I didn't even notice I passed 900 posts.

anyway, w00t 900!

Of course they will survive because they have an entire farm of money trees! :P

No seriously, they have their TVs, DVDs, CD players, MP3 players, computers... Well lots of stuff that is bringing bags of money without the PS3/PSP.

I don't know about the MP3 players or computers. Apple pretty much took most of their business.

I think that these questions could be asked of all three console vendors. And I think that if any or any of the consoles/portables are not successful by the end of this gen or the next, NextGen they will have to evaluate their business models going forward.

Also, the wildcard in the console wars is the continuing evolution of PCs... If you could buy a low cost, simple to use, PC that would allow you to use it to play games, connect to any screen in the house, surf the net, do your office work, provide all your multi-media entertainment, manage your home, and have multiple users then what would the value of a console device be? PC vendors like Dell and HP have clearly stated they don't see consoles living past the next, next generation. They obviously have something in mind to fill that gap. And with Microsoft "hedging" a lot of their gaming bets on the PC with software and integration, I think that they are in with PC vendors together.

If this gen goes down the shitter for Sony, I believe they will try to reinvent themselves like Sega did with the Dreamcast.

They will leave the console wars for good, and even though nintendo lost bad before they will just leave because they arent nintendo.

OMG , now I dont know nothing ... Im digging myself deeper ... the only poster who came up with any proof was dgm , and even his proof confirmed my theory ... also I dont know who sayd it , but actually affirming that share ammount doesnt counts for nothing ... commom people , thats prettty .... wait , I wont offend nobody , I saw how people can become oversensitive on this site . If you dont want to bealive me , than dont , but please dont state that I dont know something and than for proof dont give nothing ( for the guy who doesnt wants to explain ) .

ok two things:

1) Nintendo is worth more than Sony. In market cap, which is the most important factor. If some large company wanted to buy Nintendo and Sony right now, they would have to spend more money on Nintendo than Sony. Nintendo also currently has a higher profit ($1.4 billion vs $842 million) and more cash on hand despite lower revenue.

2) Considering SCE lost a huge amount of money in the last few quarters, yet Sony as a whole was still profitable. Sony would survive the loss of the entire Playstation division, but it would definitely be a massive loss. It really is a very large part of the company and pretty much single handedly held it up for the last few years while consumer electronics was sucking it up.

 ah bon...

so no need for a mod...

i said this only because usually i don't like topic used like chats...

but if this is possible ...

no need for a mod...

 please continue to chat...

I think the PS brand wouldn't be a huge loss, but Blu-ray is the future of Sony. I BD flops, they will survive, but they will loose a shitload of cash. But, as it looks now, BD is winning, and I doubt HD-DVD will get the upper hand.