Despite launching at a horrendous $599 price point, having a cell processor that many devs complained about and were unable to fully optimize their games around, the PS3 still managed to sell 86.7 million consoles. Many would assume that PS3 underperformed worldwide, but it actually managed to pull through the doom and gloom that surrounded the console's early years. Wii started out as a phenomenon, but it quickly died off and ultimately led the 7th generation by only 15 million units, the only generation since Sony entered the market where the victor won by less than 70 million hardware. In the current generation, Sony's PS4 has already built a comfy ~19 million lead!

So why did Sony's flop era still smash?


And who is Sony's equivalent in the music industry?

But why does it start at five and not one

50 - 31 = 19 henny

It didn't smash. Sony still lost a ton of money on the PS3.

Also, this might be Sony's flop era but it's also Nintendo and Xbox's flop eras as well. We all know why the Wii U tanked so I'm not going into that, but the Xbox faced a SHITSTORM of bad press prior to lease because of DRM and other things. Despite the PS4 ultimately being the exact same way, they weren't so public about it and they even went after Xbox despite being no different.

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because that's the generation they entered the gaming industry in

anyways, cuz ninty has been ****ing up since the SNES in some way shape or form with every console and completely eviscerated third party relationships. sony did everything right with the ps1, 2 and 4.

Also, console gaming is dead (clearly). Xbox won't be around much longer as Microsoft will push streaming games and PC gaming and Nintendo... who knows. Sony will probably be the last major console on the market simply because Microsoft will move on and Nintendo will continue to be anti-consumer.

and yet when sony as a whole started tanking their games division was the thing keeping it afloat

yall overestimate how many people have shifted to pc gaming. i literally only know like one PC gamer irl, everyone else has a ps4

just because consoles are becoming mini pc's doesn't mean console gaming is dead, consoles are just changing.

Really? I don't know anybody who uses console more than PC.

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But what's the use in shelling out $600 for a console when you can build a better PC for not too much more or buy a decent gaming laptop for $800? PCs also serve their original purpose as a computer so it's killing 2 birds with one stone. Especially when you can continually upgrade a PC over time and not have to shell out another $600 for the next upgrade.

Consider this: What are the two biggest games in the world right now? League of Legends and Overwatch. Both PC games (Yes, Overwatch is available on consoles but the install bases are abysmal compared to PC).

A few years ago? Probably would have been Call of Duty on consoles.

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Didn't they lose millions? Sony lost money with each PS3 sale, whereas the Wii made all of its money back because it was weak thus cheap af to make
And judging by those huge decline in numbers for everyone, 273 consoles sold to 95 this gen, their success won't continue if they can't transition to mobile

consoles are not 600 bucks, LOL. yes, more and more people are switching to PC but to say console gaming is dead is a huge stretch. not everyone will ever want to build their own rig. consoles are never gonna die

PS3 era didn't have a Crash Godnicoot game.
PS4 is Crash's comeback and it's gonna get it above the 100M mark just like the PS2 and PS1.
The demand is REAL.

The drop only looks ridiculous because the Wii was an anomaly. It was the only time a Nintendo console managed to sell over 35 Million since the fifth gen. I'm sure this gen will pull similar numbers as the Fifth/Sixth gen. The PS4 should easily cross 10 Million, and the Xbox should reach 50M at least. Sad fact: the Wii U's failure is actually Nintendo being back at their normal range.

This "console is dying" meme is so annoying tbqh. Nintendo's dead install base has never been an indicator. Not only do their consoles usually sell poorly, their fanbase are also very much only interested in first party titles. Sony's performance in the industry is the best indicator we have, and the PS4 is a monster.

I'm pretty sure the new consoles are selling faster than last gen. last gen started 11 years ago, we're barely 4 years into this one.