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RedInker on 06 June 2012

Sony maybe haven't learned from their PS3 mistakes. Thread title is a tad misleading too.



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arcane_chaos on 06 June 2012

agree with the others, very misleading title



Damnyouall on 06 June 2012

Making up quotes is very bad.



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Ajescent on 06 June 2012
RedInker said:
Sony maybe haven't learned from their PS3 mistakes. Thread title is a tad misleading too.


considering the strategy worked with the ps1 & 2, I don't think it was a bad idea to keep at it.



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brendude13 on 06 June 2012

SONY make an interesting point there. Their first two consoles weren't the cheapest and they didn't release first, yet they were still the most successful by far. People blame the PS3's failure on the price and late release too much. I'm not saying price wasn't an issue, it definitely was, but it was the price itself, not the price compared to it's competitors. People now assume that a more expensive console that releases after the competition will inevitably fail, which isn't true.



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Jay520 on 06 June 2012
Totaldemon said:
Sal.Paradise said:
Where did he say, "Late and expensive but powerful"?


"We've never been first (or) cheapest. It's about being the best." its the same



Quotes are supposed to show the exact words of the speaker, not a deduction of those words.

Millenium on 06 June 2012

Duplicate thread and misleading title.



Jay520 on 06 June 2012
brendude13 said:
SONY make an interesting point there. Their first two consoles weren't the cheapest and they didn't release first, yet they were still the most successful by far. People blame the PS3's failure on the price and late release too much. I'm not saying price wasn't an issue, it definitely was, but it was the price itself, not the price compared to it's competitors. People now assume that a more expensive console that releases after the competition will inevitably fail, which isn't true.


The PS1 & PS2 both had extreme third-party exclusives. The PS4 won't have that luxory. And it's unlikely that their first-party can pick up the slack.

Andrespetmonkey on 06 June 2012

I think you are misrepresenting what he's saying.



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RedInker on 06 June 2012
Ajescent said:
RedInker said:
Sony maybe haven't learned from their PS3 mistakes. Thread title is a tad misleading too.


considering the strategy worked with the ps1 & 2, I don't think it was a bad idea to keep at it.

True, with regard to the PS1 & 2 but the price point of the PS3 was something else and they still made a loss with every unit sold. Sony need to make the PS4 cheaper than the PS3 at launch. With the ongoing economic problems, especially in Europe, who has £600 for a new console?