PS4 “economics” closer to PS2 than PS3
PlayStation 4 is likely to break even on manufacturing costs in a similar time span to the PS2, as opposed to the PS3′s long struggle to profitability.
The PS4 won’t suffer the same fate as the PS3, Sony UK managing director Fergal Gara told Bloomberg, as transcribed by Gamespot.
“The economics of PS4 are far closer to the economics of PS2 than they are to PS3,” he said.
“So if you consider with PS3, it was a highly bespoke architecture; it was expensive to make. And we weren’t making money on many of those devices, even at a high price point.
“With PS4 we come at it at a very lean price point and our economics will be far, far favorable to the PS3. So that is a job to be commended really for the internal team and of course it’s done with the gamer in mind.”
EA has done this before. It's just PR spin. Not to long ago EA was seen as a bad company for the way it treated it's employees (overworking, sometimes through holidays and w/ no overtime pay), and the way it was buying/absorbing great game developers instead of trying to compete or innovate on their own. Just to destroy these developers IP's and then eventually completely dissolve them (a practice they have not changed btw, ie Bioware).
ReplyDeleteNow EA releases sub-par titles on a yearly basis and "nickel and dimes" it's customers with DLC. They are also the #1 proponent of DRM and implement it in the most intrusive customer unfriendly ways (ie mandatory always online). If EA actually wanted to make their company better and really substantially improve their image they could, and it's not rocket science how to accomplish this.
Just another PR spin move from EA, don't believe the hype (or lies).