1. The ps3 has lost $3.5+ billion
2. It is not making those losses up yet
3. There is no hope for a price drop yet
4. The economic downturn will affect expensive console purchases
5. The ps3 will likely not recoup losses for a LONG time
6. Why would a company want to release a ps4 when the ps3 failed in 1-5 above?

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So wait, is the ps3 this generation's gamecube? That's what u just said, right?

If I was the CEO of SOny in these difficult times, I'd be looking very hard at what products in the Sony stable were making money.
Then I'd keep those and expand on that product line.

But for those products that have lost AND ARE losing money, I'd pull the plug!

Where does the ps3 sit?

By extension, Where does that place the ps4?

Meanwhile Microsoft is cutting all of their first party teams and doesn't seem to plan on rebuilding it. But yea sony's the one on their last console.

disagreed. things are tight now with the tough economy, but i still think ps3 has a bright future. as many have pointed out before, with the tough econ, the life cycle of this generation of consoles is going to be around for a long time. as long as bluray sticks around, and it is indicated that it will, ps3 will hang in there. Also, with an eventual price cut, ps3 could definitely see the same success as the ps2 and dvds. with an extended life cycle and bluray to back it up, i think that ps3 will hang in there, and eventually do very good. next years lineup looks very impressive, as well.

All great points. The ps3's price is still way to much especially in this worrisome economy. Add the fact that the 360 is still outperforming the ps3 in almost every way than it's really a no brainer that the 360 is just the better choice for gaming. It's unfortunate to see that Sony was once the best in all electronics but now sits around the middle of the bunch. Samsung LCD's are seen as the best on the market. Cannon has the best cameras. And of course, the 360 is seen as the better platform. The ps3 is still to to expensive to develop for and Sony is paying the price with game cancellations, delays, patches, extra long and costly development time for exclusives (KZ2) etc.. Fortunately the news of the ps3 being able to watch hacked bluray is spreading like wildfire and I know a few hack sites that I frequently view are buying up ps3's like crazy. But of course that is zero game purchases.

Oh how the roles have been reversed. The 360 is cashing in and the ps3 isn't.

sonys losing money but i think what they are doing now will make them alot of money in the long run. they are still a big company with alot of money to back them up even if they are in debt. lets not jump to conclusions and just wait n see what happens. sony are veterans, let them do they thing.

Just wait and see what LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, and Killzone 2 all do for the PS3 sales

this comment will most likely result in disagrees and perhaps even neg. bubbles, but w/e.

Being an avid sony fan since the beginning, I will agree that they have a bit of a slow start.

But this article further proves the fact that just because something is cheaper means people will buy it. It doesn't matter if its a peice of sh!t or not, just so long as it costs less. Microsoft is in the same boat as American car manufacturers, they last for about 2 years then you gotta buy another one.

All this PS3 bashing is really a shame, I totally agree that it has its flaws, but jesus christ, lay off it already. Let the god dam thing breathe a bit, give it some good press for once. It really is a wonderful system and I wish more people would stop being f@gs and give it a shot.

Sorry that was kind of a rant, a little off topic, but w/e

me think they should start their own console business with such expertise and zeal

http://www.thedailyshow.com...

lol

the dude writing the article, wasn't he the same person who forcasted that HD-Dvd would over take Blue Ray?

"A lot of you think we bash the PS3 here on CB Games..."

we don't think, we KNOW it.

I'm going to buy a 2nd ps triple to help out Sony

if you're a sony fan you should do the same IMO

Honestly the PS brand is not doing that great, and if the PS2 is keeping them afloat that is even sadder. The PSP-300 is sub-par, which is disappointing, oh I'm sure they will sell well in Japan, but it may hurt them in other places. The other thing that I find absolutely hysterical is how people are touting that BluRay is in creasing by 1,000% when they can't give you raw numbers to back them up. But, I really feel for SONY fans, it was the same for me when it was all doom and gloom for the Dreamcast.

"Iceberg straight ahead"
SONY CEO

Sony have taken the hard road but have actually set themself up better for the PS4.

-Blu-ray will be much bigger and possibly standard.
-They will reuse the cell or something like it.
-All they need is a newer GPU.

Developers will know the cell now so there shouldn't be any lag in quality.

funny to see how the PS3 fanboys are still trying to support a sinking ship.

The SCE division as a whole has actually become more profitable year after year, and the PS3 has made great strides; sales are 100% greater than last year, and continue to rise. PS4 will be easy to develop since it's going to use yet another nVidia GPU and Cell 2.0.

This will be Sony's "last" console, because it's going to LAST FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! Ha ha ha ahhahdh k df.!

It's very simple, Xbox is making microsoft money = good (and i'm talking about just the xbox, not windows are anything else, just their gaming department)Which is good news for 360 owners because now microsoft can take more risks and throw a little caution to the wind, they have breathing room .) Sony gaming department still in the red = bad (Sony gaming department is under pressure to start making a profit, (because let's face it, it's not really about which console is better or even which one has the better games, it's all about which one is more popular and sells more.)Sony doesn't have an endless supply of money to just throw into their gaming department. So, it needs to start making a profit, and you can sit here and tell me all about how powerful the cell processor is, and how great all the upcoming games are going to be. But when all is said and done if Sony doesn't start making a profit real soon,(i mean like now, especially with the economy going to $h!t) none of that will matter.

I suggest whoever wrote this Article should do there f!cking homework before saying b!llshit stuff like this. Let me guess a xbox fanboy wrote this s!it. I cant belive S!it like this gets approved

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

hope my modded xbox won't end up like that :D.

went to Costco the other day, PS3 sold out and yet the bundles of xbox360 are stacked up like a mountain. Go figure.

playing gow2 and resistance 2 beta atm. For the fanboys on both system that couldn't get their hands on it. HAH!

Sony is just fine, I don't want to imagine a world where the Playstation brand doesn't exist.
Sony just needs to pull their stuff together and tie all ends.

is this even considered as news?

If they make money oh the PS3 which im sure they will in the the next year or two then there will be a PS4. Sony are not going anywhere.

compare it to the 360's 3rd year sells in 2008...
remember these sells numbers..PS3's in its 2nd year with its high price is not too far behind the cheap low 3rd year price of the 360 .

PS3 will be on top over the 360 console in years sales wise in 2009...

Tho I doubt it I really don't care. When the next console generation is here I'll make a decision on which console to buy based on there games. The logo in the front of the machine doesn't matter to me. In the meantime I'll keep enjoying the games on my mighty fine PS3. Hardly a day goes by without me using that black beauty.

haha, i refuse to buy anything microsoft, but then again if microsoft dosnt have any console to compete with the vaule an quility of games will go down alot. IMO

everybody really wants a ps3 now but they just think its $400 dollars.
If you can't afford it then wait 2 years or even 3 because its not going down
anytime just for you.
You know how marvelous it is but Sony makes the gamer make a choice.
stop spending money on the xbox360. Once you stop, I promise you the money is
staring at you in the face.

Ps3 cost about 8 xbox360 games.
5 xbox360 games with dlc.
Unessecary movie & tv downloading.
arcade games you've played before on pc or back at the old arcades.
batteries.
Multiplatform games that play online.

Theres your ps3 right there. Now you can't blame the economy
because you're part of the overspending if you need all
the consoles but in reality you just need one. Videogaming
is a luxury.

Alot of gamers already have said that after halo3, gears2 & fable2
that they was gonna trade thier xbox360 & thier friends are just going to
have to follow or get left behind. That hasnt changed.
I think for every new xboxgamer , 10 left thier gold subcription cold.

I want my socom patch so I can get back to ignoring this website.
I love Socom, mgo & resistance beta so much. I can never see myself buying
a xbox360 for those games.

Just seeing, reading and hearing the bad press for Sony is tough to make a decision on a multi-billion dollar company. The fact is, that the PS3 is expensive to make and develop for. Not helping the fact that the 360 is selling a console that is cheaper than the Wii, even though it is an rip-off in the end with all the add-ins that you want to really enjoy a gaming system. Not also helping that there once exclusive franchise selling games are now multi-platform and about more than three fourths of the time, the game performs better on the 360 itself. So paying for a 360 that is cheaper for the consumer comparing against the Ps3, is just common sense. Also there first party exclusive games are just not making public selling points, mainly poor marketing and stupid decisions. I do not side with one system or the other, but I do believe in logic. If a business is spending money to create a product that in the same time is not selling and again is spending money trying to play catch up, makes a tough decision to continue with once a proud franchise. Hearing many business now that are struggling, I just hope that Sony can do something drastic, like cutting console prices, knowing they will loose more money first off, but eventually gain in the end, will place them back on top :)

BS3... IS Sony's last movie player.

PS2 WAS Sony's last good console.

all these retarded articles that keep coming out are not news, just opinions of uneducated idiots.

It's still early on the PS3's life and it will come into profit.
Even if they wait longer till the PS4 is released it will be released, they have made too much money from playstation to just give up

Have M$ got into profit on Xbox division yet, after early termination of xbox1 and the $3billion or whatever it was for the RROD fiasco.

also, even if it isn't the no1 console this gen, it's helped sony win the format war and make blu-ray the highdef standard, which is gonna make them money as well

if the ever happened - then ill just become a pc gamer

...to know what the next gen console should consist of. I like the idea of competition and the choice that the 3 major players give us. I would hate to see MS provide the only option in the future as lets face it, once they have a monopoly MS will rape and pillage as they do now to keep it. And all in the name of your best interests.

I don't really want to see a PC-like console where everyone agrees on a baseline set of specs and different manufacturers can build according to those specs. Mind you, we almost have that situation given the number of different SKUs both Sony and MS have already released for their respective consoles.

Hell, maybe I wont even care about console gaming by the time it comes to Sony or MS releasing their next-gen consoles. I get sick of all the crap that seems to come with it. That is, we hardly ever see any news that celebrates gaming and the gamers that make it worthwhile jumping on-line and having a blast. No, all we seem to get is fanboy fueled crap that tries to convince the other camp that the grass is greener on their side of the fence.

I bought my 360 in jan.2006 i loved it, bought 2 games every week. after 7 months it got the RROD,didnt send it in bought another one, after 7 months that one breaks so i send it in got my third one,then i sold it and i had over 40 games for it. but i was fed up with worring when it was gonna catch the RROD again. i had already got a ps3. so i sold all the games and bought ps3 games and i never had any problems with it.

I really doubt that ...

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Revenue ▲ US$ 88.714 Billion (2008)[2]
Operating income ▲ US$ 3.745 Billion (2008)
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I just love these gloom and doom articles. So enjoyable to read. I've been reading these articles since the launch of PSX @ $299.99. The world screamed too expensive then and the world is screaming too expensive now (even with inflation and the cost of living and allowances these days).

Hell, You could say the same about Microsoft. Why would anyone have confidence in Microsoft's plan anyway? All they are doing is buying timed exclusives or exclusive content from third parties, and they are dismantling their first party studios. Their game division is still many billion dollars in the hole from last-generation.

Sony's losses have been the profit they made on PS2 hardware, and Sony is still selling lots of PSPs and PS2 which have further offset the losses. Sony is already making profit on its gaming division again since last quarter. I don't see Sony selling any of their studios and I see them here for the long run.

Of course their amount of 3rd party exclusives is decreasing faster than Microsoft, as Microsoft chose to use their money in buying gifts to third parties instead of 1st partys and quality hardware. You can't have money for everything especially after the huge investment Sony made on the PS3.

The reason I say they are still here for the long run is because they have yet a lot of things to show in the pipeline, their PSN is growing very very fast and so is PS3 functionality, and especially Home, which is in their very long term plans. Sony is evolving as a company very fast and upgrading themselves from a hardware only company to a company that sells both content and the devices that reproduce it. They have quickly gone from a sh1tty online network from PS2 to a free service that is almost as good as Xbox LIVE in some aspects and even better than LIVE in others.

Anyway, the gamecube was essentially Nintendo's last console, as they merely repackaged it with the Wii and who's to say they won't do the same over and over until they're done with it? Hell, game consoles might even disappear for all we know as broadband speeds grow and costs of integrated graphics chips on TVs could go down fastere than the cell processor can add 1 plus 1. What could happen is that platform leaders could offer game services like PSN Home, Xbox LIVE, Game Tap, Nintendo WiFi, Steam, etcetera.

And by the way, this site is only looking for hits.

I'm beginning to lose faith in this site. When I first came here, there was always good news, no matter what console you had. Now it's always "Is this the end of Sony", "Has the 360 reached it's peak", so on and so on.

Give us a break. This site is a hub for console war junkies, and I'm getting really sick of having to skim through pages, upon pages of junk news just so people can have something to argue about. For example the Metacritic LBP, and Gears 2 fan scores. The action of lowering both games scores was completely ridiculous, and posting the "fans reviews" not the actual reviews as news here was even more so.

Stop posting BS, and put something up useful to gamers, instead of always trying to prove which system is better. We don't need to be reminded EVERY SINGLE DAY that 360 fanboys believe they have the best games, and PS3 fanboys believe they have the ultimate gaming hardware. LET IT GO people LET IT GO, I doubt 99.99% of the people who argue about the consoles have no kind of share or investment in the companies that make them so SHUT UP, post good news, and PLAY YOUR SYSTEM.

Good night ladies and gentlemen.

Next up here on N4G:
"Xbox360 the larges single cause for stress related illness: Are having trouble sleeping at night due to fear for RRoD?"
"PS3 destroys your marriage: Does your partner approve of having a black behemoth in the living room?"

Stay tuned!

Easily Sony's gaming division is taking a brutal hit because of the PS3. They lose money every time they sell a PS3, and the PS3 is not selling near as good as they thought. The PS3 is still in a distant 3rd place, with no sign of every getting out of that position.

With the economy of the world crashing, this is about the worst thing that can happen to the most expensive console on the market. Expect the PS3 to even fall further behind on sales at least until the economy gets better.

if somebody said 4 years ago that nintendo would be on top this generation they would have got laughed at.

the playstation is NOT the unstoppable force that we all thought it was.

they have started selling/closing their first party studios.

who will make them leave gaming business?
Sony?
no.

Google will do that when they launch their Operating system in 2011.Ms will start to loose market share and get weak in their main game,,,,so they have to focus on their main business and close other divisions that are bleeding money like gaming division.

So the next xbox may very well be the MS last console.

Cause when Google OS drops MS will have a big competitor on their hands which they can not buy out.

Bullcrap.

It's what, 2 years in to the PS3's lifetime of an expected 10. It's had strong sales all year up until last month, which is probably the time it needed them most, due to the economic downturn, which hasn't helped things.

Look at last gen. PS2 was way behind the Dreamcast, but it picked up, and history seems to be repeating itself.

Seriously, PS3 might turn out to be Sony's last console, but all these journalists reporting about that it's already "lost the console war" is complete crap.

Not that i or most people with both brain half believe this will happen. But if it did we the console gamers would get royaly screwed, Nintendo would take monopoly over the casual market and MS would bleed the hardcore gamers dry. Lets face it, we need all brands to compete so we can get some quality in what were buying..

I hope not, if I have to buy a flopbox 720 or a Wii HD, I will quit gaming for ever.

To be honest... I think the PS3 puts Sony ahead of the curve. Why?
PS4 will most probably have upgraded Cell / multi Cell, Updated NVidia, Faster BR drive, Faster memory. And that is all that is needed. Cost of the Cell will be much lower, BR pricing for Sony will be very low, just the NVidia and memory to check for. And maybe a Wii motion controller.

Wii on the other hand, will need a major upgrade. The XB360 as well. Which would mean a different technology for the new generation. Where Sony will most probably be fully BC, like the PS1 -> PS2 generation. Development tools will change little - so a major plus. I think Sony's R&D costs will be much lower this time around.

MS on the other hand - they will thist time face a very sceptical crowd - who will be looking for the next-gen RRoD.

So... how many more of these types of FUD articles is on its way?

dies an unspectacular death.

the trashman must have gotten a flat tire.he hasn't yet come through to pick up garbage articles like this one.same crap,different day.and i agree that N4G gets worse everyday.shame really.but it's not like it's a respected site like the others out there.but........

how does having more market share than microsoft spell doom and gloom?if you sell a portable,a previous console and a next gen console at the same time,and your competitor sells one,not sure how they can be losing.

this writer is pretty much the same as the other prophets of doom...

"price is a factor."
"we came out early and sell more."
"they are losing money."

but they seem to forget,microsoft hasn't made up those billions in losses on the original xbox.that was 4-6 billion.then microsoft lost another billion to RROD.so they aren't doing that well either.the prophets try their best but they have always been wrong.

1)sony says 1080p will be the next gen standard for tvs and ps3 will support it.microsoft and 360 fans say it wont.

1080p BECOMES THE NEXT GEN STANDARD FOR TVS.MICROSOFT TURNED AROUND AND POSTED A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO SUPPORT 1080P.

2)sony says hdmi will be the next gen standard for tvs and consoles.microsoft and 360 fans say that component will be enough.

HDMI BECAME THE STANDARD.MICROSOFT REDESIGNED THE HARDWARE AND SPLIT THEIR BASE.

3)sony says larger and bigger hard drives will be necessary for games and digital downloads.microsoft and 360 fans said 20 gigs was enough.

LARGER HARD DRIVES BECAME NECESSARY.MICROSOFT TURNED AROUND AND MADE BIGGER ONES.

4)sony said bluray will be the next gen standard for disc medium.microsoft and 360 fans said the lower priced HD-DVD would win.

BLURAY BECAME THE STANDARD FOR DISC MEDIUM.MICROSOFT MIGHT HAVE AN ADD-ON IN THE FUTURE WITH TOSHIBA,BUT LIE THAT THEY WONT.BUT CONTRACTS ARE ALREADY MADE.THE QUESTION IS:"WHEN?"

5)microsoft said first to 10 million will win the console war.

NINTENDO OUTSOLD MICROSOFT IN LESS TIME.SONY OUTSOLD THEM AT A HIGHER PRICE AND DROPPED THE 10 MILLION LEAD FROM 10 TO LESS THAN 5 MILLION.

6)microsft said that 360 is in high demand.

BUT HAS LOWERED THE PRICE OF 360 TO LESS THAN WII BUT DOESN'T SELL LIKE WII.NINTENDO HOLDS FAST AT $249.SONY HOLDS FAST AT $399.

7)sony said third parties can't be relied on or be a factor.microsoft guns for getting playstation old franchises while sony makes new ones to go along side their exclusive ps2 franchises.

ALL THIRD PARTY GAMES LIKE DMC,ACE COMBAT,GTA,ETC.,THAT USED TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO PS2,BECOME GAMES NO ONE CARES FOR AS MUCH ANYMORE THIS GEN.PRETTY MUCH HOLDING UP THE TRUTH THAT 1ST PARTY MATTERS MOST.NINTENDO KNOWS IT TOO.

i could continue going on about microsoft and 360 prophets being wrong over and over again.but what does it matter?they will always think that they're right in the end.so the endless cycle of them being wrong will continue.ps3 owners know it.and they know that sony will weather the storm like the bashing they took last year and they still outsold microsoft in the year of halo.just like the bashing sony took last gen but ended up selling 100 million consoles again like ps1.

keep trying with articles like this one.who knows,you may get something right for a change.

apocalypse...................

This is NOT news. This is merely a blog disguised as a fancy website, which sadly makes for I'd say over half of the "news" not only on this site, but the Internet as well.

I understand why so many of you are upset. Blogs are the scourge of the INternet. Just remember that the next time a blog makes it to the top of N4G that's knocking the 360, I hope even if you are pro-Sony that you also show condemnation of the article.

As far as the content of the article itself, it brings up some valid points that have already been heard 1000 times so it's being redundant.

PS3 needs another price cut, plain and simple.

The PS3 it's doing better then the GameCube and N64 so, why would Sony quit? the Xbox was a disaster and Nintendo made two not very successful consoles in a row and could survive, why Sony cannot?

It looks like this report is gonna be this websites last report. With a report non-based on facts and many other reliable websites given better reports and gamers looking for reliable sources. It might be and end for kind of stupid sites.

The PS3 sold less in each territory when compared to the PS2. The difference was the PS2 launched in Japan first where the PS3 launched in both Japan and North America at the same time. If you look at the PS2's sales for the first 12 months in both territories after launch you will see then umbers are much better than the PS3's first 12 on the market.

With that said, Sony's numbers for the PS3 are well below their expectations, but PS2 sales are still going strong. When added together with PSP sales the Playstation brand is still very strong. At $399 Sony knows sales will not be as brisk as they will be with lower price points in the future.

Forget editorials, the next Playstation will come out, but it will be at a more realistic price point and will probably take less chances technologically. It's silly to say this is their last console.

-Death

What do you expect? All companies are doing Sh!tty! Gamers really need to leave the stock market alone. They really dont know what their talking about. Yeah, Sony is not the only company doing bad. Its everyone. DURP!

Don Riesinger for writing the most Anti-PS3 and Anti-Sony articles or what? Just crap articles filled with little else than "The PS3 is going to fail." tripe. No real hard analysis or anything, no taking much on the positive side into consideration. I swear to God I think these guys think MS is going to send them a merit badge or something for all of their hard work putting this crap out there.

Sony should offer a PS3 w/o the Bluray to help sales. Everyone by now should know that Bluray owners (those who want maximum resolution movie buffs) are a very low percent of Ps3 owners. Others are loyal ps3 fans of years upon years. So who do I think sony should target? People who are more likely to buy the Wii and 360. Who are most of those people? Parent who buy game systems for their kids and two things plays a part in the deciding buying practice. PRICE AND FAD!

Sony has a good line-up of games for the next two years. There will be a price drop at some point in those two years. Once the price comes down people will buy it. Plus with Home on its side and more emergence of the Trophies, Sony will pick it up.

Are these articles(and some of the xbox 360 fans) Getting stupider EVERY DAY????

Have the # of doom and gloom 'editorials', 'articles', etc for the PS3 caught up to the # of doom and gloom stuff of Blu-ray yet?

Is anyone counting these absurdities up?

I agree with death on this one.

When cost cutting gets to a point where it merits a price-cut, it should effectively push consoles out the door.

One has to admit that Microsofts price-cut is working quite well for itself.
My only thing about it's pricecut is how long will the impact have?

I have not read into a 3 month gradual decline of revenue brought by the price-cut, but that would be interesting to follow-up on.

this wont be the last console PS4 is coming, same with the new xbox and whatever gimmick nintendo wants to release.

anyway...i think we need the PlayStation brand so companys are to be more competitive in the market and that's why we are getting so many great games right now

People are ignoring the fact Microsoft have been flapping their arms about throwing their money around JUST to keep their console up sales wise.

Look at sonys poor effort so far and they've sold faster than the 360 did in its timeline, faster than the ps2 did in this timeline and up untill the price drop of the 360 its been doing very well considering its price.

Face it, its a good system - i just think sonys original direction was wrong, they are now starting to change and are facing in the right direction and are charging forwards.

I'm not taking sides, i think microsoft are really set on winning this console war and are putting alot of effort into making sure they do, sony still are kind of big headed about their whole
"THE PLAYSTATION NAME ALONE WILL LET US WIN THIS WAR". They might be changing that slightly now and starting to listen to us, but i still think they are being a little ignorant.

Did he forget to mention the longterm gains from blu-ray movies..... and the system is still NEW. The total sales of the system are catching up to the xbox....

....Umm, they should have put "What If..." somewhere in the title :/

What a blow to the industry it would be without PlayStation.

We'd be stuck with Microsoft and Nintendo.

The lack of competition would result in an even more underwhelming gen than this one has been.

it's a helluva lot more likely that the 360 is M$' last console.

Ps3 has loads more price cuts to look forward to.

without sony, MS are gonna have no one to emulate (PS2?).

Xbox 360 21.59 million world wide.......ps3 16.04 million worldwide..................... .Xbox360 one whole year ahead of ps3 and it only has 5 million more units now that is sad. When ps3 overtakes 360 in sales from being a superior console in blue ray capability and graphics these microsoft fanboys can cry. Besides sony already announced ps4 enough said.

I can't see the PS3 going out of style anytime soon. There's SO much SONY can do for the system. I think we are barely using 40% of the system's capabilities, if that.

It plays Blu-Ray. I believe by 2011, Blu-ray will be the standard ( especially with everything going digital by next year).

It has all types of inputs ( MicroSD, USB, internet connection,etc), much of what we will be using for years to come.

It delivers gorgeous games. Once Devs learn more about the system, the gaming experience will only get better (and the games will look even more gorgeous ;)

And now with all the new, lil' things being needed frequently ( Flash9, XMB improvements, YouTube links, in-game video recording,) and the ability to increase your system memory to over 1TB ( 500+ internal HD + an external HD), it's apparent that SONY is constantly working on improving the gaming experience. I just can't see SONY giving up no time soon.

always start out slow. But then the price goes down, it gets a respectable game library, and more and more people go to it.

It's like this;

imagine that the 360 and PS3 are cars.

The 360 accelerates fast, as in it starts out strong. But it has a low top speed.

The PS3, on the other hand, accelerates slow, but once it gets going, it can't be stopped.

So who's going to win the race? It seems like a strange analogy, but just think about it.

PS3 sony's last console what a pile of cack!! The game industry is worth MILLIONS or even BILLIONS and they think sony does not want a cut of the next gen pie. RUBBISH

moving right along...

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Oh noes, if Sony left the gaming industry, xbox 720 would cost $900
and Wee would cost $500!

First off. Sony has finally been catching some ground. PS3's were sort of a stand still last year, in terms of sales, but now things have been picking up for them. Especially everywhere besides the United States. Yes Xbox 360 might be the lead console right now. But people are also buying PS3's along with the 360's. And it will pick up especially this fall in terms of sales with all the good games coming out and the new bundle. NOw they just need the PS2 Emulator back.

Ok this guy might believe in what he's written but I have to say its complete and utter garbage!!
N4G is really getting on my nerves recently...Whats the next article... Microsoft going bust due to Vista debarcle...LoL

Sony still rule when it comes to gaming in my opinion...God help us if Microsoft dominate this industry..we will all suffer crappy hardware and monotonous games all running on the Unreal Engine.

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Are serious! WTF is with these idiots!

its called a economic crisis, we are in a borderline depression. Also read this about SONY's console dales.

http://www.businessweek.com...

Deep in the bowels of Sony HQ, the PerfectionStation 4 is well under way! King Kaz won't stop at just 3 generations of domination!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

The PS2 was no great gem right out of the gate. It took some time to gain traction and after it did, well, we see how popular that system STILL is today. Sony is somewhat slow in getting things up to speed. As developers get more familiar with the system and the required programming this will be a long term project that likely competes with the next Microsoft system. The PS3 is no where near being pushed to its limits and the Xbox 360 is on the cusp or at its limit. I own both so no matter what happens at the very list I have a nice Blu-ray player. =)

just a bunch of pro 360 bast@rds,knowing they used to play ps2 games,and ps1,now all of a sudden there like,go 360 go, i say they forgettin where home used to be for them=playstation world!

They didn't mention that the stock price drop is mainly due to asian markets crashing hard. Harder than the NYSE. Sony's price on the NYSE is largely influenced by what is going on in asian markets. Also that 65% drop is from it's 1yr high. Last time I checked MS's stock price it was 45% down from it's 1yr high. It only takes a few dollars a share drop to bring that to 65%, and that can go back and forth in just an hours time. Like it was already said the yen has dropped a lot in value. SCE division is not just made up of the PS3. There is also the PSP and PS2 is still making them money. As a whole SCE is not doing bad. Yes the economy is going down, and will probably be down for a little while. That won't last too long. I am confident that this recession, while it may be deep, won't be that long. It also isn't even an official recession. In order for there to be a recession there needs to be 2 consecutive quarters of GDP loss. While it is almost certain to be one, it hasn't happened yet. Historically movies have been the recession proof media. However most movies made blow, and cost too much to go see. People don't go out to the theater like they used to. It is a fairly good expectation to see games as the new recession proof media. You get a lot more entertainment per dollar spent on games than you do on movie tickets.

as of June 2008

Wonder why this person bothered even writing something like this when PS4 is already in early developments.

When they say the PS3 life cycle is 10 years they mean they will support the format for 10 years. It doesn't mean they won't release another system before then. By Sony PS2 is still in the 10 year cycle since games are still comming out on the system...

People don't read enough facts... still at this point my PS3 is a dust collector since all my friends have 360s to play COD4 so exclusives aren't everything when it comes to chosing what system to buy a game for. PS3 had COD4 and I had to go with 360. Same goes with NHL 09, Madden 09, Skate, COD 2, COD 3, COD 4... Now do you see why the attach rate is so high. If all my friends had PS3s then I'd buy my games on PS3... It's a simple fact that in North America there are more 360s therefore there will continue to be more 360 because people want to play with their friends.

How many goddamn ps3 fanboys are on this site?

yep , this is sony's last console and they'll just stop everything they have in production and fire every1 at thier 21 gaming studios and call it a day .

/sarcasm

All this article is just speculation. Games are still coming out for the system (and being developed), so why should I have any concern about the "death" of the PS3?

Does anyone here hold any stock in either companies?

All this talk of games coming out that will boost sales! Forget it.
Games mean jack to the average Joe looking to buy an affordable console. Such a person couldn't care less if Killzone 2 looked like a god. All they would do is have a quick glance at their budget and current financial situaion and decide. It all depends on the money.

Remember we are NOT all living in a world where everybody is RICH and driving Exotic-Flashy cars... we are on earth. The poor and less wealthy well-outnumber the cash-cows.

Now unto my point. Sony may be able to afford a price-drop in the next 1 - 2 years, but that will ONLY happen if manufacturing prices reduce. Fair enough.

But look at it this way - the Sony Playstation 3 is one heck of a Beaslty machine... PACKED with all the most engaging and expenive gadgets, Blue-Ray for example. But lets say production cost for such an expesive machine drops - then Microsoft believe it or NOT still carry the win... How?

Seeing as the Xbox 360 is truly made of far-less expensive hardware and components(Just listen to the fan noise on some of them...) You can more than expect manufacturing cost for them to drop faster and even lower than for that of the PS3... Its only logic :)

That then leaves me to one conclusion... The PS3 can't really afford to compete in this Global crisis we are currently in and don't seem to be getting out of any soon. The PS3 may go under $200 but the Xbox 360 will only go under $100...Nuffing would have changed!

Xbox 360 would still maintain their strong lead. And there is NO contesting that.

I'm not a fanboy, but I lean torwards the 360. But this is the biggest piece of editorial trash I've read in a while.
It's not the wii, but 360, not the wii, but blah, blah, blah.
Pure GARBAGE. The PS3 is doing well now, and the wii is to blame for both 360 and PS3 cuts, as the damn thing won't stop selling like hotcakes.
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