PS3: Worth the money? Or a waste? - Page 5

12-01-2006, 09:30 AM

I would hardly call the US PS3 launch a success considering that only a limited number was released both in the US and Japan and the fact that each console is a loss of about $300-$400 per unit with the sale of about 40K units in Japan and 80K units in the US on release. Games aren't selling that well either considering that large number of PS3 buyers are just buying it for resale online and that a good portion of PS3's launch titles isn't out yet. While Nintendo managed to sell 300K units of Wii with a profit with each one sold and also sold around 150K copies of Zelda Twilight Princess.

Sony may recoupe their loss over time but over all Nintendo won the launch release and has a substantial headstart over Sony and is more than likely going to outpace Microsoft's XBox 360 in time.

samurai_dud3 · 12-01-2006, 08:30 PM

it won't be so long before the games are released, after that, many problems will be reported for the ps3 I think

12-04-2006, 06:11 PM

If they're going to have any decent games to release, right now some game developers are cancelling their PS3 projects including the Playstation exclusive game GranTurrismo. The reason being that it's gotten too expensive trying to make games for the PS3 and game developers isn't going to invest on a system that already making them think twice because of the console price. The higher cost would mean a smaller install base for the PS3 and thus less potential customers, so some are holding off making games until they're sure of the PS3's success.

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12-01-2006, 09:30 AM	#41 (permalink)
aizeru Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I would hardly call the US PS3 launch a success considering that only a limited number was released both in the US and Japan and the fact that each console is a loss of about $300-$400 per unit with the sale of about 40K units in Japan and 80K units in the US on release. Games aren't selling that well either considering that large number of PS3 buyers are just buying it for resale online and that a good portion of PS3's launch titles isn't out yet. While Nintendo managed to sell 300K units of Wii with a profit with each one sold and also sold around 150K copies of Zelda Twilight Princess. Sony may recoupe their loss over time but over all Nintendo won the launch release and has a substantial headstart over Sony and is more than likely going to outpace Microsoft's XBox 360 in time. Last edited by aizeru : 12-01-2006 at 01:52 PM.

12-01-2006, 08:30 PM	#42 (permalink)
samurai_dud3 Badass Overlord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: jupiter....... or mars Posts: 389 Images: 459 Points: 5,645.61 Bank: 14,683.35 Total Points: 20,328.96 Donate	it won't be so long before the games are released, after that, many problems will be reported for the ps3 I think __________________ Superiority...

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12-04-2006, 06:11 PM	#43 (permalink)
aizeru Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	If they're going to have any decent games to release, right now some game developers are cancelling their PS3 projects including the Playstation exclusive game GranTurrismo. The reason being that it's gotten too expensive trying to make games for the PS3 and game developers isn't going to invest on a system that already making them think twice because of the console price. The higher cost would mean a smaller install base for the PS3 and thus less potential customers, so some are holding off making games until they're sure of the PS3's success.

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