Who here thinks ps3 is Sonys' last videogame console?

[Smashchu2]

twingo said:

Smashchu2 said:

Yeah, but has any of those bleed money like the PS3 is.

Remember that the company is shaken right now and it will be even more so with this global recession. There is also Nintendo, who manages to make Sony and Microsoft irrelivent day by day. The only reason we are still talking about them is becuase 3rd parties are reluctant to go to Nintendo. There isn;t much iof a future for the Playstation brand.

Also, it's the investors who pressure the company to go left or right. They may be the ones who are first to cut or downsize the Playstation sector. Games are not their focus like they are for Nintendo.

Yeah, a lot of this is old, but remember that this driven by the profibility (or lack there of) of the PS3.

 

 

They all were beedling Sony dry, PS is what kept then afloat.  At one time it was the only profit they had everything else was a massive clusterfuk of red.

Recession can be used as a scape goat, blame the failures on it.

PS is hardware thats what Sony does while their Software makes money.  It make sno sense to get rid of it, especially with their handhald doing so well, next time just make it pirate proof.

First, recessions hurt companies (which is why a recession is a drop in the business cycle). It becomes much harder to operate where you use to do to the difficulty of investments, inflation, deflation (on your own products) amoung other things. Recessions have always hurt companies. It also a great time to sweep the run under some. Again, Sony went under a massive restructure. Do you think they are going to waste time with bleeding products?

Also, Sony is by no means a software giant. It's only after thye success of the PS2 that they even try. 3rd parties are what sold the system. All of the big names came from a 3rd party source (as opposed to Sega and Nintendo). They wont make much monwey off their software. If the system doesn't sell, neither does the software (a responce to someone who mentioned they wont kill the brand based on investment).

Lastly, Sony was only recently a game company, and their actions have proven they are not putting them first. The PS3 is more a Blu-ray player then a console. The console was desided around putting their new format in a successful line (at the time). Sony is not invested in games as they are in movies and music. The investors will definatly think this. With the massive restructure, they will be the first to tell Sony to get out.