PS3 can still finish in first place.

[jarrod]

AnthonyW86 said:

Grimes said:

AnthonyW86 said:

That must be about the silliest thing i've ever heard. You know a company profits most on a console later on in it's life-cycle? You know that any new system that will be released is likely to be outsold by it's predecessor in the first two years? Not only that the old system will sell more software in the first two years aswell, and keep bringing in money. And what is the start of the next generation exactly? When Nintendo launches their next console witch is barely more powerfull than the current PS3 and X360?

A system is dead when it stops bringing in money and isn't produced anymore, so no the Wii doesn't win. More importantly, PS3 may even beat the Wii where it really counts, in the number of software sold.

Nintendo made billions of dollars in the Wii's initial years, while Sony's PS division lost billions of dollars even with all the PS2's profits.

I'm not saying the PS3 will bring in more money than the Wii did, it won't. But that's the point, Sony invested so much money in the PS3 they will want to keep it on the market as long as possible to try and recoup as much as they can, again one more reason PS3 will keep on selling for longer than the Wii.

Forget more money, will PS3 bring in any money?  With it's losses already exceeding all profits in SCE's reported history, it's going to be a tall order...