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Its true, and nobody can deny it. When Sony first mentioned the PS2, everybody thought it would be outstanding - except a few die hard Sega and Nintendo fans. "50 times the graphical performance of the DC" said Sony, and everybody nodded and wanted one. But now its here. And what have we got? A system that doesn't even out perform the DC, DVD problems and its expensive - nearly twice the cost of the DC in Japan, but the Japanese still bought it - why? Because Sony marketed it so well and they liked the fact it could play DVDs and games.
And herein lies the problem. Sony loses money when sells the PS2 - roughly £200 a PS2 as is the cost of the Emotion Engine. Like any hardware manufacturer it makes its money on the games it sells to offset expensive hardware. But despite selling 2million PS2 its only sold (about) 3million games. Thats just 1.5 games for every PS2 owner (on average of course) which means that many bought the PS2 just for the DVD playback. Not a lot of games sales is it? And certainly not enough to off set the cost of the hardware.
It sold the PS2 in Japan because of the hype that it would be the best. But the games are clearly not the best. Dead or Alive 2 is one example of how the DC can perform just as well for half the cost. So when the PS2 is released in Europe and the US it better have something to show off that out performs current systems - or Sony could find themselves with an expensive flop.
And herein lies the problem. Sony loses money when sells the PS2 - roughly £200 a PS2 as is the cost of the Emotion Engine. Like any hardware manufacturer it makes its money on the games it sells to offset expensive hardware. But despite selling 2million PS2 its only sold (about) 3million games. Thats just 1.5 games for every PS2 owner (on average of course) which means that many bought the PS2 just for the DVD playback. Not a lot of games sales is it? And certainly not enough to off set the cost of the hardware.
It sold the PS2 in Japan because of the hype that it would be the best. But the games are clearly not the best. Dead or Alive 2 is one example of how the DC can perform just as well for half the cost. So when the PS2 is released in Europe and the US it better have something to show off that out performs current systems - or Sony could find themselves with an expensive flop.
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Its true, and nobody can deny it. When Sony first mentioned the PS2, everybody thought it would be outstanding - except a few die hard Sega and Nintendo fans. "50 times the graphical performance of the DC" said Sony, and everybody nodded and wanted one. But now its here. And what have we got? A system that doesn't even out perform the DC, DVD problems and its expensive - nearly twice the cost of the DC in Japan, but the Japanese still bought it - why? Because Sony marketed it so well and they liked the fact it could play DVDs and games.
And herein lies the problem. Sony loses money when sells the PS2 - roughly £200 a PS2 as is the cost of the Emotion Engine. Like any hardware manufacturer it makes its money on the games it sells to offset expensive hardware. But despite selling 2million PS2 its only sold (about) 3million games. Thats just 1.5 games for every PS2 owner (on average of course) which means that many bought the PS2 just for the DVD playback. Not a lot of games sales is it? And certainly not enough to off set the cost of the hardware.
It sold the PS2 in Japan because of the hype that it would be the best. But the games are clearly not the best. Dead or Alive 2 is one example of how the DC can perform just as well for half the cost. So when the PS2 is released in Europe and the US it better have something to show off that out performs current systems - or Sony could find themselves with an expensive flop.
And herein lies the problem. Sony loses money when sells the PS2 - roughly £200 a PS2 as is the cost of the Emotion Engine. Like any hardware manufacturer it makes its money on the games it sells to offset expensive hardware. But despite selling 2million PS2 its only sold (about) 3million games. Thats just 1.5 games for every PS2 owner (on average of course) which means that many bought the PS2 just for the DVD playback. Not a lot of games sales is it? And certainly not enough to off set the cost of the hardware.
It sold the PS2 in Japan because of the hype that it would be the best. But the games are clearly not the best. Dead or Alive 2 is one example of how the DC can perform just as well for half the cost. So when the PS2 is released in Europe and the US it better have something to show off that out performs current systems - or Sony could find themselves with an expensive flop.