Stefan.De.Machtige said:
SvennoJ said:
1. I'm not sure what you mean by not aiming for great then. I don't think Sony were just aiming for good enough with the sales of the ps3. They were too arrogant in thinking everyone would fork over $600 for their latest hardware. Then they found out they were not the Apple of console gaming.
This is my point - Sorry if i wasn't clear earlier. Sony thought that was good enough. They really didn't think any further then a continuation of the PS2.
2. Nintendo is expecting 65 billion Yen loss for 2011. Their planning and marketing wasn't going much better last year.
True. They are still doing better. I didn't mention they had no losses. In fact Nintendo is paying for mistakes which Sony made with the PS3.
3. It was in decline because of 1. But it is recovering now.
This (strange) gen has different salescurves then the previous ones. but the PS3 is still the least selling Sony console. It's very unlikely to pass the PS and certainly not the PS2. That's is a clear decline from the PS and PS2.
4. True, but you can't set out and make 1 must have game simply by putting all your money behind it. Better to spread the risk and get a diverse install base, exactly what ms has been doing after seeing halo starting to run out of steam. Best to have a couple of big hitters, some variety and try out new games to see if they can become the next big thing.
Or do you suggest Sony should forget about new games and only focus on God of war 4, Uncharted 4, MGS5, GT6.
They just need a better evaluation of which IP is more marketable. Untill now that was rather lacking. It's not easy, that's for sure, they just have to do better for the PS brand.
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I fully agree on your last point. Sony needs to distinguish better between their big hitters and reasonably well selling games and budget accordingly.
And you're right this gen is quite different. Nobody expected the Wii to be such a run away success with the casuals, while the year head start of 360 and a far better game line up had friends encouraging each other to get a 360 instead of the much more expensive ps3. How Sony could ever think to merely sell the ps3 on brand name and blu-ray without great games to back it up is also beyond me. If that's what you mean with thinking it was good enough, you're right.
So not to repeat this mistake I think the last thing Sony should do is to develop less games. The best strategy imo is to have a few big hitter launch exclusives for ps4 and make the rest of the games run on both ps3 and ps4. Better textures, resolution and framerate on ps4, and a good version on ps3 to make it profitable from the larger user base.
