nitekrawler1285 on 26 June 2009
| Avinash_Tyagi said: I'm not saying its not good, but like you admit its being swiftly destroyed by the PS3, even the PSP wasn't profitable at first and only became that way over time, and according to the Source, its starting to drop off at this point in software and hardware, if they had been able to push better software and at a lower price earlier, they might be in a much better positin with the PSP than they are, if they had tried to emulate nintendo's approach to handhelds. So Sony is still in a position where they are losing money and Nintendo is in one where they are gaining, you say that Nintendo's success is unprecedented, but even in the N64 and GCN eras, they were making profits, because their systems were focused without being overly flashy, they could be priced at a profit and were able to push a lot of nintendo software, because they were designed around the system, it wasn't about huge success, they were in thir place last gen, and they weren't doing anything off the wall with the GCN and GBA, but they still made a ton of cash, becase they had a smart business plan. Even when Nintendo were in third place they were making rpofict, Sony could learn a lot and be in a much better psotion if thye adopted Nitendo's business sense, not just their innovations. @Galaki, not saying that they are a credible source, but I haven't found disputing figures anywhere. |
Sony themselves has already admitted that Nintendos strategy of selling HW for a profit is better. They can't just go back and change what they have done but it seems like they are learning their lessons. Making the best out of the situation (doing as much as they can to improve HW and SW sales and margins on the most profitable sector of thier business).
PS. I was wondering if Sony really lose that much money on PSP since even if users pirate software they must buy expensive proprietary media from Sony to hold all their roms.
