Sony doomed? Hardly. . . .

[YourStillWithMe]

Alright everyone, I am seriously sick of people saying "Sony sucks" "There doomed" etc etc.

The ps3's launch was not 100% perfect but lets go back in time just a little bit here.

Ps1-I'm sure a good 90% of you loved the ps1, bought it and it did a lot better than the N64.

First system war involing sony=Sony wins!

Next came the war between the Gamecube (Nintendo) Xbox, and the PS2. Seeing as ps2 is still strong with games being made and they dont make gamecubes anymore and the xbox games are basically extinct, id say sony is kicking ace with the sony playstation 2. You all love the playstation 2 games (God of war, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Tekken, NBA Lives, etc.) PS2 was/is a great system

Handhelds? Alright, so Sony's psp was not AWESOME but its demand has increased with the new price drop. Dont forget that Nintendo ONLY makes video games! That is THEIR job. Sony makes Vaio computers, T.Vs, computer monitors, cameras, Stereos, walkmans, and tons of other things. Sony is not stupid, they are not in trouble.

Sony is still making money off of there previous console the ps2, while the other competitors are out of the running. In some areas, the ps2 actually sells better than the ps3, sony is not done.

[PLZKLLME0080]

ya, any1 sayint that sony is doomed is RETARDED!

[lmtlmt]

yer, i know what ya mean

[yaustar]

They are not doomed but they need to do something soon to stay top in general.

IE: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/stock-war...ies-271863.php

When a 'Games only' company nudges a general consumer electronic giant off a spot like that, then alarm bell rings.

[bah]

The Sony brand name hasn't meant much to me in consumer electronics outside games since they stopped having 'Made in Japan' written on them.

They are far from doomed but hardly reaching the potential that the consumer recognition of their brand name affords due to bad management decisions.

[-Xandu-]

Sony failed in the next gen wars due to the PS3's high price.

[VampDude]

I've never seen or heard anyone saying that SONY is doomed? They've just failed with the PS3, but that will all be sorted by this time next year!

[Cap'n 1time]

I wouldnt say they are doomed... They just arnt doing as well as they SHOULD be.

Sony produced the best selling console for the past two generations of game machines, so it shouldnt be that surprising that people have high expectations. For now, the stats suggest that sony is not doing well at all. It is possible that Sony still could come out on top within the next 4+ years and probable that they will improve their current status. People that say it is a doomed machine dont like sony and never will. I myself havnt cared for the playstation since the original but I'm not dumb enough to call it a doomed console.

[Balthasar00]

Sony failed in the next gen wars due to the PS3's high price.

''the next gen war'' is still in the embryon stade. Not even a years have passed since the Wii and Ps3 release.

It is possible that Sony still could come out on top within the next 4+ years and probable that they will improve their current status

I think that way. They are repeating the ps2 story. Wich is not a bad thing. Blu-ray technology costs, Wii success and lack of third party games sure affected them but Sony SCE is far from buried. PS3 is the overall best system for long term. They didn't release yet their Halo/Zelda hot stuff.. I won't complain until that time. The cure will come soon.

[-Xandu-]

''the next gen war'' is still in the embryon stade. Not even a years have passed since the Wii and Ps3 release.

Okay.. Sony WILL fail, look at the Nintendo DS and the PSP, the Nintendo DS sold 40.29 million units (including 21.85 million DS Lite sales) as of the first quarter of 2007, the Sony PSP sold only 11.21 million in United States and Japan. Which is most likely to happen between the PS3 and the Wii due to overprice.