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jhlennon1 on 24 August 2007
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Bodhesatva said:
dallas said:
The article was well-written and of its 2 main points

1. That the PS3 is becoming less focused on games, the main reason that people buy it in the first place
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2. That Sony hasn't concentrated enough on the early adopters, to its detriment with respect to the PS3.

I disagree with both.

I agree with you, Dallas. It's interesting that we seem to have already forgotten about E3, where it seemed like Sony was the one who got it -- games, games, games -- and Nintendo seemed to be focusing on market share and theoretical market expansion. It's odd to hear that Sony went away from the "Games! Games! Games!" tactic for Liepzig, but a single expo does not a market strategy make. I think this article is wrong -- or, at worst, I reserve judgement for a time when one can better view what Sony's marketing strategy is (or was).


Yeah, but did Sony really not concentrate on games as well? That's the question. Sony announced a deal with FIFA/EA in regards to FIFA 08, Konami displayed PES on the PS3 and gave a live demo on MGS4, Epic ran UT3 on the PS3, Sony showed Uncharted, GT5 Prologue and many more games.

The only bad part about Sony's Leipzig presentation was everything said by David Reeves, the guy is a fool. He dropped more negative press on SCEA, he tok cheap jabs at MS and EA, he mislead the public about the PS3 sale figures and it took all the attention away from all the positive things that Sony bought to the conference. What David Reeves showed at Leipzig was a total lack of professionalism and a complete lack of class and dignity. 

Sony as a company though did deliver with the games that matter to the EU public. They didn't show everything because they also need to deliver at TGS which has a wider audience and bigger focus.