Wasn't there a breakdown showing the revenue per game on the Xbox 360 and Ps3 (also the wii)? Anyone have that thread or chart still? I think it boiled down to about $5- $8 for Sony and or Microsoft in revenue per game sold. I just find it hard to believe that $5 - $8 (again i think that is what the figure was) is enough to offset the continual maintenance of Home and adding new servers for every online game as well as the additional loss incurred through the sale of every system. However Sony has been around for years, whether it is through the strength of the playstation brand or it is through it is other branded products remain to be seen.
Very few companies or "arms" of companies can incur $3b losses and live to tell the tale. I do relish competition in the marketplace however as it ultimately benefits me the consumer, with a wider variety and increased quality of games.
Regarding the ps3's sales i believe "one day does not a summer make." Sony has a long uphill climb and they are going to want to milk the Ps3 for years.
However I don't believe Microsoft is really playing the same ball game, I do not think they are going to subscribe to Sony's ten year model, and frankly I don't even think that the Ten year model is viable and Microsoft will want to slash and burn this generation to get a jumpstart on the next one, exactly as they did with the 360. Sony has Moore's law to contend with, which states there chip achitecture is already roughly 4x worst than what is available on the market. And as the HD twins become much more alike and few "standalone" exclusives are available to the systems, Leibniz's Law is going to hurt them as they become relatively interchangeable.
