nintendo's and Sega's. They were/are trying to create multimedia computers, or something to that extent. They aren't making game system the way Nintendo is. Basically, the Playstation brand was intergrating their multimedia elements into a gaming console. It was poised to disrupt computers which Microsoft could not allow. However, Sony's goal was always about profit; Microsoft's wasn't. This is why there is so much red ink on the 360.
This means two things. First, Microsoft could easily knock the last leg out from under the brand. Microsoft can force a new console right when the PS3 is about to make money. This would cause more R&D red ink, and with Nintendo disrupting both of them, neither will turn a profit. Of course, when this happens, Microsoft will leave the industry. Which is my second point: once the Playstation brand end (and it probably will), Nintendo will be the last company producing a game console. of this, this also means the end of the hardcore era. Nintendo has been trying to get away from what is hardcore gaming. With Sony and Microsoft gone, Nintendo will not focus on hardcore gaming.
As far as Sony investing long term, they were planning on being #1 again. This time, they are number 3 of 3; although, it is really all about the money. They will drop the investments if the overall system is failing. Why try to save you million dollar yahte if it's going to sink anyway. Becuase of this, Sony MIGHT try a 4th console, but that's only is they can turn some king of profit very soon to try and justify it to investors.Overall, the Playstation brand is on it's last legs.
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Exactly! Finally someone who speaks the truth. Neither Sony or Microsoft are really in this for the games, but Sony is in gaming strictly to control multimedia each gen. The use the videogame industry to push the sales of the formats they back each gen.
