bignate
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Re: [ps3] Sony
i agree with Silvanos. i think the PS3 division is doing just fine. they might even be making a profit on the hardware by now... but i doubt it.
i remember reading an article on the 360 early this year when talking about the RRoD that the xbox division of microsoft has yet to make a profit since its creation.
only the wii is really making bank, they were making $100 each at launch...probably a lot more now. and they sell a lot more than everyone else...i mean 2 straight years of constantly being out of stock... |
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Silvanos
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Buffalo, NY | They make a profit on the new 160 gig PS3 the others I think they are breaking even at this point at least that's the latest I've heard.
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cbrigante2
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said by bignate  :i remember reading an article on the 360 early this year when talking about the RRoD that the xbox division of microsoft has yet to make a profit since its creation. Correct until 2008. They finally turned a profit this year. |
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said by pandora :I love my PS3's, they are great game consoles. They are reliable, quiet and work well. In most every regard they are wonderful consoles to own. The designers who came up with the PS3 were brilliant and have really made about the best gaming system ever. At the same time, I'm developing a dislike for Sony marketing. Stripping BC from the PS3 which was already not doing all that well, probably didn't help it much. Add to this confusion with 80 GB versions, some of which are BC some of which are not. Consider the vanishing number of USB ports, the lost SACD support. Then review the current pair of of production systems which seem to be 40 GB PS3's with larger hard drives (80 and 160 GB respectively). Sony has managed to diminish what a PS3 is over time, while not doing much about the price for over a year. At the rate Sony marketing is moving, I expect in the near future to read of a PS3 with limited PS3 game support. The 20, 60, 40, 80, 80, 160 GB PS3 naming mess should have been avoided. 20, 60, ARE HIGHER models anyway
the 160GB is not worth the extra 100$
you might as well get a 80GB and BUY a Seagate 500GB Drive off newegg for 109$ |
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C0deZer0
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To try and keep this as short and sweet as possible:
This constant revision fetish that Sony has with their PS3 models in particular should be considered offensive, personally. Perfect example is the release of GTA4. When that first came out, there were numerous problems getting it to work on ps3's. But then it turned out it was having problems with those ps3's that did have hardware BC, because R* only bothered to test on the soft-BC 80GB and no-BC 40GB units for compatibility. So already from a dev's standpoint, it's a problem because as minor as Sony tries to downplay the differences, there is still enough of a difference to cause problems. Yes, it got patched later, but I can at least attest that locally, there were far more returned ps3 copies of GTA4 sooner and faster than there were for the 360.
No matter how much you want to slice/explain/apologize/patronize, the simple fact is that there wasn't a reason worthy enough to cut BC in the ps3, especially considering how much of a selling point it was (and to some like me, is) for the console to have accurate BC for those older games that we own on disc. The sad thing is that at least around me (unscientific, I know...), many people look at the name "PlayStation" in the PS3 and automatically think that the ps3 will play ps2 games, and never bother to read the disclaimer on the box. It also doesn't help said disclaimer about how it won't play PS2 games isn't in a reader-friendly font size.  Because of the ps2, many simply expect that the ps3's out there for sale now are BC models. And you can only imagine the expressions of shock, surprise, and/or disgust by many when they have to be explained that these newer units are thusly stripped. |
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astempak
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Bremerton, WA | reply to pandora
And what do you think all the sony people think about these comments when their pocketing millions and living high on the hog! They don't care till there accounts get below 10mil. HA HA HA |
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| said by astempak :And what do you think all the sony people think about these comments when their pocketing millions and living high on the hog! They don't care till there accounts get below 10mil. HA HA HA They're green with envy about all the Nintendo and Microsoft people pcoketing and making 20 million+  |
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Do the PS3's make a profit yet?
It'd be tough to pocket $10 million on a system which is produced at a loss. Even if it were profitable, the PS3 is the least successful in terms of sales of the 3 current major systems.
Are you saying the people who run Sony are content producing the least successful current generation system?
I'm not sure, but the PS2 may still outsell the PS3.
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cbrigante2
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North Aurora, IL | I actually believe PS3 has made a profit as well. |
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astempak
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Bremerton, WA | reply to pandora
Oh you know there mad as hell. The bigwiggs want the millions in there pockets, but don't want to lift a finger I.E do anywork. |
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SRFireside
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said by C0deZer0 :said by astempak :And what do you think all the sony people think about these comments when their pocketing millions and living high on the hog! They don't care till there accounts get below 10mil. HA HA HA They're green with envy about all the Nintendo and Microsoft people pcoketing and making 20 million+ I'm sure Sony is looking fondly at Nintendo's profits, but with all of those repairs Microsoft has been doing (and I mean over a billion dollars in repairs) they may be running even with Sony in regards to return on investment. |
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