| super_etecoon said: Sony’s image started to stain when they talked about Riiiiidge Racer, Giant Crabs, and tried to follow up the best console created (at the time) with a $599 George Foreman grill. Glad y’all are catching up. |
True, but that had a lot to do with their fear of competition from MS. It made SNY make stupid decisions that seemed smart to them at the time.
SNY clearly learned from that which led to PS4, but due to it's success vs XB1, SNY has started to drift back towards the PS3 corporate mindset again.
Ironically, the overall success that was the XB 360, caused MS to become very corporate minded when it came to designing the XB1 and its ecosystem.
MS also learned from this, but they hadn't righted enough of the wrongs with XBSS/X, and SNY just kept the PS4 momentum and mindset going with PS5.
Since PS5 has been as successful as PS4, if not more, and XBSS/X has been wavering, SNY can become more corporate minded again and get away with it.
This time it simply might be up to the gaming consumers to straighten SNY out again, because unless MS pulls a rabbit out of a hat, there's little sign of another company entering console gaming. Even then, would a new competitor be able to put enough pressure on SNY to cause them to become more consumer minded again? Unlike PS3, this time consumers will have much more power through things like social media to attempt to keep SNY in check, if they choose to use it and stand behind it by speaking with their wallets.
