Ben Dutka ps3news says Where Did All The PS3 Hate Go?

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The answer to the original authors question is this. They were shocked silent by the incredible stupidity that came out of Sony. Nobody could foresee how utterly reckless the management at Sony would actually be in regards to the console market. Sony has lost somewhere close to six billion dollars on their machine at this point. Nobody could imagine that Sony was willing to eat the losses no matter what they were. So nobody expected Sony to offer two radical price reductions in less then a year.

Sony had to of coarse, because the detractors were right. The market could not support a six hundred dollar game console, and the market for the console flagged. Then the detractors were right about the five hundred dollar price point, and once again the sales flagged. Finally Sony bled their way to a price the market would support. The detractors were right the launch system, and the high pricing would have killed the console within its first year. What they had not predicted was that Sony was dangerously incompetent with money.

That is most assuredly not something to be ashamed about, or to call someone out on. There was no way anyone could have predicted how illogical Sony would behave this generation. Nothing Sony did made any real sense, and it still does not make any real sense. Hell as a matter of fact it still stands a decent chance of being considered the downfall of Sony. Depending how long this recession lasts it could in fact end up being what killed the company, or at the least crippling the company for a good number of years. The console bled the company leading up to the recession, and now with a recession there can be no recovery from that.

Hell it doesn't even meet the criteria for a Phyrric victory. Sony won nothing in fact they poured in resources only to be beaten into a retreat. With losses that could very well undo the company in the course of things. The author speaks of faith, but that is what a problem gambler relies upon. We know how often that kind of thinking wins out. It had no place in the discussion, and it sure as hell had no place in the thinking.

For the rest of the comments they are utter nonsense. I wouldn't substitute the 360 content for the PS3 content. It is larger, more diverse, and has more highly acclaimed titles. A resurgence is all but impossible. Short of Sony throwing another six billion dollars at the problem the contest has been decided. Sony does that in the current economic climate, and you can wave goodbye to the company. The lenders would descend in mass.

It is no longer a question of will. The question is does Sony have the means. Beyond cannibalizing the company their is no way to get the money they need.