| forevercloud3000 said: Why do people attribute PS3's failings to arrogance and not the rightful $600 price tag? I mean sure, you had to be kinda arrogant to think that wasn't going to be an issue but It was def the pricing plus the year head start for 360 that helped it stay ahead of the PS3. The reality is that the Playstation platform has always out performed the competition. And usually at a margin that is undeniable. PS1, PS2 and now PS4 each have 50% plus marketshare of their respective Gens. The PS3 was the only anomaly. Yet even still....if you take away the 360's head start and align their releases you will see the PS3 outpaced the 360 almost the entire gen. IE, PS3 was always more popular worldwide than Xbox and would have handily out sold it if they came out same time. Arrogance and huge price point didn't even stop the PS brand, it was the tenacity of their competition. There is a thin line between Confidence and Arrogance. Is Sony really arrogant when they have the history in performance and sales to back up that their method works? |
It was arrogance. Do you remember the comment about getting two jobs to afford it if they didn't like the price tag? Do you remember how they bragged about the cell microprocessor and how it ended up never being used to its full potential by any third parties, and in fact most multiplats performed worse on PS3, making that fancy tech little more than an expensive ball and chain? Sony wasn't arrogant in the PS1 and PS2 era, and it payed off because they took nothing for granted. In the PS4 era, they had an opportunity to be arrogant and greedy like Microsoft, but won huge credibility and trust with gamers by siding with them, and that payed off too. Nintendo had history too. They saved the industry in the 3rd gen, beat tough competition in the 4th, and crushed both competitors in the 7th. Coming fresh off the 7th, they were arrogant and failed miserably with the Wii U. Also, I don't know what method you're talking about, because Sony changed their method for each generation. But sure, keep defending them. It does nothing for you and nothing for them, but I'm sure it makes you feel comfortable to think that your chosen console brand is an irreproachable god of business and gaming. Pride comes before the fall.
