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IsawYoshi on 03 May 2013

The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).



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Pemalite on 03 May 2013
IsawYoshi said:
The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).

No, the PS3 was still a success, just not as successfull as the PS2.

Besides, with Sony and Microsoft having such relatively equal share of the market it's really created allot of healthy competition which benefits us gamers, cheaper hardware and more features! Win win!

Plus the other flipside of the coin, was that the PS3 was a big pusher of Blu-Ray, which indirectly makes Sony money.




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Otakumegane on 03 May 2013
Pemalite said:
IsawYoshi said:
The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).

No, the PS3 was still a success, just not as successfull as the PS2.

Besides, with Sony and Microsoft having such relatively equal share of the market it's really created allot of healthy competition which benefits us gamers, cheaper hardware and more features! Win win!

Plus the other flipside of the coin, was that the PS3 was a big pusher of Blu-Ray, which indirectly makes Sony money.

They lost 5 billion dollars.



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Mr Khan on 03 May 2013
gooch_destroyer said:
If I had that Gif of that man clapping his hands i'd post it.

Oh goddamnit people. Orson Welles! Citizen *fucking* Kane!

I know we're all nerds here, but we have to have at least some culture. Gah!



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echoesfromthepast on 03 May 2013

OP says that the 360 arguably had the best library of any console ever. I would argue that either the PS2 or the DS had the best libraries.



     
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Arcturus on 03 May 2013
Mr Khan said:
gooch_destroyer said:
If I had that Gif of that man clapping his hands i'd post it.

Oh goddamnit people. Orson Welles! Citizen *fucking* Kane!

I know we're all nerds here, but we have to have at least some culture. Gah!

Wrong! It was Gary Busey in Citizen Kane!





IsawYoshi on 03 May 2013
Pemalite said:
IsawYoshi said:
The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).

No, the PS3 was still a success, just not as successfull as the PS2.

Besides, with Sony and Microsoft having such relatively equal share of the market it's really created allot of healthy competition which benefits us gamers, cheaper hardware and more features! Win win!

Plus the other flipside of the coin, was that the PS3 was a big pusher of Blu-Ray, which indirectly makes Sony money.

It ain't a success when you lose as much as Sony did. Sure, it might be a success profit wise (someday), but that won't make up for the fact that they let Microsoft come up to fight. The PS2 crushed the original Xbox (as I said 7 to 1), and now PS3 and Xbox 360 are pretty much on the same levels hardware wise, but Xbox wins by the software. And as I said, the PS3 is currently a project that Sony has LOST money on. I really don't see why you are calling it a success. 



Pemalite on 03 May 2013
Otakumegane said:
Pemalite said:
IsawYoshi said:
The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).

No, the PS3 was still a success, just not as successfull as the PS2.

Besides, with Sony and Microsoft having such relatively equal share of the market it's really created allot of healthy competition which benefits us gamers, cheaper hardware and more features! Win win!

Plus the other flipside of the coin, was that the PS3 was a big pusher of Blu-Ray, which indirectly makes Sony money.

They lost 5 billion dollars.

That's the thing.
Sony might have made an overall profit thanks to the Playstation pushing Blu-ray.





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Otakumegane on 04 May 2013
Pemalite said:
Otakumegane said:
Pemalite said:
IsawYoshi said:
The PS3 was not a success. They went from 150 mill to probably 90 or so, and either way they have been loosing tons of money this gen. An even though the PS3 would end up being a project that made money, Sony still sacrificed a lot for it to happen, not to mention that the income won't even come close to PS2. And I haven't brought up the fact that Sony lost millions off players to Xbox, and they didn't win the gen (compared to last when they sold around 7 times more than their closes competitor).

No, the PS3 was still a success, just not as successfull as the PS2.

Besides, with Sony and Microsoft having such relatively equal share of the market it's really created allot of healthy competition which benefits us gamers, cheaper hardware and more features! Win win!

Plus the other flipside of the coin, was that the PS3 was a big pusher of Blu-Ray, which indirectly makes Sony money.

They lost 5 billion dollars.

That's the thing.
Sony might have made an overall profit thanks to the Playstation pushing Blu-ray.

I don't think people realize bluray isn't just Sony's. Profits are split up between the Bluray patent group. Which consists of other companies like Phillips and Samsung.

Pushing bluray benefits Sony but you're wayyy overestimating how much it benefits them. They lost 5billion to continue being relevant, not to push bluray.



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Jega on 06 May 2013

I have just updated this thread.