| enditall727 said: In my opinion Sony is caught between a rock and a hard place and, unless they can take a radically different approach in the next generation, the PS4 will likely be the worst selling Playstation home console to date this will not happen and it really doesn't matter which PS Home console will be the worst selling. As long as the PS Home console hits 100 Million, They are good EVERY PlayStation Home console that Sony released has sold over 100 million besides PlayStation 3. PS3 will of course eventually pass 100 million Nintendo has NEVER had a Home console that passed the 100 million mark but of course the Wii will be it's 1st Microsoft has NEVER had a home console pass 100 million but if the Kinect can keep boosting 360's sales in the holidays it could be Microsofts 1st to pass 100 million so far Sony has 2 100 million + selling Home consoles under their belt Nintendo has 0 100 million+ selling Home consoles under their belt Microsoft has 0 100 million+ selling Home consoles under their belt and there is no way in hell PS4 is going to sell less than PS3 ;) |
I don't get your logic at all. Sure, Sony sold 2 100m+ selling consoles, but Nintendo has 2 100m+ selling handhelds. Obviously Nintendo knows how to sell hardware as well.
Also, it doesn't matter how many consoles are sold if there is little to no profit made from them. That's where Microsoft and Nintendo are different from Sony. Nintendo has made money off of it's games and hardware since the beginning (with the exception of 2011), and although Microsoft's game division has been a loss so far, they have tons of revenue from other divisions to cover those losses. Sony on the other hand has been hemorrhaging money in almost all of its divisions for several years. They are losing marketshare in every area, and they have been getting a lot of mixed press. How the heck can they afford another console that produces the same losses and mediocre success that the PS3 has? It's just not possible for them to maintain their strategy of selling a high-powered console at a loss to gain marketshare and make the money back later. Their 10 year plan for the PS3 will definitely not work the way they hoped, since PS3 sales have been steadily dropping. Once the next gen hits, the spotlight will shift away from the PS3, X360, and Wii (Well, whatever little amount of spotlight the Wii still has) and onto the future. I just don't see the PS3 selling a significant amount of units in it's last few years, so I don't think it will ever reach 100m units.
You also say the PS4 can't possibly sell worse than the PS3. Why? The NES was said to be the savior of the gaming industry, and yet the Super Nintendo sold less. Even after the Super Nintendo, which still ended up being the highest selling console that gen, the N64 saw even less sales and less 3rd party support. The Genesis/MegaDrive was a huge success for Sega. It gained tons of 3rd party support and added Sonic to their 1st party offerings, and yet the Saturn quickly turned that success around. My point is that there is room for error in any business, and Sony is still perfectly capable of screwing up their next gen system. I would say they have an even higher chance of screwing it up, since they are under a lot of pressure due to their horrible financial situation.
