Does MS really deserve praise for "listening" to consumers ??

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

Puppyroach said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Puppyroach said:
They deserve just as much praise as Sony does for last Gen and the way they reduced prices :).

Their situation and Sony's last gen are completely different. Sony put a new format which was expensive into the platform but it hiked up the price. MS was about the drag everyone to DRM Hell with them.

Buying Sony PR BS all the way, are we? They always had the choice of not putting that Bluray player in, but they did it since they were a big investor into the format and used their fans to get a foothold in the marketplace. At least I acknowledge that they both behave exactly the same way whenever they come from having a strong position in the market.

You do realize this makes no sense right? Sony didn't know blue ray would be a problem till after they lanched. Since the PS3 was not only developed to use BluRay but it also had Blu-ray games, it would be impossible for them to change without worsening the situation if not killing the system outright.

Notice, How Sony stuck with Blu-Ray, took a loss on the system, and the price was only reduced after manufacturing methods went down in price.