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Million on 14 June 2008
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Bitmap Frogs said:
Million said:

That was my argument from the begining !!!

I wasn't trying to proove Sony was more profitable than Microsoft (and with all the alternatives in microsoft core markets , Linux , OSX , FireFox , Google , Yahoo I wouldn't bet too much on MS's long term growth.) Like I stated before I was strictly speaking in reference to the gaming industry ( I shoudln't have to emphasise that too much considering the site we're on)

 

And like I said before the PS3 has sold faster than the XBOX 360 , it perfomed better than the 360 since launch with less software support , the XBOX 360 is dead in japan even with far more current and future support, the XBOX 360 is about to loose it's lead in Europe the PS3 , The only major market the 360 has is the NA and that could also be lost by '09 .

BTW I should think they are pretty happy considering it's profitability their looking at not marketshare , 35 Million consoles , currently the best selling gaming device in Japan , i'd say they aren't too bitter right now.


Interestingly enough you didn't mention what was the stretch of your argument until it was challenged. You might not like it, but Microsoft didn't grew to be one of the biggest companies of the world leaving sony in the dust and made bill gates multibillionare coming third anywhere.

The 360 is as dead in japan as the ps3 is, albeit i might be willing to admit the ps3's corpse isn't as rotten yet. The fact that you can't recognize that fact in this site where you can compare the ps3 performance in japan, which it still is below gamecube (a total failure in japan) levels is nothing but the red flag that marks you as a blind fanboy.

Ah, sure sony is happy right now... even with the revenue coming from the psp and the ps2, the ps3 is still dragging the whole division down into the deep pits of red ink while the "coming third, lol" 360 is driving up into profitability the E&D division of MS.

But hey, it's nice that you have that morale, you'll need it as the ps3 is losing japanese dev support. I'm sure the japanese company sony is happy their own neighbours prefer siding with the gaijin.


 Your annoying me now , I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MICROSOFT IS PROFITING OVERALL I'VE SAID IT TWICE ALREADy , I promised myself i'd stop swearing but your pushing me. Congratz to billgates for copying the crap out of everyone else to make billions of dollars he will most probably never spend before he dies , if generating billions in profit is what you call "dust" then i'd like a bit of dust too. I don't give a damn about the businesses oveall profitability I was merely focousing on the gaming aspect.

LOL have you seen MGS4's sales in Japan ? I think this will serve as a message to developers who are thinking about departing from Sony + most of Microsoft's RPGS are only timed exclusives , they'll come to the PS3 eventually and still outsell the 360 versions in Japan.   Sony has the largest development resources of the three and have the resources to support the PS3 in japan more heavily if they desire , the PS3 has far more potential than the 360 in Japan.

The PS3 will definetley boost HD TV sales and adoption ( this will benefit other companies but i'm sure Sony will also benefit greatly ) the PS3 won the format war for Sony which could potential bring billions more in royalties , We don't even know wether the 360 is profitable or not for sure , RROD , Promotions&Marketing , Buying exclusivity don't come for free  ,microsoft probably attributed the cost's to other divisions to make the 360 apear profitable.

 The PS3 isn't really loosing support it's getting shared between the PS3 and 360 as opposed to being soley for the playstation brand and like I said before Sony has the largest development resources out the 3 companies so it's not a console killer , try and find me any 360 games that will match GT5 , God Of War 3 , Final Fantasy next year.