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CatFangs806 on 07 June 2009

I know the Dreamcast only pushed 10 million units and the PS3 has 22 million under it's belt, but given Sony's profit problems as well as the global economic crisis, will the PS3 be discontinued to save money? Even though I don't own one, I still think it's a terrific system and superior to the 360 in many ways and would hate to see it leave. What do you guys think? Will it die a fateful death like the Dreamcast or will it push through the hard times and deliver us a PS4 in the future?



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Smashed on 07 June 2009

Sigh.. I thought these threads were done.

No.



scottie on 07 June 2009

You answered your own question
"I know the Dreamcast only pushed 10 million units and the PS3 has 22 million under it's belt"

Why would they discontinue the PS3? Most likely they'll do what Nintendo did last gen - focus on making a profit and come up with something new next gen



CatFangs806 on 07 June 2009

It's a shame, though. The PS3 could easily become like the Gamecube also. A great console but just didn't have the sales.



jesus kung fu magic on 07 June 2009

 *writes a letter*

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N64 is the ONLY console of the fifth generation!!!

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Bullet100000 on 07 June 2009

HUH PLEASE LOCK THREAD.



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scottie on 07 June 2009
CGI-Quality said:
CatFangs806 said:
It's a shame, though. The PS3 could easily become like the Gamecube also. A great console but just didn't have the sales.

Or be the PS3, a great console with great games DESPITE it's sales

Yeah, that's what the gamecube was. Great Console, great games, despite its sales



scottie on 07 June 2009

Sorry, I was trying to turn this thread from 'hey lets troll the PS3' to a thread about the awesomeness of the Gamecube :P



scottie on 07 June 2009

Dw about it. I agree, RE4 was very much awesome. Melee too, between those two games I must've sunk hundreds of hours



Naraku_Diabolos on 07 June 2009
scottie said:
You answered your own question
"I know the Dreamcast only pushed 10 million units and the PS3 has 22 million under it's belt"

Why would they discontinue the PS3? Most likely they'll do what Nintendo did last gen - focus on making a profit and come up with something new next gen

That's a laugh, because the PSOne and PS2 weren't profitable (hardware-wise) to begin with, but were later in the years after the manufacturing costs came down. The original PS was $300 and the PS2 was $300; the PS3 is/was doubled that. I still consider it to be $600, only that they slashed the price because they removed parts and features to make the price cheaper, so you get a wasted product still. If everyone knew better, the 60GB was the best model to begin with. Why regress to a 40GB by taking out B/C? That right there is the reason why the system still isn't selling, because people want to play their old games on it too and don't want to play the PS2 anymore.