| ZenfoldorVGI said: Again, my friend, Sony fans tend to resort to the profit side of things, when they fail to see the strategy part. Microsoft is building its brand. They don't care how much they have to overspend to do this, obviously. Sony has a terrible gameplan in Japan. The worst possibe gameplan you can have, because you know what their gameplan is? It's called "coasting." Now, MS has spent way more money on garnering Japanese support, and has suceeded in outselling Sony a few weeks, are are indeed selling consoles well there, considering they are Microsoft. They're building their brand. Now, if we look at this outside of profit, or money spent, you will of course agree, Microsoft has done much, much, much more for its brand this gen than Sony has in Japan. In fact, Sony's brand has went down the crapper, this gen, in the country. The Xbox brand, however, is much stronger. Period. Just because you think that it wasn't efficient monitarily, for Microsoft to do this, doesn't mean the end result isn't the same. Frankly, your bolded statement is ignorant. Sony has managed to induce the largest shift of power inside the gaming industry ever this gen, and its nowhere more apparent than Japan. This is indicative of Sony's overall startegy, of coasting, and being stingy with profit, to benefit the shareholders, and not the PS3 owners. Losing multiplats like Tekken and XIII. Microsoft, on the other hand, is undercutting Sony. Now, let me explain that strategy to you: Imagine Sony and Microsoft are gas stations. Microsoft lowers its price to 1 penny per gallon Sony can't afford to do that, so everyone shops at Microsoft Then, Sony goes out of business because they couldn't compete Microsoft then starts selling its product at normal prices This is what Microsoft has attempted to do this gen to a lesser extent, with the Xbox 360 price cuts, and increased Japanese support. You're saying that because MS aren't making short term profit, that their strategy sucks? You're saying that largely increasing your brands image in Japan is useless? Is making your brand image crap, also useless and unimportant? You can't presume to know how much or little money MS has spent in Japan, and you can't say that no effort at all is a better business plan than a lot of effort. The fact that CGI-Quality has jumped on your bandwagon, should make you realize that your argument is completely pro-Sony. For you to try to spin this, like Sony has done better in Japan this gen than Microsoft!? You're better than that bro. Get your priorities straight. What are you? |
i agree that sony's plan sucked, their plan was near enough none existant. but no matter how you spin it; sony has done better in japan than microsoft. yes microsoft has improved, but sony has still done better. pure and simple.
