Uhh.. whats the point of this thread? Fyi Sony moneyhatted long before Xbox came in the console space. Also Sony was selling PS1 at a loss at the start due to R&D.
"The former director at Sony also spoke about the economics of console making, telling Edge that: “It's slightly misunderstood that console companies always make a loss on the hardware. That is not true. It is true that when the PlayStation was launched in Japan at ¥39,800, the equivalent of $400, we were losing money on every single machine, mainly because of the sunk R&D costs that had gone into its design and development up to that point." Phil Harrison (director of Product Development at Sony Electronic Publishing during the PlayStation launch) https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/phil-harrison-on-how-the-ps1-price-was-decided/
PS2 launched 2 years before Xbox. Ken Kutaragi was largely in part responsible for cost of the PS3, as he wanted it to be nigh and be all for home entertainment so they threw the kitchen sink at it. I highly doubt he was looking at Xbox when him and his team was creating the console.
But yeah all companies innovate and add useful features from one another, not exactly a new thing :P
Last edited by hinch - on 12 December 2021
