Hmm... If I were Sony... I would have sat back and watched a little while longer before even thinking about the PS3... I would have pre-empted Wii Sports with a game for PS2 with a wireless motion-sensitive peripheral controller... I'd also dust off Eye-Toy, develop more fun new peripherals, and push things like educational software... With PS3 not right around the corner, PS2's continued outselling of 360 would matter more to publishers, and a more diverse software lineup would push sales even higher and let the much cheaper PS2 even combat Wii. And I'd try to start this reinvention of PS2 way back in 2002-03. Sometime between Xmas 2008 and Xmas 2009, right in the middle of 360's and Wii's run, I'd launch PS3... Make it maybe even less powerful than the PS3 is now, so that a $300 launch price would be reasonable with modest initial hardware losses... Have a controller that trumps Wiimote in user-experience and versitility, go HD and possibly Blu-Ray if prices are reasonable (they should be), and build the online system specifically for MMOs, user-created content sharing, and social networking aspects as well as standard multiplayer... While making the online store focused on amassing content right from launch.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
