[Opinion] Why Sony Should Exit The Console Hardware Business

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RolStoppable said:

The article is funny because of other reasons too.

1) Stating that Sony's first party defined PlayStation while it's actually mostly third party IPs that are or were the cornerstones of success.

2) Talking about memorable IPs in the same paragraph, immediately followed by a misspelling of Jak & Daxter. That's how memorable these IPs are.

3) The belief in Sony first party superiority. The Halo series launched on a console with a much smaller userbase (Xbox) than the Killzone series (PS2), so it's safe to say that Halo would continue to outshine Killzone, if both series were to be on the same platform.

4) Disruption in the marketplace if Sony were to go multiplatform. As it is, third parties have no trouble to compete with Sony first party software on PlayStation systems, so why should Sony going multiplatform suddenly pose a problem for them?

Maybe I forgot about something, but these were my personal highlights.

I think Rols post sums it all up pretty nicely. Sonys making too much money on 3rd party to give up the hw business.