Rumor sonny going out of the gaming buisness.

hawthorneluke · Post by **hawthorneluke** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:03 pm

rumours like this happen ALL the time. and i dont believe it is april fools every day

Luckydan · Post by **Luckydan** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:49 pm

hawthorneluke wrote:yes, it does cost them more to make the ps3 then they sell it for.
the exact same goes for xbox and now the xbox 360.

Actually the information is incorrect, Mircosoft are actually making money on each Xbox 360 they sell.

Source: http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/746/746482p1.html

It's up to you if you believe it or not since its the internet

hawthorneluke wrote: seems to be some long term tactic, but just because of that, you cant assume they're just going out of the industry O_o
they have a HELL of a lot of money.

of course they wouldnt be making the PS3 (or the xbox's) if that sort of money loss would kill them. they know what they're doing
although lately, i dont think sony do know what they're doing, well they sure dont know how to please customer's too well, except for the ones that dont think too much for themselves or the rare ones that can afford to buy such things for the few excelent games to come out for them

The killer of the system was the price, and the ingorance of the Sony Crazy Gaming Mastermind Ken Kuturgi made some complete random statements which really pissed about 90% of the community off. Come to think of it, there focus is trying to win the media war rather than win the console war.... as they are passing it off as the first true Blu-ray player avaliable to all the countries. IMHO they should of continued with the PS2 with its large user base and then switch to the PS3 a year later where it would be cheaper, affordable and Blu-ray is more a neccessity (with a high price tag your competing with computers rather than other consoles) than a accessory.

hawthorneluke · Post by **hawthorneluke** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:08 pm

i see
the times have changed since i last knew anything XD
but still, they didnt make money at first, or at least with the xbox for sure (i hope i'm right this time anyway XD)

but yeah, sony just tell their customers what they want tbh :/

haseoxth · Post by **haseoxth** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:08 pm

^so true...*nods in agreement*

Dot Hack Crono · Post by **Dot Hack Crono** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:24 pm

Sony is still working with the PS2, it's far from dead. The PS3 will become more popular later this year and early into next year, it's already starting to catch up to the Wii in sales.

Though don't think it'll catch the 360 they had too much of a head start since Microsoft pretty much jumped ship from Xbox to 360 it reminds me of how Sega was.

And keep in mind the Atari 2600 was 600 bucks when that first came out, oh wait guess most people aren't old enough to know/remember that. Any how whenever new tech comes out it's expensive that's just the way it is, and cause of the blu-ray the PS3 is more expensive then it would be.

haseoxth · Post by **haseoxth** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:32 pm

Dot Hack Crono wrote:Sony is still working with the PS2, it's far from dead. The PS3 will become more popular later this year and early into next year, it's already starting to catch up to the Wii in sales.

Though don't think it'll catch the 360 they had too much of a head start since Microsoft pretty much jumped ship from Xbox to 360 it reminds me of how Sega was.

And keep in mind the Atari 2600 was 600 bucks when that first came out, oh wait guess most people aren't old enough to know/remember that. Any how whenever new tech comes out it's expensive that's just the way it is, and cause of the blu-ray the PS3 is more expensive then it would be.

it was 600 bucks...hmmm...thought it was around 400....must eb old age...

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:36 am

Time will tell. Nintendo sure has managed to reach a much broader audience with the Wii. I'm sure that these are just rumors for now.

Azure Panda · Post by **Azure Panda** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:59 pm

Well I'm sure that sony has nothing to worry. If the ps3 goes out like the Dreamcast did.(I freaken bought one and waisted alot of monney on.) Then I guess we can't say its been the first to disapear.

Dot Hack Crono · Post by **Dot Hack Crono** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:34 pm

Indeed it was, or I may be thinking of the Magnavox Odyssey or maybe you're thinking of the NES which was 400 if I remember right.

haseoxth · Post by **haseoxth** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:36 pm

Dot Hack Crono wrote:Indeed it was, or I may be thinking of the Magnavox Odyssey or maybe you're thinking of the NES which was 400 if I remember right.

NES...400?jeez....i remember it being around 200....where are the prices coming from?!?!?!?

Dot Hack Crono · Post by **Dot Hack Crono** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:11 pm

Correct they were the prices, but compared to now that's how much they cost is what I'm getting at sorry I'm tired and kind of loopy at the moment.

Kiru · Post by **Kiru** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:33 am

Dot Hack Crono wrote:Sony is still working with the PS2, it's far from dead. The PS3 will become more popular later this year and early into next year, it's already starting to catch up to the Wii in sales.
Though don't think it'll catch the 360 they had too much of a head start since Microsoft pretty much jumped ship from Xbox to 360 it reminds me of how Sega was.

And keep in mind the Atari 2600 was 600 bucks when that first came out, oh wait guess most people aren't old enough to know/remember that. Any how whenever new tech comes out it's expensive that's just the way it is, and cause of the blu-ray the PS3 is more expensive then it would be.

PS3: 2,773,693

Wii: 5,891,013

...? Kind of? I guess? Eh, not really : o

haseoxth · Post by **haseoxth** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:36 am

PS3...catch up to Wii...in a year...????yea....and im gonna have a litter of kittens and carmen electra is gonna bang on my door begging me back while i eat taco bell...i mean...c'mon...i had 800 bucks in my wallet at target the other day and walked out with a wii and 4 games,the LAN adapter,2 GB sd card,and a digital camera.why didnt i buy the PS3,cuzever since i started woring at EBgames and before that,i heard about how much of a piece of crap COMPUTER it is....

Dot Hack Crono · Post by **Dot Hack Crono** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:39 am

Yes because it's always good to be a brainwashed fan and believe every thing your told. The good games are starting to flow out on the PS3, I know I plan on getting a PS3 soon but for now I'm still enjoying my PS2.

Azure Panda · Post by **Azure Panda** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:55 am

Well if microsoft would have done the same thing I guess it would have been a forumn saying rumors of microsoft getting out of gamming buissness. Unlike the ps3 the 360 just dropped all xbox connections. I dont even think they make games for it any more let allone xbox live cards for the origanil. Which I hate because my 360 doesn't let me play either mechassault game on it so I cant play xbox live with giant robots. *laughs*