PS3 passes the GameCube!

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WereKitten said:

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.

 

 

Yes, I do doubt that.

During the Ps2 era (2000 through 2006), Sony made a total of 2.8 Billion Dollars in profit. In 2007 and 2008, they lost 3.0 Billion. (http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=57802).

That is including the PsP and Ps2, which both make profit. The Ps3 certainly lost more than those 3B, possibly up to 4B or even 4.5B.

And it's still losing money. That will change soon, but it won't make large amounts of money even then. 

 

Do you seriously think that it will eventually go with a profit overall? I really doubt that.

 

Now, I'm sorry I kinda bashed the Ps3 in a pro-Ps3 thread (nothing wrong with being that kind of thread), but I felt that I ought to answer.

 

The Ps3 is now, officially, the best selling 3rd place console ever. Cheers!