Akvod on 16 November 2012
| Dodece said: @Akvod The problem with your logic at least in regards to your last statement is this. Past performance should be given a great deal of weight when predicting future performance. In this case the previous console actually lost Sony a considerable amount of money. You shouldn't confuse current profitability with overall profitability. The current console has lost Sony billions of dollars, and stands little chance of recouping those losses. While it is understandable that Sony might think they have divined a way to be profitable while introducing a newer console into the next generation. It would be the height of idiocy for them to imagine that they are assured of making a killing on such a product. Especially considering the fact that the dynamics at play in the current generation which they are losing will remain largely unchanged. Except for the fact that both their competitors will be leaving the current generation stronger then they arrived. Whereas Sony will be leaving much weaker then they arrived. That said I am going to say something that is probably going to make you uncomfortable. Given the financial straits the company finds itself in today. It would be strategically unsound of them to carry forward with the development of a new console. While it does offer up high rewards it also carries with it a high risk. Another repeat of the current generation would bankrupt Sony, and that isn't a exaggeration. They couldn't sustain a two or three billion dollar loss on top of other losses. If Sony is projecting big gains for the future of their games division. Then the only logical conclusion is that they are going to avoid the majority of the risk. While increasing their consumer base. That would speak to Sony becoming a dedicated software developer rather then a console manufacturer. Like I have said I wouldn't be altogether happy with that outcome, because it would deprive me of my daily dose of drama that the Sony fans on these forums provide. That isn't to say that I wouldn't be the first to post a Borg link when such news came out on these forums. Am I the only one that misses the old you will be assimilated lines. |
I'm not claiming if Sony has a good case or not. I'm not a financial analyst and even if I was, I would have to... you know... research in order to see if Sony has a case. But I could definetly see Sony making a case. And if you want to have a debate on whether or not it's compelling or not, I don't feel I'm qualified to make that call, and to be honest, nor are you.
