Playstation being American-ised is bad for the market, I think

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JackHandy said:

I think any time anything achieves greatness and then changes its identity, it's a bad thing. So many companies and people and bands etc. do that, and it's never the same. I understand the temptation, especially if the market changes and you're facing the prospect of losing relevance and/or money. But I'm an artist at heart, so I think it's tragic when we loose something iconic like that, or it gets watered down and becomes a shell of what it use to be. I would rather whatever it is retire forever, than to see it flourish as something else. But that's just me. 

I agree with you, and I would also say that it's actually good for a business to stick with its identity.  I keep thinking of Coke releasing a new version in the 80's.  The market didn't like it, and so they went back to the old formula and called it "Coca Cola Classic".  That flavor is what people associated with the brand, and they didn't want it to change.

When it comes to Playstation, I really don't think the PS5 is anything like what the PS1 and PS2 were like.  Originally, Playstation was an affordable console that featured the best Japanese third party games plus some Western games and also some first party games which were often from their Japan studio.  That started to change with the PS3, which was no longer affordable and started feeling like more of system for Western games.  PS5 is also expensive and now Sony doesn't even have a Japanese studio anymore. 

Where is the affordable system that features Japanese games?  It's the Switch.  The Switch is filling the same role that the PS1 and PS2 did, only it has Nintendo's first party leading the way.  Back in the 90's there was an expensive system that featured Western games.  It was the PC.  Basically Nintendo now has the system that fills the PS1's role while Sony has the system that is like the 90's PC role.  

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 02 August 2022