Acclaim boss David Perry has stated that Sony has no chance of making a worthwhile profit from the PlayStation 3 after selling the consoles at a loss. Putting the cost of the PS3 into perspective, Perry claims that Sony has lost more money on the system so far than it made during the PlayStation 2's entire five year sales peak.
"Because of the cost of making the PlayStation 3 and because they sold it at a loss, Sony basically has pretty much no chance of making money on the PS3, because it's lost more money than they made during the entire peak of the PlayStation 2 - it's not going to happen again for Sony," stated Perry. "If they release the PlayStation 4 and have an even more expensive console and raise the cost of games by ten dollars, that would not be good."
Perry also suggested that Sony's famous "ten-year plan" was merely a way for Sony to claw back development costs -- that the company has been forced to make the PlayStation 3 last ten years rather than do so out of pure choice.
David Perry, of course, is a fool. Everybody knows that once Home is released, the PS3 will sell eighteen thousand million billion PlayStation 3 consoles in America alone. The reason for the ten-year plan is because it'll take a decade for Home to be released.
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6:17 AM on 08.20.2008
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Since then they've been selling at a loss. There's not much chance at getting any major money out of the PS3.
The Wii has always been sold at a profit because Nintendo was able to repackage all the Gamecubes it had collecting dust in storage and sell them back to the masses.
Also, is anyone surprised by this "news?"
Even someone like me, who has no interest in PS3 exclusives and hates the dualshock, will probably eventually get one as a Blu Ray player.
Unless MS release a Blu Ray addon... ;)
Yeah, Nintendo has always sold the consoles at a gain and the games at a loss. In this generation though, it looks like both are at a loss, due to being the cheapest. Catering to a crowd not obsessed with the best has its costs (or lack thereof)
Redesigned, eh? They should redesign them again so that half of them don't blow up! LOL
I'm sure Dave Perry's taking into account money made from games, peripherals, downloads, etc. He's predicting that over the lifetime of the console the money made from the PS3 overall will not offset the losses they've incurred due to the expensive hardware. Like others have mentioned though, he likely isn't taking into account the role the PS3 played in the format war.
Whoa there, you should go see a doctor for your case of rabid fanboism. Way to completely miss the topic of discussion too.
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Plus, I think David Perry forgot the sinkhole that Microsoft's Xbox division is in. Sure they're finally starting to turn a profit; now they just have to make up the over $7 billion they've lost on their consoles since they started making them 6 years ago. Make that up, and I'll be impressed.