| numonex said: Sales on Blu-Ray and movies sector is totally separate to the PS3 hardware itself. Sony will be lucky to recoup the 4 or 5 billion dollars incurred on PS3 hardware. Free PSN, development of the Dell processor, inclusion of the Blu-Ray in the PS3 have all driven up the unit cost price of the PS3 this generation. The costs per unit has fallen 70% since the PS3 was first launched three years ago due to economies of scale, price reductions and revisions. But it will be still hard push to recoup the initial losses incurred on the PS3 hardware. Microsoft have much deeper pockets than Sony. Microsoft have lost a lot less money than Sony this generation and have expanded their market share. XBox Live revenue stream has offset the $1 billion dollars paid out to cover the RROD and three year warranties. Microsoft has helped financed third party games which have been released later on the PS3. Competition is good for the video game industry. XBox 360 and PS3 can co-exist. PC game support has taken a huge dive this generation due to the growth of the XBox brand and developers see consoles as being a more profitable option than PC. If it was not for Microsoft entering the video game industry last generation: the technology in consoles would not be where they are today. PS3 has no chance of reaching 100 million console units sold by end of generation. 70 to 80 million would be stretching it. This generation has been a lot more competitive than the previous two generations. More even distribution of market share. No longer a PS1 or PS2 monopoly. All thanks to the success of both the Wii and to a much lesser extent the XBox 360. |
Sony dude not sce or Sony pictures or electronics, Sony. PS3 is why Br won, thats why they stuck it in there and that was a huge cost. You think they did not do the math Br costs for PS3 <> overall revnue from BR. SCE is not independant, Sony calls the shots.
So MS has more $, whats your point.
You misunderstood. The people who buy a wii or PS3 really have no reason why not to pick up the other later on. They are a compliment of each other. But many will choose PS3 or 360 only, they wont buy both. Thats why i say they cant co exist.
YAhh same way it had no chance of ever out selling the 360 in NA right or wii anywhere (cough Japan).
