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vudu wrote:
With this rationale you could argue that Sony will continue to support the PS3 no matter how much of a failure it is but you can't argue that Sony will spend billions of dollars on R&D for the PS4 is the PS3 isn't successful.
Exactly. If not for complete and utter exhaustion, I would've posted something just like this (except much longer and with more grammatical errors) last night.
See the difference between Nintendo and every other console maker that has been dead last is that Nintendo is the only company smart enough to employ business model favors profitability. Spend less and make more. Sony can only make money on the Playstation brand if it's manhandling the competition. As a developer/publisher, Nintendo sales are consistently high and they spend considerably less money on development than other companies do. If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense, son.
If Sony doesn't start making some headway with PS3 in the next few years, I expect one of two things: either they go third party or they sell off their gaming assets. I'd lean more toward the latter. Still, that's if PS3 continues to sell as dismally as it has, which honestly, I don't believe will be the case. I think there will be a PS4, but Nintendo has leveled the playing field a bit. Coming off a strong 4-5 year cycle, I'm looking forward to seeing how Nintendo will fare with an HD-enabled Wii successor and how they can top that controller.