Selektive Memory: The Sony PlayStation 4

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

Dallinor said:
Why not rewind the clock a bit further? Most of this is common knowledge, even if you only occasionally took note of events in the industry. Going back further is more interesting.

Also positive PR for the PS4 began to climb in earnest after the initial MS reveal in May 2013, prior to E3.

The smaller and more appealing form factor of the console and the support shown late into the lifespan of the PS3, were also contributing factors to its initial success, to varying degrees.

That's actually true, corrected.

Intrinsic said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

The PS4 is currently leading globally and in the US, and its sales are tracking only slightly behind the Wii. Its performance this Holiday is expected to be good, but if the console faces the supply problems it had earlier again, and takes too long to implement simple features like DLNA and promised features like MP3 support and Standby mode, then its going to be harmed considerably.

Suppy problems is one thing the PS4 will not face this holiday. 

"simple features" like DLNA, MP3 and standbuy mode (guessing you mean instant resume here) are NOT things that will in anyway impact the sales of a console. No one goes in and buys one console over the other cause you can't stream movies from your PC with  or play MP3s. Thats just a nonsensical forum/internet problem and not a real world problem.

The only thing that stands a chance of somehow impacting sales of the PS4, is if MS somehow finds a way to drop the price of the XB1 to $299 for the fall and throw in a game with it. If they do that, then they will sell at least as well as the PS4 or maybe even more.

You can't honestly say that because you can't don't know how the PS4 would do if it had those features already, and the degree to which part of the audience requests it.

Sony failing to add features that the annouced the PS4 would have or delaying to long will definetly hurt the image of the console even if its small as you claim.

However, the point of this thread isn't simply to discuss sales. Its an evaluation of both the postives and negatives, something that can be skewed when recalling things with Selective Memory.