| noname2200 said: You were speaking sarcastically, of course, but if you're Sony then yes, the ends may have justified the means. Recall that even before Sony entered the video game market, they intended the Playstation to be a hook to lure consumers into Sony's vision of a multimedia center, wherein Sony could make money hand over fist by supplying all of your entertainment needs. The games were simply the bait. If Sony's multi-billion dollar investment into the PS3 helps it reach this goal, I don't think they'll mind much. Of course, the problem they face is that they might have chosen the wrong trojan horse when they went with Blu-Ray. If this article is to be believed, Blu-Ray's victory over HD-DVD's hasn't led to enough profits for the movie studios to be pleased with the format. If VGChartz and other game tracking places are correct, the PS3 isn't selling software at the rate Sony expected it to. In other words, Sony may have won itself a Pyhrric victory. Alternatively, their fortunes could turn around, Blu-Ray could begin to be widely adopted, and Sony's gamble will have worked. I'm skeptical that this will happen, but then reading the consumer market has never been my forte. Let's have this conversation again in about two years, and see how the situation developed. |
To my knowledge, Sony entered the gaming market to dominate the gaming market. It wasn't until they developed Blu-Ray that they decided to trojan horse it into the PS3, and even then they were behind Microsoft's 8-ball on downloads.
I can't see Blu-Ray getting anywhere near DVD's market share, let alone it's lifetime sales. Downloads are going to come in steadily over the next ten years and DVD is putting up a hell of a fight.
And as I said in my response to Bmaker, Sony's gaming dominance is long gone.
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