Ruh-Roh - Will Sony be dwarfed by Apple's iPhone 7 conference?

[Mike_L]

superchunk said:

Mike_L said:

No. I know. Hence the "I agree that you lose a lot of coverage on mainstream news sites [...]"

I'm just arguing that it probably won't hurt Pro and Slim sales that much.

 

Besides: "I notice all those that were stating 'different markets, etc' are not in here with any data to suggest I was wrong."
With this comment you tried to call out people who pointed out to you that a lot of potential PS4 Pro customers probably visit gaming sites now and then. So here I am showing you that PS4 Pro news indeed reached those sites.

 

Yeah - long term sales will be unaffected, absolutely true. However the comment on different markets to me is silly justification. The point is that Sony wanted mass media coverage. They wanted local news, radio stations, CNN, The Today Show, etc anyone who runs a tech segment to make mention of PS4 Pro. However, with Apple having event on same day that is out of the question as those media outlets will focus on the bigger fish. Reachign the IGNs and GameRadars of the world was never in question. But what about news.google.com's tech page? (see my post above) What about CNN tech page?

Again, I agree completely that an announcement of a new iPhone will always take the mainstream media spotlight over a new console revision.

But regarding bold: When has news of a new console revision ever reached "local news, radio stations, CNN, The Today Show, etc"? The point that I'm (and others are) trying to make is that news about PS4 Pro wouldn't have reached mass media coverage whether there was a new iPhone announced or not.

And actually, PS4 Pro is on CNN's front page and on CNN Money.