irstupid said:
scottie said:
theARTIST0017 said:
"In an industry that's certainly had its challenges this year, we like to say that the environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry. We have a brand that can play on a worldwide basis, young and old, male and female, where our competition tends to be relegated to either select regions or to select consumer audiences. ...We don't have unlimited money, we cater to a more mass market audience. I think we're willing to take a little bit more risk than a competitor like Nintendo is and ultimately we deliver to the masses on a worldwide basis and that's what we've done for the last 15 years." - SCEA boss Jack Tretton
That's what got to me. I don't care that he said Playstation is the best for the industry. That can be argued, but REALLY? Jack you must be on something because the last time I checked Nintendo is where you got a lot of your ideas from. Was dual screens not risky enough for you? Or maybe it was TILT SENSORS! I wonder.
Your thoughts.
Edit: Link- http://www.destructoid.com/sony-winning-is-best-for-the-industry-says-sony-151113.phtml
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Slow down for a second there, you're confusing risk with innovation (yes, innovation has risk associated with it, but that's not what they mean)
One great example of Nintendo being a risk adverse company and Sony being a risk loving company is with the predictions of how many consoles the company will sell, Nintendo always predicts low then raises, Sony always predicts high then lowers
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that is not being risky either, that can be considered financial misleading and is a crime. If sony didn't truly believe they would get those numbers then that is a crime and you can't mislead investors like that.
this isn't like betting on sports teams and you be risky by betting that they will score some super high number for extra money. That is a risk, but what sony is doing is a crime. sony can not faultily predict numbers.
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Perhaps it is a crime, take them to court over it and sit through the most tedious, year long discussion where their lawyers argue that it is optimism and yours argue it is criminal deceit. Won't that be fun...
And it is not LKE gambling at all, is IS gambling.
Sony's method has a 100% chance of gaining money (when their high predictions net them investors), and then a lower chance of losing a larger amount of money than they originally gained (if they fail to even get close to their targets there's a backfire)
Just because it's not in a casino, doesn't mean it ain't gambling
