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gameman on 12 May 2009
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bardicverse said:
gameman said:

People keep saying the PS3 will last longer because the PS3 is at such a high price that they have a long ways to go for a price drop. Thats not true at all. Sony is giving basically a super computer with a blue ray player and a massive hard drive for $400. Develping costs is at least $400 or more. The arugument does however work with the Wii or Ipod as those have an incredibly high price for what it is. A $200 mp3 player and $250 Game cube with motion controls. If either of those sales started to sag, Apple or Nintendo could slash prices and still make a very good profit. Nintendo just reported a whopping $5.7 billion dollars in profit for the last fiscal year. About 1/3 of the entire corporation of Microsoft on only 2 products!!!! Wow!! The PS3 howeverhas no room for a price cut. The blue ray player is no doubt a very expensive technology for them and for consumors.

Bolded 1 - Its not a super computer. Maybe it was in 2006 when it launched, but by today's standards, it's a decent processor at best, definitely no super computer. Blu Ray is struggling to break through from standard DVD sales, while HD-DVD failed, Blu Ray isn't exactly winning either. In 2006, your argument may have had weight. In 2009, the price needs to drop, its overpriced for B+ parts.

Bolded 2 - Simply, stop being an idiot. While you have a fair point, calling the Wii a GameCube with motion controls just makes you look like a troll. If you want to be taken seriously, stop saying such trollish things.

Bolded 3 - I won't get into your spelling here. Instead, I will suggest what Sony could and should have done. Release a "Playstation 3 Arcade", remove the Blu Ray drive, cut the price down to 250 to compete with the Wii. Sure it wont be able to play some "Blu Ray" only games, but that's what the people get for the cheaper price.

It is no new news that Sony pretty much destroyed themselves this generation with the Blu Ray drive in the PS3. There will never be a "breakeven" for them in Blu Ray sales that will make up for their lost revenue and marketshare in the console industry this generation. It was a bullish, stupid move on their part, trying to rip more money from consumers' pockets. In turn, their old customers game them the cold shoulder and moved on to Nintendo's and Microsoft's products instead. Sony made their bed, now they're laying in it.

This is normal procedure when a company loses sight of reality. Nintendo did this in the early 90s, and they got soundly rejected, their customers turning to Sony's Playstation One. Now, it is Sony's turn to feel the wrath of the consumer base. The saddest part of it all is how short lived Blu Ray will be, definitely will not even be a blip on people's radars in 2-3 years from now.

 

 

 

Howard Stringer has said time and again that they are not profiting on the PS3. This is a fact, not an opinion. Sony is expecting a $1.5 billion dollar loss no thanks to the PS3.