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clerk on 02 December 2008
theprof00 said:
Answer:

Brand Name:
Sony is top most known brand. Psychology proves that the greater the brand recognition, the greater the product sells.

Blu-Ray:
Sony invested heavily in BR, more than any other company, and needed to win the format war in order to turn a profit. PS3 systems will turn the tide of the format war towards BR.

Fanbase:
Having such a large amount of sales for the ps1 and the ps2, Sony will be able to eke out numerous sales based solely on the success of previous generations.

Cell Chip:
PS3 will be the first time the cell debuts on a world stage, and demonstrates a monstrous amount of raw computating power. This will lead to both military and private contracts. As seen by the folding at Home project, PS3's have outperformed almost the entire world.

Home theater:
With not only the best next-gen digital video quality, but also next-gen sound quality, The PS3 solidifies its place among Home theater enthusiasts, keeping Sony in the Living Room, where it wants to plant a flag.

/end thread

 

 I'm amazed by shit like this. This is exactly the kind of braindead arrogance that got Sony in the trouble they are in with the PS3. Guess it takes more than 2 years for some people to wake up.



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radha on 02 December 2008
theprof00 said:
radha said:
Gamerace said:
celine said:

Suggesting Sony to copy Nintendo on Nintendo own field is foolish like suggesting Nintendo to copy Sony on Sony own field.

It'd be foolishness for Sony to try to make their own Wii Sports, Mario Galaxy and Wii Fit and compete on that level but if Sony wanted to follow some of Nintendo's business stategies then no.   Nintendo made a nice profit when in 3rd last gen whereas 2nd place Xbox lost 4b and even the PS2 never made the kind of $$$ the Wii is bringing in.

Sony's problem was there own arrogance.  They assumed they'd be a mass market leader again.  Just assumed it.  No plan in case that didn't happen.   Nintendo took a HUGE gamble with the Wii.  But even if it flopped then they'd still have made some profit off of it.  Sony should not have accepted the sort of losses the PS3 would bring, it's bad business but clearly they just didn't anticipate failure.

 

This here is the rason i wonder if they had a plan because if the ps3 had sold like the wii, but with no software moving, that would have meant bigger losses, becasue the dev cant do magic they have to learn how to use the tecnology and look at how long sony is taking to release KZ2, makes me wonder if the original plan was to sell low this entire gen?

 

 

@ theprof00

 

brandname: the ps3 is hurting the PS brand because it ha under perform in every aspect that was adversiced, no sells lead, no tecnology lead, no software sell lead, no network lead and no innovation lead.

 

blu ray: this only matters to people with hdtv and the ps3 is not an insentive to buy an HDTV, and plus the ps3 is not pushing blu ray anymore, blu ray is keeping sells a float and that was not the original plan

Fanbase: they reduced the fan base with the price.

 

Cell chip: overal system performance retric is not sony promised so the cell looks less powerfull thanks to all the systems bottle necks.

 

Home theater: console need to be of bread appeal HD is not currently of bread appeal, the ps3 is a gaming console, that is what most see a gamin console.

radha, this is only showing your bias here. I don't know why you are arguing with me when you asked a question in th OP and I am answering you.

I am taking the perspective of Sony before the release of the PS3 and you are taking the viewpoint of a gamer 2 years after the introduction of the PS3. I am taking my viewpoint because of the way you phrased your question "What was Sony thinking?".

I'm also going to forgive your english, but man, try harder.

 

oh i thought that was your opinion, sorry, you are right

 



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vlad321 on 02 December 2008
shanbcn said:
The anticipation of PS3 was so high that it sold 600k first week in others with price of 600€. Probably the greatest launch week for console in Others. But after that 600€ price was to high for must peoples. At 400€ price point PS3 dominated 360 every where, now it needs to come down fast at 300€ or else Sony can lose huge market share.

 

How many of those were people who thought that the PS3 would be such a hit that they'd be able to make $1000 from it by reselling it to people that want it? It was intersting to watch the Ebay prices of the Wii and the PS3 during those first few weeks. The PS3 was way way up, and by the 2nd week it was back at retail price and then it began dropping lower than retail, serves the investors right imo. Meanwhile the Wii started at the same proportional price, and just kept going up.



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theprof00 on 02 December 2008
clerk said:
theprof00 said:
Answer:

Brand Name:
Sony is top most known brand. Psychology proves that the greater the brand recognition, the greater the product sells.

Blu-Ray:
Sony invested heavily in BR, more than any other company, and needed to win the format war in order to turn a profit. PS3 systems will turn the tide of the format war towards BR.

Fanbase:
Having such a large amount of sales for the ps1 and the ps2, Sony will be able to eke out numerous sales based solely on the success of previous generations.

Cell Chip:
PS3 will be the first time the cell debuts on a world stage, and demonstrates a monstrous amount of raw computating power. This will lead to both military and private contracts. As seen by the folding at Home project, PS3's have outperformed almost the entire world.

Home theater:
With not only the best next-gen digital video quality, but also next-gen sound quality, The PS3 solidifies its place among Home theater enthusiasts, keeping Sony in the Living Room, where it wants to plant a flag.

/end thread

 

 I'm amazed by shit like this. This is exactly the kind of braindead arrogance that got Sony in the trouble they are in with the PS3. Guess it takes more than 2 years for some people to wake up.

That's what they were thinking. That's not what I think. But please, keep displyaing your own braindead arrogance.

This was me answering a question in the OP. "What were they thinkin?" that was the question.

So I wrote those things. That's what they were thinking. I wonder how many times I should write this in hopes that you

MIGHT actually read it.

 



elendar on 02 December 2008

I didn't read 5 pages of posting but to answer your question op..

I believe they wanted to recreate the success of the ps2 by having everyone upgrade media to a ps3. The ability to play dvds was a great asset to the ps2 in the early years, this time though shit ill take streaming hd videos over blue ray. :)