starcraft said:
Finally decided? They did it once when Nvidia forced them into a corner. Sony is "correct on the expenses it would cost?" Financially speaking, Sony's gaming division is the Microsoft E & D division of last generation. Have they completely eradicated all PSX and PS2 profits yet? They must be getting close. Nintendo is the only company thats had a near to flawless economic model this generation. Sony's business model this generation isn't a target anyone is trying to hit.
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me and Naz had a discussion on this like a week ago. Now a days a minor increase in performace costs a massive amount of money so without profit of some form from a previous expense its pointless. Sony will wait till they earn profit off the PS3 that releasing the PS4 is financially fessible. This is the brilliance behind Sony's 10 year plan. The PS1 was the profit behind the PS2, the PS2 the profit behind the PS3, the PS3 will be for the PS4, and so on.
You might not want to admit this but the PS3 should be really close to being profitable for Sony. With all the internal hardware shrinkages they are cutting costs every way the can. It would be shocking if they dont make a profit by next fiscal.
Nintendo's main reason why they make a profit out of the box is because they buy hardware from other companies, IBM (not 100% sure) and ATI for the GC and Wii. And they never go for the high end products but rather the cheaper hardware available. They also sell their consoles for a profit out of the gate. The Wii probably costs them about $170 if not less by now to manufacture so they are making a huge profit margin because they like to play it safe with their hardware. The Wii could have been another GC this generation and Nintendo would still have been king of profit.
