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Aeolus451 on 27 October 2015
KiigelHeart said:
Aeolus451 said:
OutlawStar said:

Yes, I read his posts and I dont even feel like responding to him because he doesnt understand my point. In the end Everything sucks compared to the Wii sales. Even though thats soooo last gen. LOL :P


Whoever said anything about wii sales? *shakes head

Geez you really don't get what he's saying, do you? 😁


If he believes that I don't understand his point, he's welcome to elaborate on it. Then again, I could understand him completely but i just disagree with him.



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Dr.Henry_Killinger on 28 October 2015
LudicrousSpeed said:

I'm having a hard time believe you're this torn up because I said Sony made mistakes with the launch PS3. I mean.. it's widely accepted that they were too confident coming off PS2 and launched the PS3 too high a price. Your excuses about money lost is irrelevant. You know what could have helped with the money lost? Not using the PS3 as a trojan horse to win the HD format war. Also all of the incredibly cocky PR leading up to the launch. Sony messed up the PS3 launch. And this is why the PS4 is such a step in the opposite direction. I'm not going to waste any more time talking about how many Sony didn't mess up the launch PS3 LOL.

This is PlayStation's Modus Operandi, which only changed for PS4, because with PS3 they realized it doesn't work anymore.

Every PS w/ the exception of PS4:

Introduced a new media format

Had propreitary exotic ISA's

This was cause Kutaragi designed the PS to make developers prioritize it as a platform, i.e free exclusives.

The PS3 wasn't a result of cockiness or confidence (at least not to a significant degree), it was the result of an outdated design strategy. As for the nature of the PR, coming out last they had to distinguish themselves from the established 360 and family friendly Wii. Emotional buisness decisions are rarely causal especially when there are legitamate more probable causes. 

In fact, you could argue that the sucess PS2 made the PS3's launch inevitable. 




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