| daredevil.shark said: It was Sony's fault that home consoles died quickly in Japan. PS3 was overpriced; despite being sold at loss. People and developers were reluctant to abandon PS2. They stuck with PS2 for a long time. Eventually they got fed up. It damaged developers and they were struggling in the HD era. Now people like to play handheld and mobile. |
So you're saying that because the ps3 was so expensive, Sony literally pushed all the consumers onto the ps2, damaging developers and image which then made all the consumers buy mobile?
Could it instead be true that Japan has always held more interest in handheld and mobile (judging by their phone market since the 90s), and that ps1 and 2 were simply great (smaller) PC alternatives, and now that smartphones have grown in ability and convenience with the power of a console, and the adaptibility of a pc, they've simply eschewed pc, handheld, and console for the mobile market?
So was it Sony who killed the japanese console market? Or was it apple?
Notice that smartphone introduction to Japan happened right around the same time as the ps3 debut.
Bonus points: Respond without blaming Sony for pushing people onto the emerging revolutionary product "the smartphone".
