Worldwide Hardware Numbers UP for week of Black Friday

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letsdance said:

PalmiNio said:

CGI-Quality said:

I wouldn't expect you to think otherwise unfortunatley. Regardless, the post was uncalled for, particularly because ofwho it was garnered towards. It's sad how some of you wouldn't be happy for certain brands/consoles no matter how good they do because of personal bias.

 

Well I have nothing against the sales of PS3 and the PS3 Slim. Love the product and it is a good buy for the consumer.

But when people are bragging about how great Sony has done with the Slim combo pricecut, then i wonder where the sense of business is.

Correct me if I am wrong, but has there ever been a console that got a new hardware revision that was launched at a lower price then the old model?

PS3 slim sales a great but the come with a hefty price, aka NO HARDWARE PROFIT. Both MS and Sony is dancing on thin ice with their race down in price. That race is good for us but chance that PS3 will ever break even in its lifetime is now more or less 0%. 3 years since launh and still no profit in hardware and the division as whole can barley make profit even with two other machines with profit, PS2 and PSP.

So no kodus to either MS or Sony. They do great machines but their sense of business is really bad.

The only winner in the end, both in numbers and in the books, will be Nintendo.

So with 30% of a consoles life you can calculate its chances of being profitable? And a company shouldn't slash prices with a redesign even if it allows them to lower costs?

Sony themselves say it'll be a long while before the gaming division is profitable, and even longer for the company as a whole