Which way is the PS3 Trojan Horse Facing?

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madskillz said:

Moneybags said:
Rememer, everyone that buys ps3 for BR is then also a pontential buyer for ps3 games. It's a win win for Sony and not something they really have to worry about.

Look at the demographics and you'll see that the people who are buying the PS3 as a BR player aren't the least bit interested in buying games. Put another way - some folks buy cars to street race - they'll get Evos, or WRXes, or even Infiniti G35s and soup them up to earn some $$$ - however, most folks buy cars and will never, ever race them.

Just because a machine has the capacity to offer the buyers the ability to play video games doesn't mean they will jump over to that. It's a huge gamble for Sony in this regard. If the hardware keeps rising and the software sales stay stagnant, who's winning? Most console makers will admit they make money off the software sold. Even if Sony is selling consoles touted as the best and cheapiest BR player, they will just win one battle - being the go-to BR player. The game platform - shoot, Harrison said they'd sell 5 million consoles without games - was second tier from jump and to think that's gonna change - all I can say is wow. If folks are buying the PS3 without several AAA titles, and just touting is as the best BR player on the market, why should Sony change?

With the delayed launch, it was clear that Sony cared much, much more about BR than gaming (hence why they dropped BC and reduced the number of USB ports to just two ports). Maybe that will change, but with Sony at the helm of a format victory, they'll prove just how much they care about the consumer soon.

I don't think that right now most PS3 customers feel like they have made a bad choice. Their console is picking up steams, good games are coming and Sony has made certain that the Blue Ray player within the console will be of use.

But yes, maybe Sony should have gone to market sooner with a half developed console and handled customers their equivallent of the RRoD.

/sarcasm off.

Right or wrong, the PS3 is perceived as the console delivering more value right now.

Another example would be Microsoft touting around the exclusives DLC for GTA4 while on the other hand selling arcades without any HD..... At least you have every feature of every PS3 game working on the 40Gb....

 

As to answe the original poster, Sony is now focusing on conquering your living room as they said they would from the start. Having Blue Ray winning the war was just the start.

I just saw a new sale at my Best Buy today it was the following :

40 inch 1080p Bravia LCD + PS3 + 1 PS3 game of choice( ok Uncharted or R&C so not big choice) + 1 Blue Ray Movie ( superbad or another I forget, not great titles)  = 1800$.