JaggedSac on 27 July 2008
| Domicinator said: Once again, I'm amazed at general lack of understanding on this forum of the basic principles of business. Whether you like the PS3 more or the 360 more makes no difference. Nor does it matter which console you want to "win" the console war (a war which pretty much exists only on tech sites and forums and is waged mostly by fanboys who have no clue what they're talking about). The fact of the matter is that if you have a viable console on the market (Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft all three have one) you are going to continue to make product for it to maintain and/or increase its demand. If you rest on your laurels, you can suffer greatly. Sony is a good example of this because of their rocky PS3 launch. But in ANY business, not just a gaming business, if you stagnate for too long, your company simply dies. If you're a bigger company, it just simply takes longer to happen. The bigger the company is, the harder it is for that company to go belly up. (As a general rule.) Microsoft notoriously focuses on products that are ready or close to being ready in the near future. Sony seems to focus more on cut scenes and promises these days. Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 both look amazing, but how long have we been hearing about these two games? Microsoft would be taking twice the beating that Sony is taking right now if they approached game announcements in the same way. They are simply showing you things they are confident they can show you. Do you honestly believe they have nothing in the pipeline as far as big announcements or releases? What do you want them to do, reveal everything they have in their arsenal for the rest of the generation? That's simply not how business works, especially in the technology industry. Honestly guys, some of you get pretty ridiculous with your conspiracy theories, crackpot analysis, and internet boycott campaigns. Read a couple of books and learn how business and marketing work. You may change your tune. |
Good post.
