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theprof00 on 01 December 2008
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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.