When will Sony cut the cord on the PS2? It had a RECORD BREAKING run, and it definitely had the best games of the last gen. But now with the PS3 over 2 years into it's life cycle, I believe the time has come to move on and allow the PS2 to be laid to rest...
It's not like I hate the PS2 or anything (I love it!). It's just that, if Sony stopped it's support for the PS2, then it would allow Sony to shift their focus more on the PS3, PSN and PSP. The PS2 has become sort of an anchor, that is slowly dragging Sony's gaming division down. And I know the PS2 continues to SELL well, but not NEARLY like it used to. Besides that money spent on the PS2 and the extra games that the customer buys with their new PS2, could instead be saved up to buy a shiny new PS3.
It's almost like Sony is having their own mini "console war" with each other. And once Sony stops making PS2s and turns their attention to the PS3 and the PSP, we can start seeing more games coming out and probably at a faster rate too.
However, Sony does not have to stop making PS2 games neccessarily. (Say what?!?!?) All they have to do is release their upcoming (and hopefully old) PS2 games on the PSN or the PSP instead. This way we can still enjoy the awesomeness of the PS2's library of games and we can see more quality titles being released on to the PS3, PSN and PSP.
Side Note: If the PS2 has lasted this long, do you think the PS3 has the potential to last even longer?
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
It's another revenue stream for Sony. It's just like you said in your post the PS2 continues to sell well and I'm sure marketing has stopped working on PS2 ads a long time ago yet it still puts up good numbers for Sony. And with the PS3 not being quite where Sony wants it to be they need to keep using the revenue stream from the PS2 and funnel it into bolstering the PS3.
believe that the PS3 would last longer if not just as long.
My basis on this assumption that it's history is quite similar to the PS2 and the only difference is that now it has a stronger competitor since the last generation. It might not be the console with the most sales hell people may argue it's overall position in the console race might end up in last, but I do believe that it will be the console that many people would be content with having the PS3 given it's multi media capability, even if the next generation comes and the PS4 becomes Sony's next source of gaming the PS3 could still be sold as a Blu-Ray Player/Internet Browser that would be cheaper than the PS4.
History repeats itself. Like when the ps2 came out.It didn't sell while in its first year.Then Sony stopped making Playstation then the Ps2 sales rose.If they stopped the ps2 production (Hopin its later then sooner btw), then we may see a rise on ps3 sales.Then the ps3 will last more then sony life cycle they planned for Ps3.
This is completely correct. They should do the 10-year console lifespan right by not releasing the PS4 until 2016, when the PS3 hits the 10-year mark and dies.
There are a lot of broke people in this country . just let it be