Sony says, after PS3 "actual innovation" is next

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eugene said:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/stringer-says-actual-innovation-is-next-332314.php

 

Sony CEO Howard Stringer gave a press conference today in Tokyo. He said that the PS3 is on the rebound with strong Black Friday sales in the US and the console outselling the Wii in Japan. Now that Sony is on the upswing, String hinted at what's next: "The next cycle is actual innovation," Stringer said. Perhaps this quote was taken out of context, but what does that mean the last cycle was? Farting around? Still, we'd really like to see a full transcript (hasn't popped up online as of posting), because that's an odd thing to say!

Regarding that next cycle, Sony plans to expand the PlayStation Network, which is now used for downloading games and demos. Stringer did not give details or any word as to when this expansion will happen. Just know: It will. One day

Farting around?  Well, I've read some articles in the Wall Street Journal about Sony's strategy for the PS3, and some japanese exec said that the first year was going to be focused on the launch and the second year of the PS3's exsistence should be focused on Sony getting all of what the PS3 is capable of, which I took to mean that they would add on more features.  Sure enough, they've improved the PSN, and the Home component, and will be launching a video download service, as well as making the PS3 a TIVO.  Stringer has also commented that he was thinking about the possibility of getting the PS3 into 3-D gaming, not like a 3-D game like tekken but to have some kind of visual depth put in like a 3-D movie or something.  Basically, he is trying to improve the numerator component of the value/cost ratio for the PS3 consumer by adding on more whiz-bang features, but we'll just have to see if they amount to much of anything no matter how "innovative" they are. 

But, I do agree that Sony seems to get things done awfully slow but perhaps that is a japanese cultural trait of getting things done right the first time versus america's more time-centric orientation.  I dunno.