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<blockquote data-quote="Ace Gunman" data-source="post: 843145" data-attributes="member: 11874"><p>Without a doubt, but don't put too much stock in that, developers and consumers are a fickle bunch. Popular opinion changes constantly. Unfortunately what you've just mentioned isn't the worst of it. You see, Sony is caught in a horrible horrible cycle: </p><p></p><p>The PS3 costs a massive sum of money to design and manufacture, yet they've sold the console for half the manufacturing cost. That basically means that they lose a great deal of money on every console they sell. Sadly, that's not the end of it. You see, if they sell consoles, they lose money. If they don't sell consoles, they lose money. And if they lower the price to sell more consoles, they lose even more money because they're selling it for even less, and paying just as much to make the console.</p><p></p><p>I wish I could stop there, but again, that's not the end. You see developers won't create/publish games for the PlayStation 3 until there are more solid games on the system to move more consoles. But Sony can't get said solid games on the system because developers are waiting for other people to create profitable games first, and then jump on the bandwagon once the console gets rolling. So essentially Sony is caught in two near-endless cycles that both threaten to destroy them. This year alone they lost double what they lost last year financially, and Sony themselves predict that next year they'll lose double this year's loss.</p><p></p><p>They have however been making production adjustments, finding cheaper parts, switching to different manufacturing processes, cutting features, etc, all in the name of lowering the price. We can only hope that that pays off for them, because I bear no ill will against the PlayStation 3 (outside of its price point, and some of Sony's more obnoxious business tactics lately *cough*Jack Tretton constantly slamming the competition even though the Nintendo guys and Microsoft guys rarely if ever insult them back*cough*); and I'd love to see it succeed down the line as it's a great piece of hardware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ace Gunman, post: 843145, member: 11874"] Without a doubt, but don't put too much stock in that, developers and consumers are a fickle bunch. Popular opinion changes constantly. Unfortunately what you've just mentioned isn't the worst of it. You see, Sony is caught in a horrible horrible cycle: The PS3 costs a massive sum of money to design and manufacture, yet they've sold the console for half the manufacturing cost. That basically means that they lose a great deal of money on every console they sell. Sadly, that's not the end of it. You see, if they sell consoles, they lose money. If they don't sell consoles, they lose money. And if they lower the price to sell more consoles, they lose even more money because they're selling it for even less, and paying just as much to make the console. I wish I could stop there, but again, that's not the end. You see developers won't create/publish games for the PlayStation 3 until there are more solid games on the system to move more consoles. But Sony can't get said solid games on the system because developers are waiting for other people to create profitable games first, and then jump on the bandwagon once the console gets rolling. So essentially Sony is caught in two near-endless cycles that both threaten to destroy them. This year alone they lost double what they lost last year financially, and Sony themselves predict that next year they'll lose double this year's loss. They have however been making production adjustments, finding cheaper parts, switching to different manufacturing processes, cutting features, etc, all in the name of lowering the price. We can only hope that that pays off for them, because I bear no ill will against the PlayStation 3 (outside of its price point, and some of Sony's more obnoxious business tactics lately *cough*Jack Tretton constantly slamming the competition even though the Nintendo guys and Microsoft guys rarely if ever insult them back*cough*); and I'd love to see it succeed down the line as it's a great piece of hardware. [/QUOTE]
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