Lemmings over a cliff(Playstation 3 Stampede)

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[The_Victor]

Game makers pay for the priviledge of making games for a particular game system, payouts vary from sizable upfront fees to negligible per unit sold fees.

In which case it's kinda disingenuous to say Sony is losing $300 per console. Other income sources are covering the cost of the consoles, so the project still show a profit, even if the retail price of the hardware doesn't cover the cost of the console. In the long term, Sony isn't going to lose money on the PS3.

[discostu]

It's not disingenuous at all. When a unit is sold they could very well be losing $300 at the time of the sale. Just because that sale creates secondary sales opportunities that should more than make up for that money doesn't mean they don't lose $300 on that sale. If something happens and they don't get those secondary sales they could be in deep doo-doo because of the money lost on the hardware. In the long run of course they should be fine and won't lose money on the PS3 project as a whole but that doesn't change the fact that right now every single sale is taking money out of their bank account.

[RunningWolf]

Falcon 3.0 pushed the boundaries of Air Combat Sims. The HUD worked as well the radar modes and the MFD's. It had good imitation of aerodynamics, pilot fatigue, g force, fuel burn etc.



Of course in 1991 when it came out, you were still in the real thing.

[BJClinton]

Lighten up, Francis.

[SZonian]

I guess that shows how much I follow this issue. Thanks for the info.

SZ

[SZonian]

Oh man, I guess we better buy a couple of PS2's as back up then.

Thanks,

SZ

[SZonian]

Well, according to posts 25 and 27, it sounds like that is coming to an end. ;-(

SZ

[Terpfen]

You're better off with Brothers in Arms over Call of Duty.

[Terpfen]

Shame about the Wii's launch lineup getting neutered, though. The best they can offer is a Gamecube port? Come on, Nintendo.