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Icyedge on 29 November 2011
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superchunk said:

That is pathetic.

Sony is just robbing their flock. They should have simply stuck with SD cards...even MicroSD cards if they wanted to save physical space. Such a disservice to their users.

SD cards are far cheaper and already an industry standard for portable memory. Also its odd that PSV games that come on a cart in the first place require this extra memory setup.

Nintendo clearly wins in this scenario. With DSi or 3DS you can save anything on the cart and it has some internal built in memory so you may never need to use an SD card, however if you do its just a normal SD card so they are cheap.

Those of you defending this can bake this cake anyway you want to... but the ingredients are still shit so it will still taste like shit.

I know you wasnt reffering directly to me but I dont think its black or white. Personally, its not really that I defend Sony strategy, but I think the problem is more with consumers then with Sony. Until the masses stop the pay as cheap as possible thinking (which is just gaining more ground everyday), they will sell more system at 249$ with separate proprietary device then at 299$, as sad as it may sound. Would be much better ecologicaly speaking if all companies uses standard media.

I know its not exactly the same case but you would be surprise by the reduction in sales of high end appliances over the last few years. Nowadays, its almost impossible to upgrade from an L.G. washer (700$) to a Miele one (2000$) even though you tell your consumer that the Miele one will last 2-3 times longer. Bosch even had to stop selling their american size washer/dryer because they couldnt compete, the masses wouldnt pay the difference to get a better lifespan. Most people dont care about that anymore, they just care for the present moment and their immediate pocket, sadly. L.G. and Samsung understood that.