Legend11 on 21 September 2007
| elnino334 said: I think having the blue-ray player has helped SONY tremendously. Just look at the jump in sales when the free Blue-ray movies where announced. I just don't see how this could hurt SONY in any way. If your a gamer then you KNOW the playstation 3 plays games and if you had a playstation 2 odds are you know the playstation 3 is a gaming machine. The reason it isn't selling is because of lack of content and high price which you can say is related to it having a blue-ray drive but not because people don't know that it plays games. I just don't see this as being a big deal as based on my experience people know it is game machine but just on the expensive side. |
I don't feel the Blu-Ray player helped Sony tremendously, in fact I think it hurt them severely since it has kept the price of the system hundreds of dollars more than it could have been. I think Sony's focus on making the PS3 a "mighty home electronics product" as Waga put it is what cost them a lot of potential marketshare and I think that until they realize that, things are only going to remain the same with the PS3. It's not too late for them to turn the PS3 around but time is definitely running out for them and they don't have the luxury and can't afford to get themselves into a delicate "balancing act" as Kaz Hirai put it in order to help other Sony divisions push Blu-Ray.
