PS3 sales are nothing fabulous and the Wii is a runaway success on all levels. The 360 on the other hand is stable, though Japan and some area's of asia are, and never will be (unfortunately) a strong market for it. I hope the PS3 die's an uncomfortable death at the hands of Nintendo and Microsoft
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What is a mile long and hasn't had sex?
- The line for the PS3
why??
^ x2
competition is good for the market...if the playstation died, there's less pressure for the xbox to improve...
although that said sony has done a great job of stuffing up the PS3 lmao
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Yeah. that was quite evident when they released the 360 so early. and also the fact that their benchmark titles (i.e halo) are pretty dull games. The 360's glory comes with its price. The developers choose to make the games for it because more people will own it, therefore its more sales for everyone, more money for everyone. More money for microsoft. End of the world 2010!
although i do remember reading an article that said microsoft were losing money with the xbox. In the year before the 360 was released, the xbox was a non-profitable organisation! So yeah maybe you're right. Maybe they planned to dominate the console market within 3 console generations, make money by the 3rd generation and not add anything to the world of gaming in either generation
Last edited by Cotterik; 05-16-2007 at 02:53 AM.
Although obviously a part of it, I dont get the impression Sony created the playstation franchise to make money. In 1994 I saw it as a way to evolve its home entertainment range. It used a box that played CDs as well as games that plugged into your TV. That was a very 'Sony' thing to do. But still, given their financial position, i think it was more of an opportunistic approach to the entertainment industry. The gaming market was very quiet at the time, but has grown very rapidly amongst the 3 main console developers since and now its a war to dominate the market I say that's down to Microsofts sudden and heavy introduction into the Sony vs Nintendo fight. Which was quite balanced at the time. As the audiences were very different for each platform. Now the microsoft turned it into a war which can only define the winner by which is more powerful and which is cheaper. They practically play the same games.
Oh, how I miss the good old days
Nothing knew. So many 360's break it's not funny.
Then there's the Wii, which manages to break everything except the console itself. Lights, TVs, roofs, walls, kids, cats, dogs...
Edit: The amount of broken 360s is actually very funny.
All about the t-tops
lol, mine actually broke within the first 35 seconds of starting it up.
JB hi fi replaced it with a new one 30 min later
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
That'd seem like Sony was trying to make enemys out of a company that it had never rivaled before or been in the same media category as before, but it did effectively work out that way, yes
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Because clearly Sony are making so much money that they can afford a price drop
I seriously doubt Nintendo would ever die since they design their hardware to only make money not lose it and they always have Pokemon to fall back on, and Microsoft are Microsoft so can bankroll there Hardware as long as they want.
Last edited by syko; 05-16-2007 at 05:47 AM.
Barnum's Law - You’ll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
The dyslexic version of Cyco
Civil disobedience is still disobedience
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