Kasz216 on 27 December 2007
MrMe said:
Exactly my point. The consumer no longer has that choice, because the industry has taken it away from them. If Nokia (or someone similar) had said forget this and just carried on producing a basic phone (no 3G, no video etc etc) and it was a big seller, would "mobile internet subscriptions, digital music stores and various kinds of premium data transfer like video conferencing." have had so much invested in them? Would the mobile phone industry be as advanced as it is now? |
Yes it would still be as advanced as some people would find those options. The only difference is the people who actually need those options would pay a premium for them, instead of it getting passed on in everyones plans. I find it funny you consider this a good thing that excess product you'll never used gets forced on you. If, much like a cellphone the gamesystem starts coming "free" with purchase of the service (Games), then you'd have a point. However in a system where you actually have to pay for the extras like blu-ray, HD-DVD etc, an "All in one" won't work, because there will always be someone willing to provide the lowest option to make money. The "all in one features" that most people want (if not use) become standard. In a way you can say nintendo "spoiled" it for Sony, but it would be more accurate to say that Nintedo actually found the right demand in a free market economy. So, they didn't spoil anything so much as make a good buisness decision.
