jazzmatazzo

@Rafie I'm saying specifically the PSP is a really bad product financially. If they sell 50 million, it will still never really make money. A product that sells at a loss, and doesn't net you any new customers, is just incredibly stupid. So they can brag about selling a billion units, at a loss, and it wouldn't make financial sense. Sales and financial success are not the same.

And yes, this is not specific to Sony. All MS and AAA game studios are getting a wake up call. Investors have better places to put their money than gambling on these 5+ product cycles.

@Rafie ... They are financial failures. PSP is one of the worst product decisions ever. They lose money on each unit, and do not add any new users who may then purchase games. It can literally only ever lose money for them. Spiderman had 5+ years of development and broke even (maybe since we know they counted the "bundled" units in the sales figures) For a 5 year project, even if they manage to squeeze 100m or so, that's an abject investment failure and a tiny 20M per year on their investment.

@BaldBelper78 What communication should they have had? They can't respond to every stupid rumor that YT podcasters dream up. As much as you think this is a huge deal, 99% of the population cares not one bit, or is even mildly aware. They just play their games, enjoy it and move on with life.

@Jenkinss - Ok, so just watched the round table again. And he was exactly right. You were exactly wrong. Nothing new at all with the strategy. Are you just trolling?

@Kaloudz - Agree ... mostly. All digital isn't a decade away. it's here. Already.

@CaptainCluck ... Everyone has failures. PSP, PS Vita, PSVR1, PSVR2, Spiderman 2. Sony isn't out of the woods either. They are struggling to make a profit and the future just got a whole lot more expensive. Let's see what 3 trillion dollars does for XBOX before everyone loses their minds.