Do You Consider The SONY PlayStation 3's A Failure

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bikingjahuty:

--- Quote from: oldgamerz on March 19, 2020, 08:35:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: telekill on March 19, 2020, 03:21:24 pm ---Why would it be considered a failure?

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I just don't hear that many people mentioning the PS3 console in general.

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It is probably the least loved of the Sony consoles. I guess i'd attribute that to the fact that it doesn't have as many timeless and "classic" titles compared to the other Sony consoles. I also don't think it helps that many of its best games were ported to the PS4 and updated, making the PS3 versions inferior in quality. I love the PS3, but admittedly its my least favorite Sony console, but I still like it more than easily half of all mainstream consoles released since the NES.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on March 19, 2020, 10:11:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: telekill on March 19, 2020, 03:21:24 pm ---Why would it be considered a failure?

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My thoughts exactly.

How was the PS3 ever a failure in any way?

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Sony was selling consoles at a heavy loss when them consoles where fully compatible with ps1 and ps2 games like big time

ps3 barely broke even in the very end according to multiple articles took them quite some time. Ps3 is the only generation wich a sony console was pretty shit in terms of profit.

while 80 million sales is pretty good they took to much of a loss on console sales and expensive production costs

on the financial side ps3 was most definitely a big failure.

emporerdragon:

--- Quote from: weirdfeline on March 19, 2020, 02:49:15 pm ---It outsold the 360 so no.

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Barely, and it took 6 years before PS3 lifetime sales overtook the 360's. And in the end, the 360 still sold about 20 million more consoles than the PS3 did in North America; What gave the PS3 the main lead was the fact that the xbox brand is a complete failure in the Japanese market.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: emporerdragon on March 20, 2020, 06:12:12 am ---
--- Quote from: weirdfeline on March 19, 2020, 02:49:15 pm ---It outsold the 360 so no.

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Barely, and it took 6 years before PS3 lifetime sales overtook the 360's. And in the end, the 360 still sold about 20 million more consoles than the PS3 did in North America; What gave the PS3 the main lead was the fact that the xbox brand is a complete failure in the Japanese market.

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ps3 lost 300$ for every early ps3 console that they sold even if they sold a bit more profit wise ps3 was a shit show. xbox 360 probably did allot better in wich they did not sell consoles with such heavy losses

they where really banking on game sales apprently, attracting consumers with lower console prices.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2006/nov/17/sonylosescash

I'm pretty sure nintendo is the only one who either breaks even per console sale or a small profit since microsoft and sony both lose money per sold console. sony however went a bit overboard during ps3 era. 300$ loss per console is just crazy.

ioanuk:
Well, it did suffer from the 'Third Console Curse', which basically makes the 3rd console of a company be complete garbage. This is why the N64, Sega Saturn, Xbox One and Wii U were commercial failures at first. While the PS3 and Xbox One did go on to become successful in their own generation, the rest were left in the dust.

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