The Crux of Sony's Strategy Problem

[johnlucas]

madskillz said:

johnlucas said:

cansan said:
For me, all this scrambling by sony is just making me wait. It looks like the price drops are frequent, why should I buy now? Additionally, I want rumble, so if I buy now, I will be forced to buy the Dual Shock 3 later and eat the cost of that. All this makes it just so easy to put off buying a PS3.

The turning point for me: a not-gimped 300 euro PS3 (with dualshock 3) and GT5.

Proof in parcel why every decision Sony makes has long-reaching compounding consequences.

This has never happened before in videogaming where models keep getting changed left and right. All it does is make people more cautious before purchasing.

John Lucas

Actually, John Lucas, what all this shuffling is doing is making customers even more confused. Mark my words - this story will be all over digg.com

Holiday 2008 - shoppers, mostly middle-aged women, will run to their local retail store - desperately searching for a Wii (ROTFL) and find nada. They will ask an associate what's the popular video game - and they will say 'Wii, ma'am.' And she'll say 'Apparently.' He/she will tell her the 360s are great - Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Beautiful Kalamari - but she's see PLAYSTATION.

"Thanks!" she say, snagging the discount $399 version, since her son has a Playstation at the house. And it plays all sorts of games, and he has a Playstation she bought a couple years ago.

Imagine the joy and emotions that will hit when she realizes her son's PS2 games can't play on their new console.

You have to keep things simple for customers. If you don't - confusion can rush in ... shoot, I even had to refund folks' money that barrel past the 'This iPOD is broken and SOLD FOR PARTS' and they are like 'I'm sorry! I didn't see that message?!' Clowns ... but regardless, I refund their money, sans 15 percent restocking fee

Bottom line - LEARN TO READ! 

 

The only thing I can respond to this quote is

Damn Skippy.

You said it all, brother. I can see that Playstation scenario happening. Taking out Backwards Compatibility was a slap in the face to all Sony fans. Sony was the one who introduced built-in backwards compatibility to the videogame world. Without them doing that Wii wouldn't play GC games and GBA wouldn't play GB/GBC games nor DS play GBA games.

And the worst part is it wasn't even a money saving issue. I really don't know what they were thinking when they pulled that move. They are struggling in trying to transition the still-strong PS2 market into the new PS3 market. That can be my only guess as to why they pulled out BC.

And yes all these configurations are confusing the hell out of me too. Pick a plan and stick with it.

John Lucas