| z64dan said: I believe Sony's main problem this generation, is they overestimated a few things: 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. They knew what the demand was and the PS3 was just a sneaky way to get Blue-Ray players into peoples houses. It was a very big gamble and still not sure if it's going to pay off. Blue-Ray is doing decently at the moment (as HD players go) but HD-DVD's are starting to release discs that play in DVD and HD-DVD players. If that becomes the standard for the next few years, HD-DVD will beat out Blue-Ray.
2. Too true. Sony was just completely arrogant this time around because they were still riding high from the PS2 and ignoring the PSP.
3. A lot of things went into that one. They thought that they could tell people what's good and brand name alone would sell the system. The simple fact is that $600 is just too much to pay for a console, or a toy as parents see it. The 360 was already pushing it but the PS3 was just too much.
4. I don't think the overestimated the 360, they just overestimated how long it would take them to successfully launch. I really think they should have done a world wide launch Spring 07' or (what I really think) Holiday 07.
5. This is a hard one only because people just haven't gotten the hang of the PS3 yet. It's completely different to work on that and it will take time.
