EdHieron said:
Aielyn said:
Let's have a look at what happened to Sony's game division on the release of the various consoles, shall we:
With the PS1 and PS2, which were relatively modest in capability, they made a bit of a loss for the first year, and then profits after that, with net profit for each system being quite high. Note the bare profit made in 2005 due to PSP, by the way - PS2 was enough to keep it above water, but only just.
With the PS3, however, when they went for a powerful system (relative to release date), they went into a huge hole, and it took five years to make it back to profits again. In those five years, they managed to lose all of the profits they had made on the previous consoles. And unlike in 2006, Sony is currently suffering huge financial difficulties - the games division is pretty much the only part that is making any money at the moment (this is how Sony differs from MS, who can easily absorb the losses they've suffered from the Xbox and 360).
So tell me again why Sony's going to go high-power with the PS4. |
Because if they don't, there's no reason for fans of the 90 million selling PS3 ( which is the least that it will sell) and its games to pick one up when it's not going to be able to recreate the same jaw dropping effects that games like Uncharted, Beyond: Two Souls, and the Last of Us created in their time.
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Your response confuses and upsets me greatly. You would rather Sony lose billions for your personal justification of buying a high-end PS4?
