More Interesting PS3 Sales Facts

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Immortal said:

goforgold said:

Immortal said:

Err, not a loser? I'm sure that that's too harsh a term since it definitely pleases its fans, but considering how much money it lost, considering how pathetic its performance is for the once mighty PlayStation brand, well...

Also, just for the sake of it, Sega home console sales are very disputed. At the higher end, they could near 70m (39m MD, 17m Saturn, 10m DC, add-ons...), which PS3 will take a while to reach. Add the handhelds and PS3 may not outdo everything Sega after all.

I don't see how much the console lost as being being a factor of it's success in any way, seeing as the experience provided by the console has suffered at all becasue of it. If loses ever contribe to a lesser experience then it matters, however that isn't the case with the ps3 by a  mile, and it preformed badly compared to ps2 simply because it was expensive, if it launced at $300 (like the ps2 and ps1) and performed the way it did sales wise now that would be patheic.

I'm sorry, but unless specifically defined otherwise, it is quite reasonable to assume that any product on the market has making profit as its main (only?) goal. The money that it won or lost is the main (only?) factor dictating whether or not it was a success. As I said, it definitely pleases its fans, and that's great. But that does not mean it succeeded in its goal, which was to make money, certainly not providing a great experience, which is far too subjective to argue, anyway.

And actual sales numbers don't really matter at all, to be honest.

Sony launched the ps3 fully knowing they were going to lose over 250 dollars on every console sold.......... the ps3 primary goal was NOT meant to be profitable, and that's not subjective at all........that's common sense