Sony Talks 2010: "Project Natal and Wii are going to have trouble"

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Few interesting things I noticed:

1. He once again mentions the loyalty of PlayStation owners. I agree with this to an extent, given that the ps3 wouldn't have survived its first year without PlayStation fans, and probably wouldn't be doing near as well as it is now if it weren't for these people (I still see people at my store like this even today - "Finally moving from ps2 to ps3!" they say).

2. He dismisses backwards compatibility, yet again. Way to kick your "loyalists" in the nuts. BC can be a big differentiator between the ps3 and 360. For two consoles that have eerily similar libraries, the ability to play dozens of games you already own on one and not the other (upscaled, to boot) can be a pivotal determining factor in which console you buy.

3. It seems the PSP Go is doing better than they expected. This line:

"We are over-forecast on what we thought we'd be selling on PSP Go, so we've been very pleased."

Could be read as either they're selling more hardware than expected, or they're selling more games through PSN for the hardware than expected. Either way, they seem to be doing fairly well.

I figured they didn't really expect to sell too many PSP Gos early on. Remember, it was only ever intended to be an addition to the PSP-3000, and that's why alongside the announcement of the Go, they also announced Gran Turismo, Assassin's Creed, and Hannah Montana bundles for the 3000. Which one do you think they were pushing harder?

The reason people made a big deal about the Go is because it's the new PSP, but Sony probably expected it to start pretty slow, given that it's DD only. It's probably meant to be a transition device, warming people up to the idea of DD for whenever they launch the PSP2.

That being said, I still loathe DD and will never buy a Go.