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Blue3 on 02 June 2007
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z64dan said:

I believe Sony's main problem this generation, is they overestimated a few things:

They overestimated the demand for HD movies.
They overestimated the power of their brand name.
They overestimated how much people would be willing to pay for a console.
They overestimated the time it would take for the XBOX 360 to come out.
They overestimated the graphical difference between PS3 and 360.

I believe Microsoft is proving that they have some brains behind their gaming division. Sure, releasing the 360 after 4 years kinda pissed some fans off, who were thinking the XBOX would be supported for another year. But it gave Microsoft an 8 million install base advantage, and forced Sony to release a console, and soon. They realized "Sony released the PS2 a year before we released XBOX, and so Sony sold more consoles. So what if the tables were turned?"

And so, Microsoft turned the tables on Sony, and forced them into a corner. What do you guys think about this?


  1. nope, theres a format war sales wont be huge untill its over (soon enouth)
  2. setting sales records in a few nations ? selling a $600 one 1 great game and brand name alone.
  3. will see if that true when some elite software is out.
  4. ehh nope, thye delayed the PS3.
  5. lehh nope, FF13 or Uncharted maybe.

Ms brains

Launch early with defective hardware.
Screw over early adopters by releasing "elite" a year later.
Screw over devlopers by making so many differant 360s, do the develop for the hdmi 120gig hdd or the Core?