TheChefO said:
In my last line I thought I made it clear that I was drawing a range of possibilities and that success with bluray does not guarantee financial success for sony. To the point at hand it does not guarantee more financial success than N may have with Wii.
Well... I'm not sure how familiar you are with these companies and their sources of revenue, but to paint the picture for you, definitive success in Blu-ray would probably mean more money ultimately than even a
total meltdown in SCE would cause them to lose - it is the more important of the two... in a way. Just as they are going all-out on Blu-ray and slaving Playstation to the push to get the job done, proper positioning of the Playstation could assist with future initiatives as well. They'll already be using this gen to push digital content as well, but they *are* risking the brand to an extent, and cashing in on some brand equity for the sake of Blu-ray. Anyway... it could go anywhere from unrivaled victory (if PS manages to remain #1 again,
and BD succeeds) to catastrophic decision (if SCE becomes unprofitable,
and BD gets trounced), but Sony management has deemed the risk worth taking to help out Blu-ray.
Don't underestimate how important Blu-ray could be for Sony if it succeeds.
As for Nintendo... are you talking more financial success Blu-ray vs Wii, or Playstation vs Wii?
Blu-ray would *definitely* be the bigger of those two fish if it ever reached widespread adoption, and as for Wii vs Playstation, I mean Nintendo is more profitable than SCE even now, so I don't think anyone can doubt or question Nintendo's own strategies as they apply to them.
Myself, I'm predicting a marketshare slide, but continued profitability overall... and on the format front, think that PS3 inclusion
will ultimately help BD gain acceptence.