Sony fighting to stay relevant?

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naruball said:

sales2099 said:
Vita situation, PS3 red ink, lost marketshare are the big 3.

PS3's only saving grace is their ability to pump out core retail games. But again, aside from the vocal minority who praise Sony for this, sales of such exclusives are dropping fast every year (looking at LBP karting, PASBR, and Sly preorders).

Sonys success in past gens was due to the 3rd party industry more then anything else. Now that costs are high, multiplats are just the way to go. And there goes Sonys former ace in the hole. Cause lets be honest, Sony has no Mario or Halo to carry the console.

Gamecube had Mario. Sold terribly

Xbox had Halo. Sold quite bad. 

Just a few games don't carry consoles. The wii was successful thanks to the motion controls and the 360 for many other reasons (better price than the ps3, the first HD console out, many exclusive games etc).

The low hardware sales of the Gamecube didn't even matter to Nintendo, and it's because of their popular IPs. They managed to make a profit with the GC thanks to strong software sales, certain games they released on Gamecube continued to sell for the entire lifespan of the system.