Did sony defeat themselves this generation?

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theprof00 said:
Sony fucked up this gen. However, despite using ps3 as a platform for pushing BR and winning the HD war, they are doing remarkably well.
Don't count them out just yet.
They know what they are doing. They got a dose of reality, and it's on now. Their new exclusives are just blossoming. They are losing their old franchises who see bigger profits in multiplat, and they are starting from scratch with new devs, and more 1st and 2nd party releases, exactly the way the original PS became a success.

 

I think the original PS became a success because of 3rd parties and the CDrom format.

Resident Evil was out early in the lifecycle, and FFVII, omfg, Twisted Metal, and Metal Gear Solid. Those were all new franchises back then, and they were so good, they convinced people to buy the console. Especially Final Fantasy VII. I remember seeing news stories about it.

I also remember just wanting one because the games would be the first CD I'd ever seen. There was just a cool novely to it, and it got me really interested. I was sold when my cousin got FFVII. I played Resident Evil all the way through, without a memory card, because I didn't know I needed one to save, and had no money, LOL!

That console just had everything going for it. Not to mention that Nintendo had the lack of 3rd party support on the 64. It was still a great console, but it was mostly 1st party games like Mario, Zelda, and StarFox(first party?), and the odd Goldeneye here and there.

 

The Playstation was just the right console for that time period, like the Wii is now. It hit all the right buttons. The PS3 already missed that boat. If the PS3 pulls a comeback now, it's setting a precedent. Otherwise, it's bound to end up just over or just under the Xbox 360 by the end of this gen.