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It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.



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letsdance said:
vaio said:
letsdance said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
There is absolutely no way in hell that the PS3 alone made $1 billion in profit in a single quarter, while PS2 slowed down, PSP slowed down, and the PS3 was selling more consoles at a bigger loss than usual due to a recent price cut. All 3 systems made less money.

But you could tell the article was gonna be baloney as soon as they claimed the PS3 has been outselling the Wii for several months in all regions.

Bzzzzzz WRONG! Ps3 selling at less loss because of the price cut.

Are you sure about that?


Kaz himself confirmed it (right after price cuts)... along with isuppli. So, yes, I am sure about that.

I am not disputing if it actually is sold for less loss but are you sure it was because of the pricecut and not because it´s slimmer version with smaller parts and so on?



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aleusianacht88 said:
It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.

It would be good news if it was true but since it isnt then its just worthless journalism like the when he said it outsold the wii for months and that Playstation been around for decades.

If he cant do the simple math on the two later then i seriously doubt his math on the first.



Vaio - "Bury me at Milanello"      R.I.P AC Milan

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

If laughing is the best medicine and marijuana makes you laugh

Is marijuana the best medicine?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.

andremop said:
letsdance said:
andremop said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
There is absolutely no way in hell that the PS3 alone made $1 billion in profit in a single quarter, while PS2 slowed down, PSP slowed down, and the PS3 was selling more consoles at a bigger loss than usual due to a recent price cut. All 3 systems made less money.

But you could tell the article was gonna be baloney as soon as they claimed the PS3 has been outselling the Wii for several months in all regions.

Hehe, yeah! I saw that too!

What about the part where the playstation is a brand that's been around for decades?


technically decades is correct

No it's not.

It's the same thing if I create a word now (let's say: foket) and say it's been around for a decade, just because it's within it's first decade of creation.

PS has 15 years. 1 decade and 5 years. So not decades.

You can say it saw 2 decades in it's lifetime. But he's not been around for decades.


So I'm going to watch a hockey game in 90 minutes. It's wrong for me to say "The hockey game starts in one and a half hours" ...No. that is correct. Would you rather me say "One hour plus another half hour till the game starts" because thats just fucking stupid.

vaio said:
aleusianacht88 said:
It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.

It would be good news if it was true but since it isnt then its just worthless journalism like the when he said it outsold the wii for months and that Playstation been around for decades.

If he cant do the simple math on the two later then i seriously doubt his math on the first.

How do you know it's not true? Why do so many people freak out and go out of their way to disprove any good news for Sony or the Playstation brand?



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aleusianacht88 said:
It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.

You my friend are missing the point. The question is whether the article is even factually correct, there is a good deal of evidence to suggest that it isn't.

If the PS3 is turning a profit, great, but why aren't there a number of other articles making the same claims, because as you suggest, PS3 turning proft would b e pretty big news for the industry.

 



letsdance said:
andremop said:
letsdance said:
andremop said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
There is absolutely no way in hell that the PS3 alone made $1 billion in profit in a single quarter, while PS2 slowed down, PSP slowed down, and the PS3 was selling more consoles at a bigger loss than usual due to a recent price cut. All 3 systems made less money.

But you could tell the article was gonna be baloney as soon as they claimed the PS3 has been outselling the Wii for several months in all regions.

Hehe, yeah! I saw that too!

What about the part where the playstation is a brand that's been around for decades?


technically decades is correct

No it's not.

It's the same thing if I create a word now (let's say: foket) and say it's been around for a decade, just because it's within it's first decade of creation.

PS has 15 years. 1 decade and 5 years. So not decades.

You can say it saw 2 decades in it's lifetime. But he's not been around for decades.


So I'm going to watch a hockey game in 90 minutes. It's wrong for me to say "The hockey game starts in one and a half hours" ...No. that is correct. Would you rather me say "One hour plus another half hour till the game starts" because thats just fucking stupid.

To be around for decades you need to be around for 20+years=2+ decades and not 1,5 decades=15 years, unless you pass the 20 year mark you cant say decades



Vaio - "Bury me at Milanello"      R.I.P AC Milan

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

If laughing is the best medicine and marijuana makes you laugh

Is marijuana the best medicine?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.

aleusianacht88 said:
vaio said:
aleusianacht88 said:
It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.

It would be good news if it was true but since it isnt then its just worthless journalism like the when he said it outsold the wii for months and that Playstation been around for decades.

If he cant do the simple math on the two later then i seriously doubt his math on the first.

How do you know it's not true? Why do so many people freak out and go out of their way to disprove any good news for Sony or the Playstation brand?

I know because when you do the math it´s not possible to be making profit this soon. Just look at the reports for the parts and its simple to understand. They will soon be profiting but not yet.

Also the second PS3 is making profit you can be sure ther will be a PR statement from Sony boasting about it, that´s the way they work.



Vaio - "Bury me at Milanello"      R.I.P AC Milan

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

If laughing is the best medicine and marijuana makes you laugh

Is marijuana the best medicine?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.

hsrob said:
aleusianacht88 said:
It really seems like some people are upset that the PS3 is turning a profit and that is a terrible attitude to have, that basically tells me you wish nothing but ill fortune of the console that is not your choice. Seriously, this should be considered good news for gaming as a whole it means Sony will be around for a long time and if you're a Microsoft fan, it means competition for you and keeping things fresh and constantly evolving.

You my friend are missing the point. The question is whether the article is even factually correct, there is a good deal of evidence to suggest that it isn't.

If the PS3 is turning a profit, great, but why aren't there a number of other articles making the same claims, because as you suggest, PS3 turning proft would b e pretty big news for the industry.

 

And my point is when any positive sony news comes up there are always people quick to jump up, lash out at sony, try to disprove every single thing, and on top of that these are people who constantly post Sony is doomed articles on N4G and such sites, I'm not only talking about VGChartz, you guys keep it pretty civil.

And we don't know it's not true alot of time has passed since the Slim launch, you guys aren't up in the numbers, you guys dont work for Sony, you don't see their overheads.

It's not proven that there are profits on the ps3 but there's no evidence at this point to disprove it either unless sony comes out with some recent news article that says "hey, we're still losing money"

We don't know what is going on and the only way we could is if we are seeing the overheads every day which would require you to be an employee.



vaio said:
letsdance said:
andremop said:
letsdance said:
andremop said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
There is absolutely no way in hell that the PS3 alone made $1 billion in profit in a single quarter, while PS2 slowed down, PSP slowed down, and the PS3 was selling more consoles at a bigger loss than usual due to a recent price cut. All 3 systems made less money.

But you could tell the article was gonna be baloney as soon as they claimed the PS3 has been outselling the Wii for several months in all regions.

Hehe, yeah! I saw that too!

What about the part where the playstation is a brand that's been around for decades?


technically decades is correct

No it's not.

It's the same thing if I create a word now (let's say: foket) and say it's been around for a decade, just because it's within it's first decade of creation.

PS has 15 years. 1 decade and 5 years. So not decades.

You can say it saw 2 decades in it's lifetime. But he's not been around for decades.


So I'm going to watch a hockey game in 90 minutes. It's wrong for me to say "The hockey game starts in one and a half hours" ...No. that is correct. Would you rather me say "One hour plus another half hour till the game starts" because thats just fucking stupid.

To be around for decades you need to be around for 20+years=2+ decades and not 1,5 decades=15 years, unless you pass the 20 year mark you cant say decades

decades are judged usually on the 0 on the end ie 80's 90's and 00's Playsatation has been present in three decades and therefore it is fair to say that the brand has been around for decades not that it matters anyway or somehow affects the validity of the article



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