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Protendo on 13 July 2015
sultanofpoon said:
Protendo said:

This is about taking risks, not being the first.


Being first inherently means risk.


A lot of things mean risk.



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sultanofpoon on 13 July 2015
Protendo said:
sultanofpoon said:


Being first inherently means risk.


A lot of things mean risk.


Exactly, like being first.



Protendo on 13 July 2015
sultanofpoon said:
Protendo said:


A lot of things mean risk.


Exactly, like being first.


What does that have to do with the things I mentioned?  They were all still risky at the time.

Following a flop is risky.



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TheSting on 13 July 2015
Protendo said:
sultanofpoon said:


Exactly, like being first.


What does that have to do with the things I mentioned?  They were all still risky at the time.

Following a flop is risky.


Come on man some of the risks you mentioned were taken beforehand. That's the real risk



sultanofpoon on 13 July 2015
TheSting said:
Protendo said:


What does that have to do with the things I mentioned?  They were all still risky at the time.

Following a flop is risky.


Come on man some of the risks you mentioned were taken beforehand. That's the real risk


yup.



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Protendo on 14 July 2015
TheSting said:
Protendo said:


What does that have to do with the things I mentioned?  They were all still risky at the time.

Following a flop is risky.


Come on man some of the risks you mentioned were taken beforehand. That's the real risk


Like first to do hard drive or first with the eye toy?

Yet PS3 architecture wasn't a real risk....



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TheSting on 14 July 2015
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Come on man some of the risks you mentioned were taken beforehand. That's the real risk


Like first to do hard drive or first with the eye toy?

Yet PS3 architecture wasn't a real risk....


What are you talking about? 



CosmicSex on 14 July 2015
LurkerJ said:
Not really bad news for me as a consumer.

I hope MS becomes a company with a laser focus on fewer goals.

A better Windows means a better life for me.


Well I suppose if you can see past the sloppy investment that cost over 10k jobs then its okay to shrug your shoulders and wait for a Windows patch. Its just too bad that they couldn't focus that laser on saving jobs. 



walsufnir on 14 July 2015
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Come on man some of the risks you mentioned were taken beforehand. That's the real risk


Like first to do hard drive or first with the eye toy?

Yet PS3 architecture wasn't a real risk....


Come on, hard drive and eye toy weren't risks. They were accessories which were optional to buy. If the consoles would had relied on it, sure. But this is a risk as saying the Dreamcast Fishing Controller was a risk.



Machiavellian on 14 July 2015
Protendo said:
Machiavellian said:

Disc (PSX) - using a cheaper format for their console was not taking a risk.
  Still a risk, unproven medium
First to really focus on 3D (Sega Saturn changed for that reason).  Ok you are just pulling stuff out of the air with that one
  This is a well known fact
First to have a hard drive - Nope not Sony, that would be the Xbox
  PS2 was before the Xbox
Eye Toy (first motion controls in consoles).  Yes, EyeToy is a good one but then again where is it now
  It was a RISK
PS3 Hardware (Cell, Bluray, etc).  Cell I would say no but Bluray was definitely a risk because it jacked up the price of the console and almost let Nintendo and MS run away with that gen.  Still, it was more arrogance then risk as Sony attitude at the time was as if they could do not wrong.
  Your cell argument goes against your other arguments

Sony has not taken any more risk then any of their competitors.  After the success of the PS1 and 2 they pretty much thought they could do anything and gamers would just come along no matter how much it cost.  They got a rude awakening with the PS3 and the PS4 is the result. 

Meanwhile, Morpheus is a lot of fun.

Yeah, I am sure Hololens is fun as well.  What is your point?