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Smashchu2 on 10 May 2009
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, no.

I'll go though each point and mention just what is wrong

  1. TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT SELL GAME CONSOLES. In fact, let me quote Malstrom. "Note that the OnLive site and all keeps referencing ‘technology’, never ‘customers’. A technology emphasized approach won’t work because…surprise… gaming is in the entertainment business, not technology business. I’ve never seen any proposal for any product, be it game or device, succeed in this industry when its trumpet is honking ‘technology’." It shows in the PS3. The system has the best technolgy, but is in the least demand. 
  2. Wanna know who has the game? No Sony, that's who. GTA showed the problem with Next Generation gaming. There are very few games that are as big as GTA, and it didn't move many consoles. FF13 might not push many consoles (besides maybe a quick boost in Japan). GoW also isn;t a high profile game. It didn't do so well on the PS2 despite its large userbase. There is no demand for the games on the PS3. More on this later
  3. OK, what? Did that make sence to anyone else. For what I've got: The problem with your logic is that it assumes the PS3 will always sell. This is so niave. If it goes to $200, it might not sell a lot more then at $250, or $300. A price drop wont push sales enough to keep the system selling or being viable. Here is a nice little image describing the situation                      
  4. Business is about losing. Sometime you lose. If not enough developers are taking the programs, then why continue the PS3. The problem with this is that the developers will have to move away from HD gaming. It is too expensive to keep going and most companies will not make their money back. In fact, it is more profitable to make a Wii game, even it of sells less then a 360/PS3 game. Developers are (finally) starting to realize that they need to focus more on the Wii. The PS3 will eventually lose resources. It is too expensive and has too small a user base to make money on.
  5. What is an echosystem. Wikipedia doesn't even know. Here, we forget that videogames are meant to play videogames. Look at the sales chart on the home page. See how the PS3 is in last place despite those non-gaming features. Tells you something, don't it?
  6. I won't talk about this becuase I know little about the new managment. I will say they may be happy to kill of that annoying PS3. The last thing they need is something eating away at their revenue.