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DonFerrari said:
zorg1000 said:

This is at least the 5th time you have completely misunderstood this basic concept, companies plan differently when deciding to do global or staggered launches so if Sony wanted a global launch for PS2 than they would have either began mass production earlier or launched later.

Yes I fail the basic concept of companies planning to sell less. If Sony thought they could sell (and produce) more PS2 they would, same with Nintendo with Switch (and the time to launch).

You go from the assumption that they decide where and when to launch and later decides how much to manufacture, instead of how much they can produce for a set cost and then what would be the best place/time to launch. Mine assumes most profit/growth possible intended. Yours seems to assume they arbitrarily choose time and location.

Yep I think Sony planned on selling less, that's exactly what I said........

I believe there are multiple factors that come into play when deciding where/when to launch. One possible big factor is software, look at the PS2 launch lineup in March 2000.

Japanese launch: March 4, 2000

That's not a very western focused lineup, now let's late a look at the US launch lineup in October.

U.S. launch: October 26, 2000

Its full of guns, sports and cars which Americans love.

Could lack of western focused software in Spring/Summer be a good reason to hold off on releasing a console until Fall in the west? I think it's a very good reason.



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