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They are retailing the PS2 for £300. I know it sounds like a lot but get this. For every unit they sell, they still make a deficit of £65. There seems to be a high demand for the thing so it's in really high production rate and seeing as they're relying on games for profit, well the game sales are pretty poor at the moment and worse still, evidence shows that the PS2 will go the same way as the Saturn. For those of you who haven't followed me, this means that Sony are going to lose a fortune!
You might think that Nintendo and Sega were hit bad by losing the market but they survived because they make great games and they have other areas to get money from (Sega's Arcades and Nintendo's Gameboy).
PS2 could be (might not be but could be) a worse flop than the Sega Saturn and seeing as Sony's finances are relying on long term games sales, well, Sony are going to lose so much, a lot of employee's will be rendered jobless and Sony may even disappear from the games market.
I hardly think that Sony will be missed although it HAS done LOTS of great things for the games industry. It brought games to people who used to think that they were "sad". It taught Nintendo and Sega not to be too greedy and to give the best quality and prices around and finally it made the games industry bigger meaning that more and more profits will be made by future games developers (like me).
You might think that Nintendo and Sega were hit bad by losing the market but they survived because they make great games and they have other areas to get money from (Sega's Arcades and Nintendo's Gameboy).
PS2 could be (might not be but could be) a worse flop than the Sega Saturn and seeing as Sony's finances are relying on long term games sales, well, Sony are going to lose so much, a lot of employee's will be rendered jobless and Sony may even disappear from the games market.
I hardly think that Sony will be missed although it HAS done LOTS of great things for the games industry. It brought games to people who used to think that they were "sad". It taught Nintendo and Sega not to be too greedy and to give the best quality and prices around and finally it made the games industry bigger meaning that more and more profits will be made by future games developers (like me).
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Ali what's happned to you today, cheers for bringing the froum back together again, and turning back the time.
About £50. It's the packaging that brings the cost up...
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How do you mean??? How much does one PS2 unit cost to make???
What's more, if they're going to compete with the Gamecube in a years time then they will have to put the PS2's price to no more than £200. And then they'll be losing over £165 per console sold.
They shouldn't have made the hardware so expensive to produce and so difficult to make software for.
If they manage to sell over 5 millions PS2's, that's atleast £325,000,000 they'll lose. There's no way they'll make a profit from that, even if the PS2 was as sucessful as the original PS!
They shouldn't have made the hardware so expensive to produce and so difficult to make software for.
If they manage to sell over 5 millions PS2's, that's atleast £325,000,000 they'll lose. There's no way they'll make a profit from that, even if the PS2 was as sucessful as the original PS!
It shows, a little bit of desparation from them. They are losing £65 when they sell each console by the way!
The games on the PS2 are quite nice looking.
And now for the faults...
I suppose 31 games is a hellava lot of games, and no-one is going to buy that many.
I expect most people are going to buy one or two to go with the console.
Speaking of which, what games are you gonna get with the PS2 when you get it Ant?
And now for the faults...
I suppose 31 games is a hellava lot of games, and no-one is going to buy that many.
I expect most people are going to buy one or two to go with the console.
Speaking of which, what games are you gonna get with the PS2 when you get it Ant?
No offence whatsoever elitesniper, but do you enjoy pointing out the PS2's faults and not its good points???
31 games at launch, way too many!
Obviously not, but that's 'cos our expectations are way too high.
Hmmm, as a lover of the Tekken series, I will probably get Tekken Tag Tournament, Timesplitters when it comes out, maybe GT 2000, but I got bored of GT2, so I'm not sure about that. MGS2 when it comes out, maybe Knockout Kings 2001, FIFA 2001 there are quite a few.
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