Sony is a company that was once the talk of the tech sector. With their gargantuan successes - including the ubiquitous Walkman and their line of chic televisions - Sony has traditionally been the Icarus of technology, soaring above their competition on wings made of dreams and solidified wax. Sadly (for them, not this analogy) Sony flew too high, and has recently seen a string of failures including the MiniDisc, every DRM scheme they have ever concocted, and last year's storied $1.93 billion splatter of red ink from their PlayStation 3 console.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer, however, believes the PS3 to be the key to Sony's future, and he said as much to shareholders at a meeting in Tokyo earlier today. To quote the man behind the tie:
We always lose money in the hardware initially, and we recover that money gradually...We believe that the PS3 going forward will be vital to our future, and succeed
It's still too early to report Mr. Stringer's pants as being en flambé, but considering a high point of the company's financial forecast for the current year includes a loss of only $404 million dollars, I wouldn't consider them out of the woods just yet. In fact, since I only know three people who own a PlayStation 3 and I exist in a world almost completely made up of spare Crash Bandicoot jewel cases and Super Nintendo peripherals, I think it would be more appropriate to say that Sony is still stuck ten miles from the nearest ranger station, the sun is setting, and they smell strongly of red meat.
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4:47 AM on 06.22.2007
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/and second.
also, the failure rates of xbox360 ... holy christ.
/still got nothing compared to sony laptop batteries.
p.s. leaving you PS3 on all night so it can cure 3rd world hunger, iron your trousers, cook a pizza & keep your nan warm is not considered using it!...
What about the Wii? What about the PS2 beating the PS3?
Here's the latest weekely Japanese console sales
DSL 118,684
Wii 65,521
PSP 33,359
PS2 11,974
PS3 9,481
Xbox360 7,583
GBASP 472
GBM 371
GC 223
GBA 24
DS 0
And that's pretty much how it's looked since January.
You can't tell me that the PS3 is having "normal launch troubles" with numbers like that.
The reason people are saying Sony arn't doing well is because they arn't doing very well at all. I don't think anybody could say there doing as well as they expected. I, like many other people, don't think the PS3 is good. I have come to this decision by reading facts/figures and from common sense (so, dont go calling me a fanboy pls).
"We always lose money in the hardware initially, and we recover that money gradually...We believe that the PS3 going forward will be vital to our future, and succeed... wait, did I say PS3? I meant Blu-Ray..."
If anyone could pull off a $600 console, it'd be Sony.
QQFT.
Did you see the BB advertisement the other day? Free PS3 with Sony TV purchase. People will be getting PS3s. The games will come. Sony will regain exclusives which separate the system from the 360.
Speaking of the 360. I was so scared of the failure rate I walked away from an Elite that I had been looking for since it released. I can't wait for Heavenly Sword and Ninja Gaiden Sigma (no I haven't played it yet on any system).
no, i'm not a fanboy, but i also have friends whose 360's have seen death. that pretty much determined what console i will buy.
plus i have hope that FF7 will be redone for the ps3. really, it's just that hope of that one game that convinced me i need a ps3.
not many of you have had to ship a giant tv across seas ... it's not pretty. ask any soldier returning from overseas with those tvs.
12 Sony published games for PS3 currently being worked on
11 Nintendo published games for Wii released already
15 Nintendo published games for Wii currently being worked on
Sorry, but you CAN put out lots of games for your system in a short time.
ps3 - coder suicide machine
360 - ghost of johnny cash
You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Ehem...
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http://nexgenwars.com/
Cite your sources...
spurn, v. 1. to reject with disdain; scorn.
2. to treat with contempt; despise.
3. to kick or trample with the foot.
12 Sony published games for PS3 currently being worked on
11 Nintendo published games for Wii released already
15 Nintendo published games for Wii currently being worked on
Sorry, but you CAN put out lots of games for your system in a short time."
This may be true Deus, but realize the learning curve involved with this. It has been stated by numerous developers that coding for the Wii is easy in comparison to the PS3. I hate to make this analogy since I do love my Wii and Nintendo but here goes...
Coding for the Wii is like giving someone MS Paint and asking them to make a picture. It will look like a 2 year-old did it, but it will be done quickly since MS Paint is simple and mostly easy to use.
Coding for the PS3 is like handing Photoshop to a nub and asking them to make something that looks real. There's more time involved in figuring out how to put things together, filters, etc.
I personally don't believe that bullshit about the 300+ games for the PS3 this year. That's just not possible unless you use some crazy math.
I just don't think, when it comes to talking about game output you can really compare the two. At least for now.
It seems to me that a lot of people just jump on a bandwagon to spout hate to look "cool." If he mis-states facts then prove him wrong. Don't just say, FANBOI ZOMG< LOZER!one eleventy. And, everyone is entitled to their opinion too. You can agree to disagree.
Besides, I don't think it would be good for us as gamers for Sony to fail and drop the PS3 altogether. That means less competition in the high-end. People who are all about how it's going to fail need to just be patient. Why is everything Now, NOw, NOW!?
Spurs would mean that it would be speeding recovery. I think the metaphor is too complex to be worded in a headline. I also think it's dangerous to use big words around people when dictionary.com is so readily available.
Really the problem for sony is xbox won't die. The WII is not a competitor for those systems, mainly because people buying a WII were never going to buy those systems anyway. I think Sony bet the farm on Xbox 360 dying out like Dreamcast did and this plan failed.
Sony will learn. Zsavior is right. Sony was banking on the 360 not doing so well and ending up like the DC. Hell, the release timing was the same. Peter Moore is the same. Technology (GD-ROM vs DVD and DVD VS BD-ROM) is the same.
I'm not upset at Sony's struggles though Deus. I think this means Sony will be putting together a lot more concerted effort in the future and competition will cause the industry to flourish. We'll see lots of cool stuff in the coming years. I'm excited.
no other reason than to see them crush microsoft. if sony gets in the way ... ehhhhh.
Yeah, I have never really liked sony, but have given them credit since they've been able to put out AMAZING systems the past 2 generations. I'm just laughing a lot inside seeing them struggle so much. I guess I just hate everything usually, M$ the money grubbing anti-christs, Sony being a bully, and Nintendo catering to 4 year olds. So I just like latching on to whatever has been posted and bitching about them. :p
/not bitter at all.
The console race in a year or two time will look pretty much the same as the last gen, but with nintendo doing a bit better. Just stop bitchin and buy the console thats cheapest and the games are better on. Im happy with my Wii60, it rocks! cheap too!
The machine and/or manufacturer who facilitates this process is irrelevant to me.
Best. Analogy. EVER. Of the week.
Development tools and hardware power are very different things. More power doesn´t always mean more difficulty.
Those sort of things.
It wasn't that great, but the idea behind it was.
@uptonogood
I find it kind of weird you're defending a system you don't own.
Although I geuss it's okay as long as you played enough of it(like me) to warrant an opinion.
wii = chihuahua
xbox360 = Bulldog
ps3 = German Shepherd
Wii: wowowowowowowow, woof woof, wowowowowowowowowowow!
PS3: woof............................................... woof................. (sleeps for 4 months)... woof
360: Woof! woof! woo.... cgh... aghh.... (chokes) .... gag, (dead).
Dad: Its ok, dont be sad Jimmy! I have warranty, heres your new puppy!
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