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Grimes said:

PS3 sales are improving, but we don't know whether this will be enough to offset the decline in PSP and PS2 (very unlikely) or even when the PS3 will be profitable.

That, of course, is a different situation.

 

My beef is that BoneyBoy said the Slim's results are disappointing. When vgchartz data begs to differ.



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BoneyBoy said:
@LETSDANCE - stop being naive. Obviously sony paid off warner and fox. They will never publicly admit it because of PR

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13009.cfm

http://www.highdefforum.com/high-definition-news-informative-articles/61866-sony-paid-400-million-blu-ray-deal-warner.html

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=18319&page=8


"If the article proves to be true"

Yeah... thats convincing.

Really wish I could see their source for this...

A forum is your source? LOL...

I love this part

"over the long term it comes down to who has the largest install base and that's where the content is going to go"

Wait... that would be Blu-ray...

Trusty sources you have there. lol

"Warner Bros. though has declined to comment on whether it was offered money to pick a side, "

...thats funny"

"According to the new couple, there was no money exchanged and no payoff

Gotta love it when the sources have a whopping 4 digs on their articles!

"Page Not Found

The page that you requested could not be found.
Please contact webmaster@napco.com, indicating what page you were trying to access.

Return to Dealerscope"

I love your sources here.



@jneul - I don't think anyone wants to see Sony die. We're all gaming fans, even if we don't own PS3s. The loss of the Playstation brand would be a dark day in gaming history.

The PS3 is doing considerably better than it was and that's nice to see. However, it's still losing Sony money. The gaming division has been balanced by the profitable PS2 and PSP but those are both in decline, PS2 - the moneycow is in steep decline now. That means Sony is becoming ever more dependant on a money losing machine with just a hope it'll become profitable (it will eventually) and enjoy a long, long life so they can recoop some of those billions lost.

Sony as a whole has always been a profitable company. It's now been losing money, in part due to the PS3. Sony is showing strong commitment to their gaming division but their shareholders may have other ideas if it's continually costing them money.

We will all have a clearer picture soon when they release their financial statement to shareholders. Regardless of sales, MS is making money, Nintendo is making obscene amounts of money and could buy their own country, Sony is going to certainly be in the red. Ironically, even if PS3 was #1 it probably wouldn't change that reality.



 

Gamerace said:
@jneul - I don't think anyone wants to see Sony die. We're all gaming fans, even if we don't own PS3s. The loss of the Playstation brand would be a dark day in gaming history.

The PS3 is doing considerably better than it was and that's nice to see. However, it's still losing Sony money. The gaming division has been balanced by the profitable PS2 and PSP but those are both in decline, PS2 - the moneycow is in steep decline now. That means Sony is becoming ever more dependant on a money losing machine with just a hope it'll become profitable (it will eventually) and enjoy a long, long life so they can recoop some of those billions lost.

Sony as a whole has always been a profitable company. It's now been losing money, in part due to the PS3. Sony is showing strong commitment to their gaming division but their shareholders may have other ideas if it's continually costing them money.

We will all have a clearer picture soon when they release their financial statement to shareholders. Regardless of sales, MS is making money, Nintendo is making obscene amounts of money and could buy their own country, Sony is going to certainly be in the red. Ironically, even if PS3 was #1 it probably wouldn't change that reality.

Thanks for that, I just feel so down when I see these articles, sorry lol.

Do you think sony could benefit from phasing out the ps2, yes they would lose potential money on new ps3 users(due to production costs), but maybe if they bought plenty of software, you see where i am going on this one hehe?? just wondering....

If not then seriously what is the best option for Sony right now do you think??



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Their best option is to drop a A-bom on Nintendo HQ



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Huya said:
Their best option is to drop a A-bom on Nintendo HQ

can we settle for MS HQ, I love ninty as well ,lol, no seriously, just joking no A-Bombs allowed



it's the future of handheld

PS VITA = LIFE

The official Vita thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=130023&page=1

jneul said:
Gamerace said:
@jneul - I don't think anyone wants to see Sony die. We're all gaming fans, even if we don't own PS3s. The loss of the Playstation brand would be a dark day in gaming history.

The PS3 is doing considerably better than it was and that's nice to see. However, it's still losing Sony money. The gaming division has been balanced by the profitable PS2 and PSP but those are both in decline, PS2 - the moneycow is in steep decline now. That means Sony is becoming ever more dependant on a money losing machine with just a hope it'll become profitable (it will eventually) and enjoy a long, long life so they can recoop some of those billions lost.

Sony as a whole has always been a profitable company. It's now been losing money, in part due to the PS3. Sony is showing strong commitment to their gaming division but their shareholders may have other ideas if it's continually costing them money.

We will all have a clearer picture soon when they release their financial statement to shareholders. Regardless of sales, MS is making money, Nintendo is making obscene amounts of money and could buy their own country, Sony is going to certainly be in the red. Ironically, even if PS3 was #1 it probably wouldn't change that reality.

Thanks for that, I just feel so down when I see these articles, sorry lol.

Do you think sony could benefit from phasing out the ps2, yes they would lose potential money on new ps3 users(due to production costs), but maybe if they bought plenty of software, you see where i am going on this one hehe?? just wondering....

If not then seriously what is the best option for Sony right now do you think??

The thing is sony gaming division became too big back in the time they were dominating, their model depends heavily on domination, they're doing the right thing by expanding PSN to tv's and others so they can use PS brand to create more profit to the movie studios and TV's I don't think there's much else they can do.



But war... war never changes

What would Sony gain by blowing MS up! They aren't the market leader and Sony needs to win the waggle-fest market~~



tyig said:
jneul said:
Gamerace said:
@jneul - I don't think anyone wants to see Sony die. We're all gaming fans, even if we don't own PS3s. The loss of the Playstation brand would be a dark day in gaming history.

The PS3 is doing considerably better than it was and that's nice to see. However, it's still losing Sony money. The gaming division has been balanced by the profitable PS2 and PSP but those are both in decline, PS2 - the moneycow is in steep decline now. That means Sony is becoming ever more dependant on a money losing machine with just a hope it'll become profitable (it will eventually) and enjoy a long, long life so they can recoop some of those billions lost.

Sony as a whole has always been a profitable company. It's now been losing money, in part due to the PS3. Sony is showing strong commitment to their gaming division but their shareholders may have other ideas if it's continually costing them money.

We will all have a clearer picture soon when they release their financial statement to shareholders. Regardless of sales, MS is making money, Nintendo is making obscene amounts of money and could buy their own country, Sony is going to certainly be in the red. Ironically, even if PS3 was #1 it probably wouldn't change that reality.

Thanks for that, I just feel so down when I see these articles, sorry lol.

Do you think sony could benefit from phasing out the ps2, yes they would lose potential money on new ps3 users(due to production costs), but maybe if they bought plenty of software, you see where i am going on this one hehe?? just wondering....

If not then seriously what is the best option for Sony right now do you think??

The thing is sony gaming division became too big back in the time they were dominating, their model depends heavily on domination, they're doing the right thing by expanding PSN to tv's and others so they can use PS brand to create more profit to the movie studios and TV's I don't think there's much else they can do.

Thanks for clearing that up, I guess your right, I have supported the PS brand since PS1, so it's understandable how they could have gotten so reliable on domination, i mean it's all they are used to since PS1 right. I am glad they have changed things now, and seem to be making good progress



it's the future of handheld

PS VITA = LIFE

The official Vita thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=130023&page=1

Huya said:
What would Sony gain by blowing MS up! They aren't the market leader and Sony needs to win the waggle-fest market~~

Theorectically speaking, another 27.7%, even if microsoft left if would be a dark day as well, they all provide jobs to people who work in the industry... so NO, NO BLOWING UP ANYTHING

PS: there are more HD Consoles combined than Wii consoles, so that would make PS3 #1



it's the future of handheld

PS VITA = LIFE

The official Vita thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=130023&page=1