Sales Point Of No Return for Platforms

[Sephiran]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Sephiran said:

Yeah i don't get it. Surely PS3 is a bigger bomb than the Wii U if it led Sony to lose billions more than Nintendo lost from the Wii U? The same way a game that lose more money is a bigger bomb than a game that lost less money?

Sony gambled that they were so dominant that the PS3 would sell more than the PS2, that gamble was a disaster and wiped away all the profits they had earned from gaming previously.

Damage to the brand was insignificant. Only people who think PS3 negatively are forum nerds who understand sales and follow company's earnings. General public have no idea 

It's fairly common for company to make zero profits for years Anyways. The bussines model Sony did during PS1 and PS2 days were not sustainable, system architecture was becoming more and more standardized their days relying on third parties were over. PS3 was important for Sony learn more about the gaming market and to adapt to solidify their current position

This is all beyond the point though. The reason why I think PS3 do not belong here is because it's the opposite of all other systems in the thread. There was never a point of no return for PS3, PS3 not only recovered but end the generation with Sony stronger than when it's started 

IcaroRibeiro said:

Sephiran said:

Yeah i don't get it. Surely PS3 is a bigger bomb than the Wii U if it led Sony to lose billions more than Nintendo lost from the Wii U? The same way a game that lose more money is a bigger bomb than a game that lost less money?

Sony gambled that they were so dominant that the PS3 would sell more than the PS2, that gamble was a disaster and wiped away all the profits they had earned from gaming previously.

Damage to the brand was insignificant. Only people who think PS3 negatively are forum nerds who understand sales and follow company's earnings. General public have no idea 

It's fairly common for company to make zero profits for years Anyways. The bussines model Sony did during PS1 and PS2 days were not sustainable, system architecture was becoming more and more standardized their days relying on third parties were over. PS3 was important for Sony learn more about the gaming market and to adapt to solidify their current position

This is all beyond the point though. The reason why I think PS3 do not belong here is because it's the opposite of all other systems in the thread. There was never a point of no return for PS3, PS3 not only recovered but end the generation with Sony stronger than when it's started 

To put it in another way; The PS3 was such a massive failure for Sony that it actually led to the PS4 being the generation when Sony actually earned money from gaming, due to the fact that PS3 erased everything they earned during PS1 and PS2 generations. PS3 basically just made everything that happened during PS1 and PS2 irrelevant from a money earning perspective, which will be what Sony cares about.