| TheSwordUser said: It really makes me wonder how this service is even profitable for Sony. EDIT: I can only imagine people buying DLC for provided games....but how many are doing that anyway? |
i think there a few things that keep it going.
1) i have ps+ and i still buy games anyways
2) dlc like you said
3) if you look at console statistics the "active" userbase is always way less than the number of consoles sold. you'd be surpised by the number of people that buy a console and only buy 2-3 game a generation. those types of users, at $50 bucks a years, are putting more money into the ps3 then they probably otherwise would have. plus you are sort of getting them to use the console more then they otherwise would have which might lead to more games sold then they other wise would. an engaged consumer is worth more than a disengaged consumer.
...really, i dunno. what i do know is that since ps+ released ps3 softwares sales have kept parity with 360 software sales suggesting that the service is doing nothing to actually limit sales. i agree, that sort of defies logic, but the numbers are what the numbers are.
