HappySqurriel on 18 October 2007
| SlorgNet said: Doom, gloom, all I ever hear around here. Folks, the PS3 has sold 5 million units. That's astounding, considering the hefty original price point, lack of HDTVs, and lack of BluRay titles. Sony's marketing strategy has been to go after the early adopters. That's why they haven't rolled out a mass market campaign. You don't advertise a Mercedes like it was a Corolla. Now that the $399/399EUR models are here, though, you can expect a much more broad-based campaign. Sony listened to customers and offered what they said they wanted - a cheaper model with rumble and without backwards compatibility. If you want the compatibility, it's there in the 80GB model. As for promises about features - that's called PR and advertising. Microsoft and Nintendo are no better and no worse on this score. Do you believe every ad you see? If so, I've got this bridge to sell you, right here in Brooklyn... |
I honestly don't think that Sony's heart grew three sizes and they suddenly decided to give all us Whos in Whoville our 'Playstation' back ...
Right now Sony is not responding to their consumers, they're responding to the publishers and developers who are unhappy with the rate of sales of the PS3 and their PS3 games, and they're responding to the movie studios who backed Blu-Ray because of Sony's promise of ending the format war before it began by selling 10 Million PS3 systems in 2006.
If Sony was responding to their customers after E3 2006 they would have heard the outrage from PS2 fans that could be summarized as "Why would I spend $600 on a Blu-Ray player when I don't own an HDTV?"
