| Rath said: 1. Developers are Still Learning the System: This doesnt mean that the system will last ten years just because its going to take ten years to learn how to use it. Developers will ditch the PS3 once the next gen comes along, even earlier if it doesnt sell well enough to sustain developers. 2. The Blu-ray Life Cycle: DVDs arent slowing down much at all and en masse downloads wont destroy hard media for at least 10 years from now, I disagree with this entire section. 3. The PS3 is Highly Adaptable: Its a game system, not a PC. All its huge adaptability means jack all as far as gaming goes. 4. The PlayStation Network Can be Fixed: I hadnt actually heard that many complaints about the PSN, I dont think it has any impact on the ten year plan though. 5. The PS3 is Prepared for HD Revolution: Ill just state again that 'value' means nothing for a console unless its got games. Most people wont buy the console for Play TV even if it is good value. 6. Expect a Slim-line SKU: First lauding the reliability of the PS2 isnt exactly a good idea, it was reasonably terrible. Otherwise, yeah there will be a slim model. Your point being? Once again, most people don't buy consoles for anything other than games. That include aesthetics. 7. Sony is Popular in All Territories: Sony is moderately popular in all territories. Microsoft is extremely succesful in one and piss poor in another. Nintendo is extremely successful in all. 8. Sony Rules the Mainstream: Correction, the PS2 RULED the mainstream. The PS3 doesnt. At all. Oh and once again, most console buyers buy it for the games, not for multimedia functions. 9. The PS3 is Future-proof: BWAHAHAHAHA 10. The Ten-Year Plan: Rule #1 of business. Lie whenever your not under contract. Sorry but that was a big pile of BS, constantly attacking MS while praising Sony. Nothing more than a coherent fanboy. |
actually DVD sales have slowen down some.
| ssj12 said: actually DVD sales have slowen down some. |
Do we have any evidence of that?
^But still handily outselling BR and HD-DVD combined by a large margin, though.
Borat sold more DVD's than the combined sales of all BR and HD-DVD movie during the whole year when it was released.
the biggest reason: Sony can't afford to release a PS4 until 2014.
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HappySqurriel said:
Do we have any evidence of that?
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home digital magazines had an article about how DVD sales were stablizing and slowly go down. I doubt ill be able to find the article since its been a few months and they do weekly articles. Its the same group that puts out the Neilson Vision Scan numbers for Blu-ray vs HD-DVD every week.
ssj12 said:
home digital magazines had an article about how DVD sales were stablizing and slowly go down. I doubt ill be able to find the article since its been a few months and they do weekly articles. Its the same group that puts out the Neilson Vision Scan numbers for Blu-ray vs HD-DVD every week. |
Even if this is the case there is no reason to believe that this is because people are losing interest in the format ...
Everyone and their dog owns a DVD player and at this point in time the only reason to buy a new DVD player is because your existing DVD player is broken; slowing hardware sales could reflect that people buying their first DVD players (or additional DVD players for there house) is shrinking because the format has reached its maximum sales potential.
At the same time most people have fully upgraded their VHS libraries to DVD by now and the release of the 'Extra-Special Edition Star Wars Trillogy: Now Even More Destroyed' has a far smaller sales impact that previous re-releases of movies did.
^Everyone except Hus, who, apparently, upgraded from VHS to BR with the PS3.
HappySqurriel said:
Even if this is the case there is no reason to believe that this is because people are losing interest in the format ... Everyone and their dog owns a DVD player and at this point in time the only reason to buy a new DVD player is because your existing DVD player is broken; slowing hardware sales could reflect that people buying their first DVD players (or additional DVD players for there house) is shrinking because the format has reached its maximum sales potential. At the same time most people have fully upgraded their VHS libraries to DVD by now and the release of the 'Extra-Special Edition Star Wars Trillogy: Now Even More Destroyed' has a far smaller sales impact that previous re-releases of movies did. |
well according to the article from what I remember the sighted growing trends of video on demand channels, digital downloads, and the HD formats as the causes of the slowdown.
ssj12 said: well according to the article from what I remember the sighted growing trends of video on demand channels, digital downloads, and the HD formats as the causes of the slowdown. |
Article's beliefs do not necessarily reflect reality ...
After a long rant from the RIAA about how downloaders were destroying the industry I saw a well researched blog post that demonstrated that the decline in CD sales was more likely due to people having already replaced their entire library of music from the 60s through 90s and the industries sales (primarily) reflected the sales of new music ...
Did you ever wonder why every 5 years the movie and music industry is trying to push a new format? They know that in 2010 (if Blu-Ray or HD-DVD takes off) they will have 10 Million starwars fans rushing out to buy a movie they already own, and in 2011 they will have 10 Million starwars fans rushing out to buy a movie they already own (this time the original release without the awful extras).
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