STEKSTAV said:
darthdevidem01 said:
STEKSTAV said:
Kasz216 said:
CGI-Quality said:
To be honest, 891 million to a company like Sony isn't as bad as it sounds, especially considering the PS3 hardware itself is apparently profiting at this point. Things are looking WAY up for Sony, and with the D-listing of the PS2 from NPD, I imagine all focus will now go to PSP and the PS3. |
I agree.
Basically I tend to think of it like this.
Say you have 2 kids... and they are brilliant Straight A's, both are going to be Doctors.
Then you have your third kid. Your clearly going to think he's going to be smart too... but he isn't. He ends up getting D's and F's on his report cards... and you get him some help etc... so now he's getting C+ and B-s.
He's not going to be a doctor and as "big" of a success as your other children... but your happy that atleast he's on his way to being Ok, and not living with you in the basement until he's 45.
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But with a B he'd still be able to do charity work, volunteer in the 3rd world. He might even start a successful business or become a great football player that gives tons of money to orphans. He could become and artist or an actor that makes millions of dollars that he chose to spend on his ageing father and on research to improve the health care of the country. So now tell me, which kid is more successful? The two who spend a lifetime paying the bills from medical school, or the one helping the world become a better place? ;D
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ermm no, those bills can be paid off pretty easily after around 4-5 years of practising as a doctor if you decide to make direct payments back, so not a "lifetime".
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On topic:
Yes SONY will probably not break even on it. But in terms of quality titles, sales & so on sony should be extremely happy. Not to mention almost every profit they are making off blu-ray is due to the PS3!
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Im not sure what country you live in, or what type of medical school you're refering to. But you cant pay off a 8 year education in 4 years unless you're still living at home with no expenses and got your license from a trial and error clinic in tijuana.
Still. that wasnt the moral of the story. Success is relative.
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My degree is going to be 5 years long, with £3,200 per year. The tuition fee loan will be the only one I take from the government. So that'll be around £16,000 in total for the 5 years. I'm not sure what the starting pay will be, probably 20K a year to start with.....if I really wanted to I could pay back the loan by the time 4 years are completed. But I won't have to because of in UK the loan gets automatically paid off through the tax you pay to the government. But you have the option of voluntary payback.
so it definetely isn't the "lifetime" you said here.
And yeah success is relative,
but his analogy was fine for the situation.
