| MontanaHatchet said: 1. Sony sold their console at an even bigger loss. Companies have been doing this with consoles for quite a while now. 2. If RPGs were so significant, wouldn't they be the highest selling genre this generation? Microsoft just wanted to gain a bigger fanbase in Japan, that's it. The main fanbase of the Playstation consoles is the casual fanbase, and Nintendo snagged them, not Microsoft. 3. Sony did this too with the Playstation, and they could have done it this generation if they wanted to. If Sony wanted to buy downloadable content for 50 million dollars, they could have. They're a global corporation. That's not even that much to them. |
1. Sony may have sold their systems at an even bigger loss, but Microsoft knew the damaged they had caused the 360 when they rushed it out door to beat the PS3 by a year. I would say credibility hurt the 360 more than money.
2. RPG's would've been more significant if Japanese gamers could get their hands on a PS3 from the get-go. Sony made a huge mistake implementing Blu Ray because it decreased the spending opportunity of the Japanese customer. Some of the customers who were waiting for the PS3 to drop price bought the 360 for their JRPG's. I can tell you JRPG's are the sole reason the 360 will have a million console sold in Japan with huge defiance still from that region. JRPG's aren't dead...Sony just forgot that alot of their consumers are bargain buyers. The Wii was a hit in Japan not just because it was fun and family oriented (Which the Japanese love), but because it was launched at a great price.
3. Sony could've bought downloadable content, but they bullshitted themselves into making themselves feel like they were the honorable souls, when last gen they paid cash just like MS did. MS this gen copied the PS2's launch against the original Xbox. Do you want to know why Sony didn't make a system that last gens PS2 owners could easily convert to? Because they are greedy and only care about controlling or pushing favored formats into the mainstream. Microsoft could do this too, but they haven't because they don't need to. Digital downloads are the future to them. Sony wants to control everything like the hungry conglomerate that they are. Sony got what they deserved because they forgot about gaming and thought of pushing a dead DVD format that no one wanted through the door by sacrificing the sales of their system which the people were so eagerly awaiting. You're saying "they could've done this".....well could've, would've, should've.
