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Machiavellian on 21 April 2013
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thismeintiel said:

This thread is quite hilarious. PS3 fans are rightly pointing out that Sony has turned around the PS3, not only in a financial sense (i.e. making a profit on each sold since ~2009-2010), but in an image sense, as well. Both will help them when in launching the PS4. MS fans, however, continue with the "but the losses" argument they started ever since the PS3 started outselling the 360 yearly, completely denying a comeback.

Here's the question, though. When the PS3 finishes a close 2nd, or possibly 1st, will history remember total consoles sold? Or will it focus on Sony's financials for the span of ~3 years, when the gaming division was losing money? Here's a hint, it won't be the financials. I know it sucks to admit it for some, but it is true.

No one is disputing that Sony has turned the PS3 around.  The point is that the cost of doing so almost tanked the company.  History will probably show the PS3 as a very expensive product for Sony in which they lost a lot of marketshare to their competitiors, and put the company in the red.  I love my PS3 as a product but to say that its going down as a success story for Sony is reaching.  The only thing it did was claw back to being competitive.

I do not know what type of history books you read but if the only thing you or the historian ever care about is numbers without knowing the price then whats the point.  If Sony tanks next gen how do you think history will remember this gen.  If Sony wants to take 5 billion lost to gain some fanboy badge of honor I am sure Nintendo and MS will be more than happy to let them do it.