nightsurge said:
Not really. The costs of upkeep will just keep rising. They haven't made a profit yet even after the store has been up and people have been buying lots of stuff already. That isn't going to change. People will maintain their spending habbits. The only thing now that will make PSN profitable is the premium service charge coming soon. |
I disagree, kinda. I mean the premium service charge will definitely help, but what will also help is making the PSN bigger by selling more games, getting more people on home etc. I know that the PSP2 phone thing is just considered a rumor at this point, but if true, it could be a big game changer for Sony and the PSN in particular. I think that it will be a big success b/c it costs very little additionally to make a smart phone a portable gaming device. And, we've seen the success of gaming on the Iphone so marketing games on phones is for real. But, sony has a big advantage over the Iphone, in that it owns companies that develops games, so it gets a bigger share of the profit than apple will, and have more resources for producing games than Apple.
