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Groucho on 12 December 2008
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dhummel said:
Groucho said:

The GameCube was my fav console of the last gen. Sure I liked the PS2's software library way better. The the GameCube hardware (and controller) was much more pleasing to use.

Its kinda the same way for me this gen. I like using the PS3 the most... but I still think my PS2's software library is the best lol.

In any case, in the "highly improbable" case that Sony is making money on the $400 PS3s (remember they are a brand new hardware revision since august or so, with all 65nm components), I think a lot of these "bad business" articles may look pretty stupid, come the next financial quarter. MS's games division may appear to be bleeding profusely compared to Sony's -- and stockholders buying Sony stock (after recent economic events) is *exactly* what Sony needs right now.

Its no wonder they haven't made any price cuts. If they did -- they would gain marketshare over the holidays, only to have their stock plummet to new lows come next quarter. That would suck for anyone who wants their PS3 to have a decent library someday. Sony has two options right now:

(A) Gain some marketshare in the short-term, and fall off a financial cliff in the near future.
or
(B) Lose some marketshare in the short-term, be financially stable for the near future, during rough economic times when stockholders are exceptionally "nervous".

They've chosen (B), and I agree completely with that choice.  MS has the same options, really -- except they chose (A), because MS has a stable enough foundation to not be totally screwed by some games division losses next Q.

Are you the same person I talked to last week? This argument is so pathetic. I have never seen people so desperate as to claim a company actually wants their marketshare to shrink. Its like the Sony execs gather in a room and someone stands up and says, "I have bad news everyone, we actually sold 370k consoles in November." The room bursts into rage, "G%d &*(^it! Who the ^&%$ is buying our console?!?! We don't want market share! If only we could find a way to sell negative amounts of PS3s!!!"

While this is a dramatization, this is what I see in your argument. It is simplistic rationalization. You think these articles spamming the net now don;t make stockholders "nervous"? Ugh, its useless to reason with diehard Sonyphiles.

 

Sony doesn't want their marketshare to shrink.  Where did I say that?  They want to be in the black.  They've said that countless times recently.

I'm not "arguing" anything.  You're making an issue out of nothing.  I'm merely stating that Sony probably made this decision to live up to their "in the black" promises to stockholders.  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a price cut, while it would gain them marketshare, would not put them in the black.

Given their situation, Sony is doing fine.  If you disagree, try to come up with some reasoning, instead of spouting hatred and BS.  Logic works so much better.

Since you've got it all figured out... what would you do, in Sony's shoes?  How about if you were MS?

I would have chosen exactly what they both have done.  Neither company has made any sort of grievous error, and I'll maintain that, no matter their next quarter financials look like -- because I strongly suspect that I'm correct.