Pachter: "I Feel Bad For Sony On The PSP," "Apple Ate Their Lunch"

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Squilliam said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:
Well to be fair, I don't think he said that it is necessarily doomed, or on its own, a complete failure, but he did imply that other companies are doing better by getting sales that Sony should have gotten, had they been able to position themselves properly.

It's like the 3D thing. Nintendo is now going to eat Sony's lunch with the 3DS by having the first dedicated 3D gaming device on them market without the requirement to wear glasses or buy a new TV.

3D was Sony's gimmick, but can you imagine the 3DS(once it gets into the minds of the general public for its new 3D gimmick) not eventually selling a hundred million units? Once again, that was Sony's lunch. 3D. They just aren't going to get to the market with it, and by the time they do, it'll be old hat.

The 3DS is effectively a core gamer extension to the DS lineup which positions it right amid PSP territory. This is an attack on both the PSP and a PSP2 if it ever eventuates. Sony can no longer be considered a viable competitor to Nintendo in the handheld space because of it. They have to win the same battle of acceptance against steep pro DS odds if they ever want to release a PSP2. They won't have the benefit of people assuming success this time either.

As far as Sony and 3D gimmicks go, its their gimmick so long as a new console doesn't get released. A console could be released cheaper than the PS3 today with much more performance and the native enhancements required to do both 3D and Full HD simultainously and efficiently. They would stand to lose the most from a new console because many of their advantages exist only because they have a bleeding edge console relative to other consoles.  They also stand to gain the least from releasing a new console as well, so strategically they are vulnerable if either Microsoft or Nintendo decides that its in their best long term interests to release a next generation console in 2010/2011.

I think you just defined how the DS ate Sony's lunch. :P