Re: HD-DVD is Dead

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>Keep in mind though that even with the success of the PS1 and PS2 Sony's Video Game Department was still in the Red for the last couple of years.

Well, according to everything I read, Nintendo had that same problem after releasing the NES. The fact is, when you release a game console to the consumer market, it's a huge investment, and it takes a long while before any profit comes out of it, even if it is very successful. That's just the way the video game industry works.

However, if Sony *did* release the PS3 expecting it to pull themselves out of debt immediately, then yes - they were fooling themselves. :-)

- Tricob.

"Glass Tiger for life! "

Keep in mind though that even with the success of the PS1 and PS2 Sony's Video Game Department was still in the Red for the last couple of years. The PS3 was supposed to pull it up, but pretty much every report showed that it was losing the console war. With HD-DVD dead The PS3 might rebound (in a weird way since Blu-Ray took the lead over HD-DVD because of increased PS3 sales during the Holidays), that is of course if the rumors that a 360 Blu-Ray addon turn out to be false.

*MORE USELESS INFORMATION!* Sony's first product was a rice cooker.