sonycowboy
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They predict that Sony will lose $6.3B over 5 years on the PS3.
http://ce.seekingalpha.com/article/20369
http://ce.seekingalpha.com/article/20369
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Merrill Lynch says: PS3 will KILL Sony - Huge costs for MASSIVE DAMAGE.
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Tornado Condor
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i expect a huge thread
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
the 80,000 figure was proven false supposedly.
Tornado Condor
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Tieno said:
not really
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
RaijinFY said:
so people who want sony to die should buy a PS3. Sony has made a product that appeals to all gamers after all!
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That's it guys...Merrill Lynch knows best.
PS3 is going to kill Sony. It's all over.
Has anyone ever seen the movie "Ground Hog Day" with Bill Murray?
I get that feeling like I'm stuck in a media time-warp and I keep seeing the same article over and over again.
PS3 is going to kill Sony. It's all over.
Has anyone ever seen the movie "Ground Hog Day" with Bill Murray?
I get that feeling like I'm stuck in a media time-warp and I keep seeing the same article over and over again.
marvelharvey
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Last I heard from my SCEE mates, Sony are(is) losing $450 per console and are scheduled to start breaking as late as summer 2007. That's a HUGE amount of loss they'll be collecting over the next few months. It'll take a while to claw back, maybe the whole lifecycle?
Zombie James
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They also said the PS3 would cost $900.
fatigues_gasolini
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6.5 billion over 5 years isnt that much to a company the size of Sony.
SeaOfMadness
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_leech_ said:
fixed.
and they were right
Zombie James
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Link316 said:
I think they're doom & gloom central for anything Sony related.
marvelharvey
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Well, judging my post above, they were pretty bang on the nose on production cost_leech_ said:
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
SeaOfMadness said:
:|
I think it's important to actually try and put into perspective just how badly the PS3 could flop. This isn't Sony's second piece of hardware ever. This is the fourth (ignoring revisions) Playstation branded platform, you don't get to sell over (iirc) 220 MILLION units of hardware across the brand by luck.
A worst case scenario for Sony would be.... after 5 years, they've only managed 20-30 milllion units. I will go as far as to say, it's impossible for Sony to sell less than 10 million PS3 units this upcoming gen, oversay, five or six years, .... impossible.
I'll bet a shiny penny that Meryll Lynch didn't take Sony online digital distribution plan into account at all. That alone is a major piece of the puzzle for Sony. I can see Sony pushing the PNP (for better or worse) angle as another direct competitor to iTunes.
That is all.
A worst case scenario for Sony would be.... after 5 years, they've only managed 20-30 milllion units. I will go as far as to say, it's impossible for Sony to sell less than 10 million PS3 units this upcoming gen, oversay, five or six years, .... impossible.
I'll bet a shiny penny that Meryll Lynch didn't take Sony online digital distribution plan into account at all. That alone is a major piece of the puzzle for Sony. I can see Sony pushing the PNP (for better or worse) angle as another direct competitor to iTunes.
That is all.
Wow. Who said MS's plan wasn't working?
I hope that's really not the case because I would absolutely hate for Sony to lose that much money and be forced into a situation where they may have to fold their tents. This is exactly why MS doesn't mind going head to head with Sony. They don't have to beat them fairly. They can just bleed them to death.
Props to Nintendo for taking the direction they are, as far as business goes. They're really sitting pretty right about now even though as a gamer I wanted much more out of the Wii.
I hope that's really not the case because I would absolutely hate for Sony to lose that much money and be forced into a situation where they may have to fold their tents. This is exactly why MS doesn't mind going head to head with Sony. They don't have to beat them fairly. They can just bleed them to death.
Props to Nintendo for taking the direction they are, as far as business goes. They're really sitting pretty right about now even though as a gamer I wanted much more out of the Wii.
Is there a more thorough breakdown of how the losses will occur?
I find it hard to believe, given that Sony is manufacturing most of its own components, which should drive down cost relatively quickly... and that it the PS3 will be their gateway to quite a few revenue streams, including downloadable content, BD and the traditional games.
I find it hard to believe, given that Sony is manufacturing most of its own components, which should drive down cost relatively quickly... and that it the PS3 will be their gateway to quite a few revenue streams, including downloadable content, BD and the traditional games.
DarkJediKnight
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Dante said:
Someone forgot to tell these guys they were doomed.
Sequel to Dead Rising?
fortified_concept
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OMG OMG PANICK PANICK SONY IS DOOMED! You should be terrified. You should be very terrified.
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_leech_ said:
They push, promote, and sell Microsoft financial products....of course they are biased. It is in their best business interest to spin any Sony news in a negative light.
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Amir0x said:Someone forgot how the line for PSP was in Japan when it launched
I think the PSP's failure in Japan has more to do with marketing the machine as a convergence device instead of a portable gaming console more than anything else. That was really stupid of Sony to do, and they probably wished they had focused more on games support for the PSP (and added another analog control nubb).
fortified_concept
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Moderation Unlimited said:
:lol Didn't know that. Wow, if they are doing business with Microsoft that's really really pathetic since Merill Lynch is the center of PS3 negative predictions.
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Stinkles said:
They can't report skewed or misappropriated facts...but they can spin for one client or another.
It is a business after all. Are you part of the financial services industry mr. stinkles?