voty2000 said:
Acevil said:
From the business side of things, it really does look like the ps3 is the loser. It might have helped define Blu-ray, but as a product ROI, it is one of the biggest losers in technology for a long time.
From marketshare size, it is again a huge loser, it went from 70% to what it is at currently.
From a consumer side, it is a complete winner, I mean a device can do just about anything, and plays a massive library.
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This is why I'll never call the PS3 a huge success. It did well and I won't deny that and has released some awesome games but it gave the 360 are huge market share. Sony could have sealed Microsoft's fate if it would have released cheaper with better games but instead Microsoft experienced tremendous growth. Sony now has 2 competitors that are doing really well. There is no way the Sony is happy with how everything turned out. They just want to re-coup losses and make as much money as possible before starting the next generation.
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I don't think anyone is mad enough to call PS3 a huge success, other than the Sony PR dept, and that only because they have to. PS3 is a generation of 2 halves. I would argue 2nd half of the generation is a huge success. But first half was a big series of failures. End result Playstaion brand will come out of the generation with its reputation in tact, but with diminished consumer capital. Not to mention being financially in the red, but significantly less so than what it might have been. Slim @$299 saved its arse and it came at just the right time.
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