| SickleSigh said: 50m is still good and will probably make Sony happy enough. Really doubt Sony cares if they're third as much as you, they just want to maximize their profits. Doubtful. Sony has lost a fortune on the PS3, a fortune they never intended to lose, and will be harder to get back in the current economic climate. That is not a plan to maximize profits. Sony did the same thing they did with the Ps2 they did with the Ps3, Ps2 didn't have great launch titles, was most expensive at launch, released a year later then competition, introduced dvd. They were just trying to recreate that and failed. |
It launched a year later than the DreamCast, which was never real competition. They also launched a year or more (depending on the region) ahead of the GameCube (the expected competition) and the XBox (which no one was sure would be successful). That allowed them to get their good games out just as the competition launched (with a similar delay in quality titles).
As for DVD, the difference is people wanted it, and its advantages over VHS were readily apparant. Much of the market still doesn't have a clue what BluRay is.
