| ThePS3News said: Sony has always been trying there hardest to have the "Most Powerful" platform on the market since they entered the gaming industry. They have suffered losses from both the PS2, PS3, and now PS Vita due to craming in so much tech and specs at lauch in their platforms. Sony also does not make their consumers pay for their online service like the "other guy" does and has promised that psn will remain free. Weather or not its infearior or not is still debatably... Sony also has arguably the best first party development team out of the "Big 3" and they show no sign of not slowing down in getting more developers to join SCE. With Sony having lost billions on the PS3 and now losing money on the PS Vita, Do you think Sony is being too generous to thier consumers willing to keep investing in 1st party studios and continue to lose money on thier platforms to give their consumers the best possible gaming expernice??? |
This is a very simple NO. Let's try to be objective here.
1. PS1 and PS2 were, respectively, each the LEAST powerful systems of their generations, not the most. PS1 was less powerful than N64 and Saturn, but had better marketing and better software support--Sony courted 3rd parties away from Nintendo which, at the time, had become incredibly arrogant, creating a perfect storm of opportunity for Sony to lure them away. PS2, likewise, was less powerful than either Gamecube or Xbox. Yes, it lost money, but only briefly. After the first year or so, it was profitable and remained so through the rest of its lifespan.
2. PS Vita. It's unlikely that Sony is losing money on Vita, actually. It has no built in storage, no optical drive, and it uses fairly standard smartphone components, merely in a quad core variation (which will become increasingly common throughout 2012). If they're losing money, it isn't much, and it won't be for very long.
3. Sony's online service isn't paid because it offers fewer features and is less capable than Xbox Live. I'm an owner of PSP and PS3, as well as Xbox 360, and there really is no comparison between the quality of services, and 360's stands head and shoulders above PS3/PSP's. You get what you pay for, as they say. I love that PSN is free, but it's just not on the same level. I wish it were.
4. Sony's losses on PS3 were not intentional, they were not "generosity." They were the product of errors in their stretegy this generation.
5. Sony's first and second party studios are unquestionably top notch. That's not a mark of generosity, though, it's an acknowledgement that great games are likely to sell more copies. Simple as that :).
Sony doesn't care about you. Neither does Microsoft. Neither does Nintendo. They care about selling products, turning a profit, and creating the kinds of products they like to create. That's as simple as it gets. Don't be offended by it--every living thing on this planet is and must naturally be driven to pursue its own best interests first. That's just the way the world works. When we come to a situation where our interests overlap, we can share some awesome experiences :).
