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No pre-owned games to be allowed for Playstation 3 (pg. 3)
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| TheVrk |
It amazes me how the richer people/companies get, the CHEAPER
they become:rolleyes: :mad:
Capitalism at its WORST |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
It amazes me how the richer people/companies get, the CHEAPER
they become:rolleyes: :mad:
Capitalism at its WORST |
That's not necessarily true. You have to look at the bigger picture. Development costs have been on the rise for the past couple of generations in the industry; with the next generation of consoles being the most expensive it's ever been, with PS3 easily being the most expensive. If a company like Konami puts in upwards of $20 million into the development of Metal Gear Solid 4, for example, then they'll be extremely dissappointed if their profits are marginal at best, because of piracy. Then take into account that Microsoft AND Sony both lost money on every console sold. They need garunteed sales of video games to pull their revenue back into the plus.
I'm not exactly defending Sony's move, but but these companies aren't as rich as you'd think; and with the technology Sony is putting into the PS3, they're surely going to be losing A LOT of money on the console, even though it'll be the most expensive of all 3 consoles. |
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| Jayx1 |
LOL @ "pre-owened"
Whatever happened to just saying "used"? |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
LOL @ "pre-owened"
Whatever happened to just saying "used"? |
"pre-owned" sounds better than "used" |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
these companies aren't as rich as you'd think |
meh, before I believe you I'd need to see the Playstation/Xbox divisions' financial statements...:toothless |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
meh, before I believe you I'd need to see the Playstation/Xbox divisions' financial statements...:toothless |
K, don't get me wrong, they're rich, but most of their money comes in through video game sales and they don't start posting more impressive revenue statistics until the maturity or decline stages of a console's life. Sony's numbers will be A LOT more impressive than MS's though, mainly because of Playstation 2's much bigger userbase, which translates to more units sold.
| quote: | | The company relies on Windows and a suite of desktop applications--products released a decade ago--for 80% of sales and 140% of profits. Newer products--the Xbox videogame machine, the MSN online service, the wireless and small-business software--collectively have racked up $7 billion in losses in four years. |
| quote: | | The Xbox game console is hot, but its division has lost $4 billion in four years and isn't yet in the black. |
Forbes.com
| quote: | | In the latest round of financials, Sony told the Tokyo Stock Exchange its second quarter profits had been hit by 46 percent with net income falling to 28.5 billion yen, compared to 53.2 billion yen for the same period last year. |
.....| quote: | | due to Playstation 3 development |
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| zoogla |
| ^^^^ Good GOD!!! :eyes: NOW I believe you... ;) :p |
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| Candeeman |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Hahah goodbye game rental places |
Yeah, I'm pretty sure there would be quite a big backlash. |
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| ++ EGO ++ |
| this is the biggest S**** ever, I honestly don't think sony would put an end to video game rentals as well as pre-owned purchases that keep strong ties to it and other big outlets such as EB. I could see this being 100% fake. |
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| DigiNut |
I doubt that this is true, because it would undoubtedly kill any hope for success with that system. It would be an ironic followup to the Rootkit DRM issue that came up at the beginning of the month, though!
However, I do not believe that it's a scam by Microsoft either. Microsoft may be marketing a competing product, but if they lied outright then it would damage their corporate relations with Sony, which is definitely not in their interests right now considering all of their joint projects. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
However, I do not believe that it's a scam by Microsoft either. Microsoft may be marketing a competing product, but if they lied outright then it would damage their corporate relations with Sony, which is definitely not in their interests right now considering all of their joint projects. |
Isn't it illegal too? To publicly present something as a fact thats completely false? |
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| Blue. |
:o
Who gives a , this just gives modders more of a challenge and will likely make modding even more popular than it was with the PS2.
I give it a year max before a decent chip is out. |
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