maxnyc said:
Yes sales do matter here, so let me repeat this post for you & would love to hear what you think-
Ok, let's start over & maybe you can follow me this time. Sony is in awful shape as a company, they've literally had to sell their NY & Tokyo headquarters to stay afloat. They simply CANNOT afford to sell the ps4 at a loss. Yet they also CANNOT sell the ps4 for a very high price point (just look at the ps3 launch or vita as examples of high price point = low sales). Sony has stated they will have 8gb DDR5 RAM in the ps4, which will be expensive (no matter how great you think Sony engineering is). Therefore, i'm failing to understand how Sony will successfully launch a powerful system, that will be priced reasonably for a mass market (in a declining economy)? How does that somehow work out for them? Either they take a massive loss on hardware sales (& literally risk going out of business because of it), or ps4 will be very expensive, which i believe will lead to very low sales. The reason i brought up Vita is- First, you claimed that Sony won't fail "marketshare wise", but if you look Vita IS failing quite badly actually. And Vita shows a strategy on the part of Sony to make a powerful, but expensive system, which seems likely to continue with the ps4. If Sony is following the same path with the ps4, then how will it work out differently than the Vita?
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They won't be able to answer anything as your point with Vita cannot be denied. I just can't see how Sony will do better with PS4 if they use the same strategy they used with the Vita.
