Doug: Sony loses money on every PS3, so it would be bad news if people bought them for FF and bought few other games; I don’t know how plausible that is.
Yeah, that would probably be bad, too; a PS3 sold that doesn’t generate much additional revenue is just a straight loss. On the other hand, once you’ve already decided to get the system because of the blockbuster title that you Need To Have, non-blockbuster games for the system become more attractive than they were before, so the pattern of “very few games” over the entire lifetime of the system isn’t really all that likely. In the short run, though, it could definitely be an issue. Personally, I currently have only two PS3 games: Disgaea 3, and Metal Gear Solid 4. I expect to get more eventually, but not for a while.
Doug: Sony loses money on every PS3, so it would be bad news if people bought them for FF and bought few other games; I don’t know how plausible that is.
Yeah, that would probably be bad, too; a PS3 sold that doesn’t generate much additional revenue is just a straight loss. On the other hand, once you’ve already decided to get the system because of the blockbuster title that you Need To Have, non-blockbuster games for the system become more attractive than they were before, so the pattern of “very few games” over the entire lifetime of the system isn’t really all that likely. In the short run, though, it could definitely be an issue. Personally, I currently have only two PS3 games: Disgaea 3, and Metal Gear Solid 4. I expect to get more eventually, but not for a while.