Is the PS3 a success?

[Zappykins]

The PS3, as a game console, is a success, for Gamers, because:

1. It’s sold by the millions and love by millions of gamers. And they have a very loyal following.

2. It help Sony win Blu-ray win the HD DVD Battle. (But the fight between HDDVD and Blu-ray opened a window so streaming could win, and Blu-ray aren’t the selling like DVD used to.)

3. It pushed the Xbox 360 to be a better gaming machine – by having add 1080P and HDMI. (Might have anyway, but I think it helped speed it up.)

However, Not as much of a success for Sony as they wanted. They did win the HD new format war ((Blu-ray) but at the lost of more people streaming), they didn’t dominate like the PS2 and like they thought/expected them to dominate. And they have lost Billions on the PS3.

I do think they have made plenty of money over all, just not as much as they wanted to. But I do remember Sony Pictures trying to say that ‘Forrest Gump’ the biggest movie of 1994 didn’t make any money as they didn’t want to pay the director his bonus. So I take Sony’s accounting numbers with a grain of salt.

So it’s a big WIN for Gamers and a rather good (but not as good as we were hopping) for Sony.