SOLIDSNAKE08 on 14 July 2012
| binary solo said: Sony pulled it back to viability this gen, and despite what they've done with Vita I think they are going to be a lot better at the launch of PS4 than they were with PS3. PS is the better performing brand for the company so it would be shooting themselves in the head of they ditched PS brand as an attempt to get back in black. As long as Sony survives PS brand will be around. And even if Sony dies brand PS is likely to be sold to someone else to live on...Samsung maybe. I'd buy a Samsung Playstation, as long as all the 1st party studios came with. Ninty is a purely gaming company so they will be there as long as there's video gaming. There's really nothing to suggest Ninty would exit next gen even if they did worst. While Xbox is not a main source of profits, nor their highest margin product, it's part of MS's overall strategy of world domination. If they ditched Xbox they can forget about owning the lounge/family room, which is simply not acceptable to them. Even if Xbox brand does poorly outside the American continent next gen, the Americas will be big enough for them to stay in the game long term. I disagree completely with the OP that it's likely only one console will beat 50M in sales, I think it's likely all 3 will. And there's always going to be plenty of Ninty ans Sony exclusives because of the 1st party stables. I think all 3 can easily crack 50 million sales within 6 years. If this gen has a total market of >230 million units then next gen can easily have a total market of 200 million with the lowest selling platform getting at least 50Million of that I don't think anyone will be leaving but out of the scenarios that could cause one of the players to exit I think Ninty imploding and self destructing is the least likely, MS failing in the Americas is highly unlikely and Sony dying as a whole company is unlikely. Given the least unlikely situtation is Sony dying then this is the most likely thing to occur. So if one must vote one must vote Sony. |
lol samsung playstation? scrap that, it will always be Sony PlayStation!
