Sony: 70% sales growth YoY for PS3; receives 17 VGA nominations

[MikeB]

MikeB said:

steverhcp02 said:
I could die happy if Sony neevr says the phrase "10 year life cycle" ever again. They only said it because they started so slowly out of the gate they needed to save face.

To be fair and accurate, they first stated this before the PS3 actually launched.

Of course they knew they had a high spec console thus with a high entry pricing compared to rivals.

Quotes from July 2005 (PS3 first launched at the end of 2006, these comments were made well before any of the new consoles launched):

"We're looking at a life cycle of 10 years with the PlayStation 3. We're currently shifting from standard TVs to HD TVs," said Kutaragi.

"I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi.

"So we're going to have to do our best (in containing the price)."

So I think it's a bit sad to read such comments from many people (usually from rival console fanboys).