Sales Point Of No Return for Platforms

[Wman1996]

IcaroRibeiro said:

vidyaguy said:

The Ps3 basically wiped out SEIs profits of the Ps1, 2 and PSP. It only recovered because Sony heavily subsidized it after it's horrible launch. The cell processor was more of a pain to develop for, so much so most Devs were willing to nearly hand over the 3rd party market to xbox exclusivly. It was a disaster.

But it never reached a "point of no return". In reality it kinda made a comeback

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It's point of no return was selling far less than PS2 and being in third place almost the entire generation. When looking at the 7th Generation itself, it in some ways still got third place because Xbox 360 sold more software and PS3 lost more money than Xbox 360 did. 

For PlayStation home consoles, PS3 is a sales blemish. It wiped out the profits of previous consoles, sold under 100 million units, and was constantly overshadowed by Xbox and Nintendo.