When will the Playstation 4 release?

[Jay520]

Andrespetmonkey said:

Jay520 said:

Slimebeast said:

Yes, because Sony thought they were the masters of the universe and thought people would actually pay $600 and they'd still dominate. That plan failed after a few months of horrible sales. After that they have been desperately trying to undercut Microsoft by

Now ask yourself. How can Microsoft ask a $100 premium for its console? If I can get a PS3 with a 250GB for $229 I shouldnt have to pay $299 for a 250GB X360. It should cost $199 because Xbox was the underdog, has no Blu-ray, has no free-online and has fewer xclusives. And yet they can over-charge because they secured the online echo-system with core gamers earlier.

The main X360 SKU has cost $299 for 4 years now (it went from $349 to $299 in Summer 2008). That's a $0 drop.

In the same time PS3 went from $399 to $249 and soon down to $229. That's a $170 drop and loss of revenue.

 

You've misunderstood me. It wasn't the lack of sales that made Sony lose so much money. It was the fact that every time they sold a console, they lost hundreds of dollars. A Ps3 cost a few hundred dollars more than $600 if I remember correctly.

This is probably half-ish of the reasons why Sony flushed money down the toilet for years. I remember people saying the R&D costs for the PS3 were insanely high, and their massive investments into the CELL tech has not given them much back.

This is true as well.