Gatt9 wrote...
This is an interesting topic and an interesting event.
From what I've seen, the PS4 has won hands down. The X-box one is going to make the Wii-U look like a hot seller.
But did Sony win?
http://www.gamespot....s-study-6343451?
If that article is true, and 56% of gamers don't buy games, then about 75 million of the combined 140 million systems never generated any revenue, and actually cost the platform owner money. Microsoft just made all of those people Playstation customers. So let's take the hypothetic situation where all 140 million people buy a console, and Sony loses $50 for each console. That means Microsoft just forced Sony to take a 3.75 billion dollar loss, at a point in time where Sony is having significant enough money problems that it sold it's US headquarters to come up with cash.
That could easily bury the game arm of Sony, or at least force radical changes.
Microsoft doesn't care, The X-box was never a major thing for them. They can release a living room friendly OS for the PC and keep on going. This could very easily be a rather devious ploy for MS to strike Sony where it's weakest and eliminate it's only real competitor.
Don't get me wrong, I'm going to pick up a PS4 and avoid the X-box One. It's just a very interesting move to me, it's obviously a massive mistake, so obvious that one can't imagine what they're thinking. Unless what they're thinking isn't "Win the console war", but an extremely devious strategy for eliminating their competition.
Edit:
Keep in mind, 75 million go to Sony, MS and Sony split the remainder, so you have a situation (potentially) where < 50% of the people are generating revenue, it'd take years for Sony to recoup their costs on the portion that doesn't.
Huh.
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