angrypoolman said:
Carl2291 said:
angrypoolman said:
Carl2291 said:
angrypoolman said:
Carl2291 said:
Gnac said:
Carl2291 said:
Sony launched the PS3 at $600.
PS3 at the time took ~$800 to make.
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Consequences are risks now? Nice spin. I'm sure Kutaragi got removed as SCE head for not being risky enough.
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Not spin at all.
A definition of "Risk" for you people.
"The possibility of bringing about misfortune or loss"
Launching your console at $600, when it costs $800 to make... gives a huge possiblity of misfortune, and a 100% possiblity of loss 
Big, big risk.
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For Nintendo to make that risk would be suicide since gaming is all they have. Sony was able to sell consoles at a loss because they sell a shit ton of other stuff too.
It just goes to show you what Sony is willing to do to make profits. Not that profits shouldn't be sought after, but they are willing to risk losing their entire position in the gaming industry in order to make blu ray the new standard.
Basically the only types of risks that Sony makes are financial ones since it really wouldn't make a whole lot of difference to them if they were in the video game business or not. Aside from that, it is Nintendo that are the true innovators; the true pioneers of video games.
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Yet Jack never mentioned innovating in the quote. He said Sony take more risks, and still deliver. Which is true.
They are STILL selling PS3 at a loss and this year they have pumped out more AAA exclusives than Ninty and MS.
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Innovation is a risk. Things were not looking too bright for the DS when it first came out..
In any case, I will give you that Sony has put out more triple A titles than Ninty and MS this year (does microsoft even count? they dont make games). I would like to add that Nintendo is working on a new Mario, Metroid, and Zelda right now though. and I am pretty sure all of these will come out in 2010.
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Blu-ray, Cell, PSP Go. All different way's of innovating or bringing something new to the table. Add that to Sony's pricing risk...
Glad you agree, i had the facts waiting for you to disagree 
Yep, yep they do. But Sony also have The Last Guardian, God of War 3 and Gran Turismo 5... And that's just for the first half of the year. For once, we don't actually know what else Sony have planned.
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Hahaha. Well, you know Nintendo. I am sure they are working on something that they are not telling us about right now. We have known about GoW and GT5 since 2007. Nintendo is going to have iterations of their three biggest franchises next year so while I am willing to give the win to Sony this year, I fully expect Nintendo to stomp all over these two next year as far as first party titles go.
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Maybe.
Like i said, for once we dont know what Sony have planned with 1st Party in the 2nd half of the year... Which is VERY surprising considering how Sony have begun to hype games this gen.
1 thing i know for sure, it will be fun finding out.
