Pemalite said:
WagnerPaiva said:
Mark my words, if this thing is as spread as it seems, Sony Playstation will not survive, they cannot take a blow like that, even Andrew White said, "if the PS4 fails, it is over, we need to make this one right".
Losing 1 or 2 million launch consoles will destroy Sony
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No way will Sony falter from launch issues such as this.
Keep in mind, that Sony has a massive and very loyal (To the point of chewing their own leg off if they were chained to a pole by an Xbox!) following.
When Sony had the exploding battery fiasco, people eventually forgot.
When Sony removed hardware backwards compatability and OtherOS/Linux from the Playstation 3, people eventually forgot.
When Sony's online network was hacked and people had financial information stolen, people eventually forgot.
Sony have historically always had a few problems with optical drives in it's consoles, some PS1's would actually have the optical sled wear out, so the only way you could use the machine is if you had the console tilted on a book, the PS2 and PS3 had it's fair share of issues in regards to optical drives failing too.
Fact of the matter is, all things electronic and mechanical that is made by man is prone to failure, it's impossible for it not to, the problem is then compounded by a consumers ever-increasing-demand for devices to be made cheaper, one of the ways to do that is to have sub-par manufacturing in places like China.
Lets also not discount the fact the Xbox 360 had massive amounts of hardware failures just after it's launch, yet it's gone on to still sell 80+ million consoles in it's life time, which to be honest is nothing to sneeze at.
One thing that shouldn't/I hope that doesn't happen however is for Sony to have a complete monopoly this next generation, that would in general be bad for everyone. - That's how we got the Playstation 3 which had a rollercoaster ride on launch, marred by a high price.
Sony is in for the long haul with the Playstation 4, initial issues will be forgotten in time or merely over-shadowed by a competitors issue, just roles have reversed from being focused on the Xbox One's problems (DRM, Price, Resolution etc') to the Playstation 4's for awhile.
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