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Galaki on 13 December 2012
BasilZero said:
Edit: PSPGo and PS Move were useless but it did sell - not sure if they profited from it. (PSPGo I know they didnt that was just a stupid move).

Okay, you don't like the Move, I get it. But you didn't have to trash it twice in a short paragraph.



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Devil_Survivor on 13 December 2012

I'm going to try address all of these products in point form and then sum up one general point I think encapsulates the whole problem with Sony's business model.

1.The PSP Go- A lot of good ideas that time has come quite yet as the market isn't ready for yet(digital only handheld). The large internal hard drive and ability to use flash cards should been put into the Vita. Price was too high.

2.PS Move- Didn't bring anything new to the table unlike Kinect did. Price was too high.

3.PS3- Other then the high price launch price, not much to say.

4.Xperia- Didn't get the quality games it should have. Price was too high.

5.PS Vita- The launch price was too high, the inability to use non-Sony memory cards, lack of 3rd party support and the poor quality of some of the portable versions of console games.

So what is the common thing here? The price of each product is one factor in why it had trouble selling. PS1 and 2 had a good price point compared to all these products. The PS1 and 2 also weren't the high point of graphics during their generation and yet won those generations in sales, so maybe Sony needs to put their development into other aspects of the system design.



 

sensebringer on 13 December 2012
logic56 said:
All I see is Sony failing at trying to get the casual and only faltering at first with the hardcore if they're are to expensive. The vita will drop in price and end up just like the ps3 and psp carving out it's own massive niche and building it's library of great gaming experiences, however as far as attracting casuals are concerned it's a lost cause. MS and Nintendo are simply better and they should give it up completely, they been show this gen more than any that they don't need the casual anyway so what's the point? all they need to do is focus on their core demographic and make it affordable at launch.

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