LethalP said:
The X1 reveal and policies were able to be reversed almost entirely by launch and by May 2014 a $399 Kinectless bundle was released. Yeah the mindshare damage had already been done, but the point is the PS3's launch woes couldn't be reversed that swiftly yet it held it's own all things considered. But I do agree MS mistakes gave Sony a big upper hand, as in the PS4 may have reached 100 million where as X1 would go on to do 80 mill, as it stands the PS4 is going to blitz 120 million and X1 probably wont do half of that. They substitute eachothers sales since they target the same market. |
You only have 1 chance to make a 1st impression. It's very difficult to reverse public perception after starting out on the wrong foot. Microsoft may have quickly reversed its policies, but what they could not reverse was the sour taste they left in the mouths of their target consumers who flocked to Sony. The PS3's launch woes were primarily price related. The majority of consumers are not interested in a $600 or even $500 video game console (all the more baffling how Microsoft did not know this after watching their main competitor stumble out of the gate the previous gen). But a price drop heals this instantly. Having to walk back disastrously bad policies and PR is a much more difficult wound to heal with the consumer.
