PS3 passes the GameCube!

[WereKitten]

NJ5 said:

JGarret said:
"Perhaps the PS3 is doing well but if definitely isn't living upto the expectations Sony had hoped."

Got that right...a system that was released for $600 and now $400 in this shitty economy, and now passing GC, would be considered a success only if it didn´t have the name 'Playstation', and wasn´t the successor to the most successful home console of all time.

Making some money instead of eating years of profits would help as well.

 

Do you seriously doubt it will eventually make money for Sony? We're only 2 and a half years in its life.

Sales are immaterial from that point of view until the hardware costs decrease bringing a per sale profit (this summer they'll move to 45nm chips) and software sales are going well proportionally to the install base. And they could have gone with a cheaper hardware and more rushed launch, but they wouldnt have been able to push the BluRay as they did.

So basically, what do you think Sony's expectations or hopes were? Selling 3 times as many consoles in the same time and lose a few billion dollars more on the hardware? Good luck making that back in software sales during the first two years of life of a console.