I agree totally. This is the brutal ugly truth that many don't want to look at. Sony has had junk status rating for nearly a year, and for good reason. Gaming is a very very hostile business endeavor, that is why there are tons of  console corpses left to the forgotten history of console gaming.

I remember Sega fans during the Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, and ultimately the Dreamcast days. It happened suddenly, and before you knew it Sega was making games only for former competitors. If you aren't making $ in this business, get out while you still can. You hit the nail on the head, software is where the money is made, and while its great theatre to talk about PS3 being the million seller king (even though many games need more than $3-5m sales in order to make money, which is absurd) despite selling overall less software than the 360 and/or Wii, it really means nothing of relevance.

Financial numbers can't be debated, games quality sure, but not the cold hard cash numbers. For this reason, I really wouldn't be shocked if Sony goes bye bye from gaming. This isn't the 90's or early 2k's when the walkman was the shit and Sony was seen as the top dog in electronics such as TV's etc. I don't know where Sony will be able to regain ground in the markets that are dominated by Samsung, or Apple. I think they may just be trying to eliminate hardware altogether which isn't a bad move, making all of their content available across tablets or smart phones, Vita etc. But then wouldn't that make them technically and third party?

Not surprising. If people think their (Sony) gaming division has cost them a lot, you should see their hi-fi division(s). Also; I didn't realize that Konami were that big, wow!

Consumer confidence is tied to this. As is every major decision moving forward. Remember when Sega used to make consoles? They don't any more. Guess why? 

Yu-Gi-Oh my friend.  its still the best selling card game today by far, and at $4 per pack when the cards cost nothing to make, all they really have to do is design them, ship them out, sell em.   Its why Konami has actually taken it easy on the game releases lately. Theres no need to cut in to the Yugioh profits by released games that have a high chance of not making a profit.

Wow, even Ninty can now buy a majority of Sony.

This thread is hilarious, BTW.

It really doesnt matter what a company is worth if you dont own stock, until that company goes under and then your favorite console devoloper is gone.    Just go look at Segas Genesis sales, its very similar to the PS3 situation.  It sold a respectable number of consoles, but the software sold terribly, and then they just started to throw anything at the wall to see if it would stick.  Thats Playsation Now, no doubt in my mind,  whoreing out your entire library for a quick buck is something you would never EVER see Disney or Nintendo do.

It really is.  Sony fans are like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT REALITY.   Is actually pretty sad because when Sony has to fold your average consumer is going to be shocked.  Maybe they should just join Nintendo, Sony did make Mickey Mania for them on SNES which was a pretty cool game back in the day.

That reads like a wild fan-fiction.

" They have tried to help Nintendo with their hardware but thy refused to accept that"

" so Playstation born ouf of it to innovate the game"

...oh god

LOL the Nintendo fans in this thread are hilarious. Every single one of them is talking so much crap. PlayStation isn't going anywhere guys, you gotta deal with it.