| Ajescent said: Maybe I'm being selfish but I'm happy Sony still focus on the "hardcore", if it doesn't cater to the mass market? I can live with that! |
The problem is, you grow up, get older, have more responsibilities and less time to dedicate to games, get married, have kids. It isn't so much that over time your interests change, but they expand/broaden. If Sony doesn't address the broad market, they lose.
Nintendo at least sees this. I think they see it because this directly impacted them over the long haul this gen.
There are a lot of plates to balance in the console market act. An expanding user base, content providers, and developers. Lose sight of any of them and you lose market share, customers, developers, content providers, as well as revenue.
One of the greatest challenges any company faces is getting their product in your home. Getting you to use it. Sony was smart in trying to develop the PS3 as an entertainment device, but they're dumb if they don't continue to hit home that they have all the capabilities of the Xbox 360. If instead, they try to diminish the Xbox 360 they're just going to hurt themselves (like they have in the past) when their own words are used against them.
