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#1 MusashiSensi
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

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#2 thelastguy
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1. Drop the price, secure third party exclusives

2. Show more engaging and cinematic tv spots

3. I would make Rockstar exclusive third party, nuff said

4. I would do what is best for the company and the fanbase

5. NO

6. Better PSN integration, cheaper hardware

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#3 MusashiSensi
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[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

1. Drop the price, secure third party exclusives

2. Show more engaging and cinematic tv spots

3. Rockstar nuff said

4. I would do what is best for the company and the fanbase

5. NO

6. Better PSN integration, cheaper hardware

You would drop rockstar?
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong? Free recipies for Rice Krispies Treats in every box.

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you? Do it more.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop? IW... that's probably it.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is? Pleasing the fanbase; if you look out for the customer, the business will take care of itself.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas? Yes.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console? Larger install base; appealing to more people, including the casual.

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#5 thelastguy
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[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

1. Drop the price, secure third party exclusives

2. Show more engaging and cinematic tv spots

3. Rockstar nuff said

4. I would do what is best for the company and the fanbase

5. NO

6. Better PSN integration, cheaper hardware

MusashiSensi

You would drop rockstar?

No no, I would make them exclusive

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#6 hazelnutman
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1. Price drop with the slim model 2. Free hug from a hot lady of your choice per buy. 3. Their first and second party developers are doing a fine job, and the third party devs aren't worth the massive investments, so no changes really. Maybe secure Level 5. 4. Can't we do all three? 5. Sure. I'd love to invite Satoru and Bill for a naughty night. 6. WORLD DOMINATION!
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I would pressure SEGA to make a new Valkyria Chronicles on PS3
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#8 Jackc8
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

If they've got the PS3 slim coming out for $300, sometime before Christmas, that would be a good plan.

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

I'd run ad's showing a family using their PS3 to play games, watch Blu-ray movies, view pictures, listen to music, and surf the web. I doubt that a lot of potential customers even know it can do all that. I'd also concentrate on advertising the games, and showing actual gameplay footage in the ad's.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

I dunno, I think they're doing all right as is with that.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Pleasing the Sony fanbase and trying to attract new people to be a part of the Sony fanbase. Call me old fashioned, but I believe that having happy customers is the best way to make money.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Sure.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

I have no idea.

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

MusashiSensi
1- Never produce games that try to satisfy both far east and the far west with big games, each culture have their games, and stop the i-know-better attitude. 2-Advertise more in the US, make sure to hype games more and watch the hype meter closely. 3-Keep establishing out own teams. Dontracts with popular developers every now and then. 4-Making money. 5-Nintendo hands down. MS is a no 6-Keep doing what I am doing and do more of what people want.
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#10 -Origin-
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1. Drop the price, secure third party exclusives

2. Show more engaging and cinematic tv spots

3. I would make Rockstar exclusive third party, nuff said

4. I would do what is best for the company and the fanbase

5. NO

6. Better PSN integration, cheaper hardware

thelastguy

Well said, I agree with you sir!

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

Moar exclusives.

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

More levitation.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

Crytek/Bungie to make Haze 2. I will drop Activision because they are cry babies.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Making a sequel to Final Fantasy VII so everyone would just shut up about it.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

If it means getting rid of timed exclusives for multiplat games, then yes.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

Cheaper so everyone can enjoy it.

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#12 BenderUnit22
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1. Stop bundling in games people would want to buy anyway and instead drop the price to $299 (80 GB). Incentivise 1st and 2nd party devs to put free DLC codes (bonus maps, costumes, etc) in the game box to combat used-game sales; drop 1st and 2nd party game price to $55 2. More blood, more boobs 3. Bungie, just for the lulz 4. Making money obviously, I need my golden parachute 5. How would this work exactly? 6. Easier hardware to develop for, better designed user interface and better integration of a community aspect into the gaming experience.
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#13 jerkface96
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good thread , will contribute when i think of soemthing intelligent to say :P

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

MusashiSensi

i´ll just answer a few

1. i would make millions of ps3 and psp tv ads and show every feature both of them have.

2. i would target the ads to everyone out there because i think anyone can enjoy the ps3

3. square enix and rockstar probably

4. i would please the fanbase but at the same time i would make that "wand" the next big thing and make it appear in every american tv show

that pretty much everything i think it´s wrong with sony...MARKETING

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1. Price drop with the slim model 2. Free hug from a hot lady of your choice per buy. 3. Their first and second party developers are doing a fine job, and the third party devs aren't worth the massive investments, so no changes really. Maybe secure Level 5. 4. Can't we do all three? 5. Sure. I'd love to invite Satoru and Bill for a naughty night. 6. WORLD DOMINATION!hazelnutman

just a hug :(

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#16 Randy_Savage
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One thing I would definitely do isget more JRPG's over to the states asap. I love VC, but other than I haven't really found anything that great. Hopefully WKC will get over here soon.
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#17 MJR52
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I'd resign because I have no idea how to run a multibillion dollar company!

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i think everyone forgot to mention how they would drag the company into bankruptcy trying to accomplish their fanciful goals
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i think everyone forgot to mention how they would drag the company into bankruptcy trying to accomplish their fanciful goalsBorkil
this nade me lol
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#20 coolkid93
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1: drop the price. Keep all the stuff on there and bring back BC but lower the memory to back to 30GB. Lower the games price and have 4 usb ports just like the 60GB. 2: what thelastguy said. 3: I would make rockstar an exclusive. 4: Try to do whats good for both the company and fanbase. 5: no 6: cheaper hardware, Better online service (but for free).
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#21 Denji
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Not really sure what can be done in a day, but I'll bite..


1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

I would find a way to get the manufacturers to lower production costs on the parts that make up the PS3. Thus, resulting in a lower retail cost.

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

I would play "Microsoft's card". I would get PS3s in movies and shows and make it a household name even in North America. I would even have people work in a few lines about the PS3 into their scripts. Similar to what has been happening with XBox. This is why their marketing is so good.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

To be honest? Since 3rd party companies are out for themselves to the highest bidder. I would use a little manipulation. I wouldn't monopolize because that ultimately kills even yourself. I would keep it to the big franchises. Not the companies themselves.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Well the way I see it. Keeping people happy = more money. Word of mouth viral, free marketing. Who would you trust more than your best friend for example? You secure a fanbase. Especially the transition to the next console release. Keep them buying by giving them a reason to do so. Everybody has to make a sacrifice one way or another. Why make one that'll only cover your own ass? It craps on everything. Nor would I treat my fanbase like mindless idiots either.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

To be honest, Mircosoft would probably try a hostile take over or constantly bombard me with a price tag. Nintendo? Maybe. I know it wouldn't involve any of our mascots or key characters. It would have to be a completely new IP

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

To be honest, I wouldn't make it so hard to program for. I would keep the power, without punishing the 3rd party devs. I would also have kits out long before it's release. Something Sony failed to do. Which is why I think some of the backlash were a result of that. I would also focus on the next console and not what the "other guy" is doing. I would also shift it's focus back to being a game console first, multi media hub second. Last but not least, I wouldn't "sweat and rush" it. Let's face it, the PS3 got that treatment before it was even launched. To try to "beat" the 360. I would not make that my priority.

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

By continuing to bring in more hot exclusives to the PS3.

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

By advertising much more heavily than how Sony is doing right now.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

Rock Star, Konami, Kojima Productions, Square Enix, and Capcom. Dropping wouldn't be one of my good options while competing.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

for the love of this business, and making good money, my #1 priority would be sucxess.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

If I had a choice, Nintendo is definetly a great partner to have.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

To bring forth a new era of Gaming that many wouldn't have thought possible, till the PS4 showed up and did it.

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#23 Eazy1891
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hell with all those questions id take ou 50 million dollars out of the account and say okay guys *points at random guy* youre in charge, later on.....

okay now seriously

1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

bring BC back, now that we're actually making profit off of PS3's, ill bring it back but leave it at the same price and see how it does after a year and ill cut the price 100 dollars

or

releasea PS3 slim with a crapload of GBs in the HDD yet not letting it able to be changed,cut the price, discontinue the PS2 and find out a way we can puta PS2/ emulater into PS Store so people can buy it for like 10-50 bucks so they can play their old games on PS3 and start up the PS2 games in the PS Storestarting off with MGS 2, GTA3, Ico, Kingdom Hearts 1, Final Fantasy X

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

better publicity, ill make sure we have a great new commercial for any big events(super bowl, world series, american idol finals, etc), ill make our commercials funny yet serious showcasing the best of our abilities and why they should have a PS3....get real live big time star celebrities of all the biggest industries(each type of music, each sport, each type of actor and speaker) to be in our commercials and get them to own our systems so when you see them they also see the ps3...

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

bring to Sony...i will talk to EA, Konami as a whole yet make sure that "all"Kojima productions for now on are Sony exclusives, EA, Ubisoft, Tecmo, 2K Games, Bethesda, Activision...

drop from sony...Factor 5....thats about it

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

pleasig the sony fanbase by....bring more games to PS3...make PSN better....

id make money by cutting price by a good amount and then make PSN cost yearly but not 50 it would be more like 10 or something easy like that

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Definitely, part of a new world of gaming....and to help out in certain issues going on around the world today

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

BC as a definite, 250 GBs of memory right off the bat...have alot of companies trying the hardware early so they can get a really good feel for it so theyre comfortable and familiar with the equipment they have to use....make sure its pretty much undestructible, no glitches at all, no problems with hardware(ahem RROD or YLOD)....use the best equipment for it....yet also not to expensive because we cant sell this thing at 100000 dollars can we?

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#24 soldine
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1.I will rename the PS3 to "t3h Boss"

2. I will make actual commercials and t.v. adds

3. Activision, Bioware, Konami, Bethesda, Ubisoft

4. Stealing money from third world countries (like a boss)

5. ahahahahahaha when hell freezes over and pigs fly

6. Making new systems be delivered on Leapord II battle-tanks and make it come with a letter of approval from chuck norris

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

MusashiSensi

1. No slim. Discontinue PS2. and make the PS3 All-in-one again. Do a price drop to $329. Charge a little more for accessories. Upgrade PSN every 60 days for 3 years.

2. Denji answer was good.

3. Sega, Level 5, Konami, and any new studio. Deals with Gap, Wal-mart, etc... for some kind of online store with in PSN.

4. Upgrading PSN

5. NO

6. Activate 7th core in CPU, and upgrade GPU to keep cost down, and guarantee backward compatibility. New control idea. A bigger hard drive,, and 3 different colors on day of release.

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most u guys are saying drop prices and renew games and make new ones but your looking in your own interests what about Sony!!
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#27 Denji
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most u guys are saying drop prices and renew games and make new ones but your looking in your own interests what about Sony!!DaSaint93

I already have a PS3.

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#28 DaSaint93
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i think because the xbox 360 came out first most got the xbox but now there geting the red ring of death on there xbox 360 and because the xbox has so much probs like over heating and scratching disc and because the ps3 games look so much beter they are insted of buying another xbox there buying ps3 so i think we are gana be good for the years to come!!!!(all this happend to my xbox360 but not the red ring of death so im saying through experience XBOX 360 is crap if u wana buy the cheep kiddy toy get an xbox but if u want an expensive worth the money in years get the real gaming console get the PS3) i know through experience
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This would be my press release i would do if I became the head of Sony

1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

My first action as the head of sony would be to introduce a price cut on the PS3 and then announce there would be a 250 GB PS3 bundle with Uncharted, Killzone 2, MGS4 and Infmaous with full Backwards compactablity


2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

I would hire the best ad makers and directors from across the world and for the big games I would start building up the hyper two months prior to release with TV Teasters and then a week or so before the game is released full trailers on every TV network which runs Adverts during Prime Time TV.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

At the moment I would keep all major FP studios going so they would get to experience full titles like Uncharted, Infamous ect. However I would bring in BioWare to release the Mass Effect triloigy and full Remakes of the frankly awesome Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic fully remade and offer the 3rd installment as a PS3 Exclusive. Then Finally the fans have asked for it loads of times and now they would get it. Final Fanstay Remade and reborn for a whole new Generation. As well as bringing in other top studios to help improve and develop games which have been successful (so example would be have Epic and Bundgie work together to make the mother of all FPS and Epic to work on a TPS game as well)

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Main Aim would be to get everyone on to the PS3 improve the fanbase and offering oringal PS3 owners something great as well.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Depends on the titles

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

At the moment the main aim would be to make the PS3 the best machine in the world today, oh and make sure that the PS4 is easiler to develop for and have native 1080P for everything

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#30 DaSaint93
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This would be my press release i would do if I became the head of Sony

1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

My first action as the head of sony would be to introduce a price cut on the PS3 and then announce there would be a 250 GB PS3 bundle with Uncharted, Killzone 2, MGS4 and Infmaous with full Backwards compactablity


2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

I would hire the best ad makers and directors from across the world and for the big games I would start building up the hyper two months prior to release with TV Teasters and then a week or so before the game is released full trailers on every TV network which runs Adverts during Prime Time TV.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

At the moment I would keep all major FP studios going so they would get to experience full titles like Uncharted, Infamous ect. However I would bring in BioWare to release the Mass Effect triloigy and full Remakes of the frankly awesome Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic fully remade and offer the 3rd installment as a PS3 Exclusive. Then Finally the fans have asked for it loads of times and now they would get it. Final Fanstay Remade and reborn for a whole new Generation. As well as bringing in other top studios to help improve and develop games which have been successful (so example would be have Epic and Bundgie work together to make the mother of all FPS and Epic to work on a TPS game as well)

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Main Aim would be to get everyone on to the PS3 improve the fanbase and offering oringal PS3 owners something great as well.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Depends on the titles

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

At the moment the main aim would be to make the PS3 the best machine in the world today, oh and make sure that the PS4 is easiler to develop for and have native 1080P for everything

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I think you spent all sonys money on 1-3 sonys dead hehe
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

Dropping the price seems to be a popular answer and it is not a completely bad idea, I get why Sony is reluctant to do so, they have only just recently got the production costs of the PS3 down to a point where they can actually make money with each console sold, dropping the price again would likely cause them to take it at a loss again. Securing good 3rd party exclusives (and I mean true exclusives) would be a good place to start to keep the PS3 going strong, but as the head of the company I would be remiss to focus solely on the PS3, I would also work with developers to make more quality games for the PSP and PS2. (lets face it a lot of people still have PS2, not everyone can afford to upgrade to a current gen system, and making a PS2 game has to be cheaper than making a PS3 or 360 game)

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

At this point pretty much any advertising (on TV) would be better than current ads, 10 years ago I saw video game commercials frequently now aside from EA Sports games, and stuff like Halo, not so much. But my ads wouldn't be like the pathetic attempts at ads that Sony has had this gen, (Sony seriously needs to fire the people that come up with the PlayStation ads) the ads for the PS3 console would focus on all the things the PS3 has to offer, for game ads you have to show game play.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

I would buy SquareEnix, while tempting to drop Activision for being cry babies, it would cause the PlayStation systems to lose too many good games, (all Marvel games, Call of Duty etc) Since they are an independent company now I would approach Bungie to make a PS3 exclusive.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

I would try as best as possible to find a balance between making money and keeping the fanbase happy. The fans are the ones they got Sony where they are and they are the ones that will keep them from falling, but at the same time it is a business.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

I wouldn't be against it but not entirely sure how it would work (lets face it there will never be a collaboration between these companies)

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

The next system has to come out competitively priced, if it is still the most expensive by say $50 that would be ok since that isn't that much money, but the next PlayStation cannot come out with a $600 price tag.

Going into the next Gen I think all of the big 3 need to learn some lessons of what not to do:

Sony: Must be competitively priced, cannot be priced 200 or 300 more than the competition.

Microsoft: Needs to make a console that doesn't break down every 10 minutes, it needs to be built to last, choose a final design for the system and stick with it, don't keep making changes to it late in the process that cause massive hardware problems.

Nintendo: While there is nothing wrong with trying to get casual gamers to buy your products, you should not do it at the expense of you core fanbase, the casual gamers likely will get bored with the constant mini games and move on to something else altogether, for them it is likely just a fad, if you can turn them into true gamers, even better. Again, your core fanbase is what got you this far, and are the ones that will keep you from failing, there must be more games for the gamers. While there is nothing wrong with constant Mario, Metroid and Zelda games (they sell a lot) it would be a good idea to come up with some new IPs or even dust off your older franchises and update them (Punch-Out), also every game needs to have the option to not use motion control.

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1. Partner with Netflix and Hulu. 2. Actually do ads... 3. None. The companies they have now are good at what they do. 4. Selling more ps3s. Everything else will follow. 5. Depends on the specific situation. Wouldn't share hardware, but ad campaigns and software interconnection would be a possibility. 6. Possibly separating the gaming from the media again depending what people are interested in at the time. Sony sometimes tries to do too much too fast too often and that hurt them some because of the high price they have to sell for. Also, I'd fire the people who did the marketing for the ps3. Their superiority complex didn't make them any friends when the ps3 first came out.
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

Create a PS3 slim and make this the entry level PS3, bring back the 60gb and make this the premium console with sensible pricing, speak to game developers and find a way to make it easier and cost effective for them to make games for us thus maximising our consoles potention and not just constant 360 ports,consider droppingblu-ray.

also drop PS2 support

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

"Do a microsoft vs apple" and show people the same rival console specced up to our standard console will cost you XYZ not to mention online gamingcosts, or if thats to below the belt try.

"we at Sony know you can get good deals for internal hard drive, thats why we don't sell you branded ones, we at sony know that gaming can be used as a social tool, and thatpaying£40 for a game is enoughand why we are commited to keeping our onlinefree,like you pc counter parts.we at sony undertand the statement each to their own which is why we allow you topick your ownkeyboards and headsets.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

I would keep rockstar Kanomi, and try to negotiate a Golden eye 64 & prefectdark game for online PSN with RARE, drop no one the more the merrier

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

things can not stay as they are and money is important or we won't survive, but look after the fan and they wil look after you and more important show the fans you have listen to their complaints and they feel appreciated.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Yes to ridconsole only games and make a good trade off with the rivals, i.e Gears of war= Resistance 2, killzone = halo.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

sensible pricing, pip microsoft for an early release or a ****c head to head, better PSN whilst it is good now there's still room for improvement this is to remain free (ban hackers by their ps mac address and make them pay a fine to get it unbarred), allow people to listen to their own music whilst playing games as this is hugely popular, speak to developers again on how they can make their lives easier for making games for our console thus maximising it potential.

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1. Alot of shorter kick ass adspots each one devoted to an amazing PS3 exclusive (and 2 for MGS4 and Valkyria Chron) 2. Large scale public events.. 3. get Atlus to be PS exclusive, and SE/IW to be timed exclusive (lets face it there very expensive ;) ) 4. first things first lower the PS3 price and help get that install base up, we can't sell games if we don't sell consoles, and stop trying to convert the casuals, the hardcore sector buys the majority of games as is no need to get Grandma, grandpa and the family dog involved in video games.. 5. Nintendo yes.. M$ no.. lets not stray to far from our roots.. 6. I would push the "NO STUPID GIMMICKS!" motto for the next console and make it much more accessible offering people the ability to upload all there old Ps1-3 games onto the PS4 along with DVD's making it the ultimate all in one gaming console/home theater.
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Reopen the London studio. Open more studios across the globe. Make games cheaper. Enable piracy thus as least doubling the market.

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Reopen the London studio. Open more studios across the globe. Make games cheaper. Enable piracy thus as least doubling the market.

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london sutdio technically merged with another uk studio, they are the ones behind home and eyepet.

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more marketing nuff said, sony are terrible with marketing while there doing good considering with a rival being out with no competition for a whole year then ps3 is released with another rival. but there is hardly any marketing with sony. i seen no ps3 advert only 360 and i only seen a couple of advert with games on ps3.
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i think because the xbox 360 came out first most got the xbox but now there geting the red ring of death on there xbox 360 and because the xbox has so much probs like over heating and scratching disc and because the ps3 games look so much beter they are insted of buying another xbox there buying ps3 so i think we are gana be good for the years to come!!!!(all this happend to my xbox360 but not the red ring of death so im saying through experience XBOX 360 is crap if u wana buy the cheep kiddy toy get an xbox but if u want an expensive worth the money in years get the real gaming console get the PS3) i know through experienceDaSaint93
PS3 is having the YLD, so both systems are having issues.
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Reopen the London studio. Open more studios across the globe. Make games cheaper. Enable piracy thus as least doubling the market.

NotAFurry
Enable piracy? Lol. That's a first.
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong? Drop the price, offer amazing deals, get certain developers in my pocket 2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you? actually advertise them... 3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop? Bring in.... Rockstar, Bethesda, IW maybe treyarch to get a monopoly on cod games 4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is? Please the fan base, if the fans are happy then they will make purchases which in turn will make money :) 5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas? Id be willing to steal some of their ideas and maybe sell them some ideas which sound good but will evidently fail 6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console? Better Graphics, more memory, backwards compatibility, a free sony Hd ready TV with each (only like 20")
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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

make the ps store global whats on the american would be on the japanese au and european stores and vice versa and i would also release the entire ps1 catalog on psn american and japanese games included

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

every 5 minutes you would have a ps3 or psp commercial in your face and lots of online adds

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

bioware rockstar bethesda hell i might even try to throw some money at bungie

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

pleasing the sony fanbase but at the same time making smart decisions to keep everything running soothly

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

no but i would probably go the konami way and have kratos the chick from heavenly sword and ratchet and clank on the next super smash bros think of the exposure that would get for those games and it would likely make wii owners buy a ps3 to see the characters in action and get more back story

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

come up with a consumer frendly way to make ps4 backward compatable with ps1-ps3 add a function where you can play downloaded psp games on your ps4 kinda like you could play gameboy advanced games on game cube use sony's music and film division to offer music and movie downloads and it comes with a 2 terabyte hard drive onehdmi cableand the ps3 controllers would be compatable so no need to buy new ones and i would make sure that ALL developers get a head start on programming for it so there will be no excuses that the reason a game is not coming to our console because they claim its too hard to use and secure deals for exclusives for launch and have atleast 20 first party titles at launch and also make home version 2 but instead of being a gathering spot it would be a gathering spot and then i would throw in some mmo elements and have daily quests or objectives for players to complete for rewards such as trophies homespace decorations or colthes for avatars and maybe one home user a month would be randomly picked for a giveaway such as sony gear or a free game movie or music download of the users choice from psn and tournaments say for example if street fighter 5 comes out i would have a deal with capcom on launch we have a tournament on home and players would beable to watch other players matches on all the video screens in home such as the central plazacapcom spaceetc.

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

Invest in AAA Games, Then Drop the Price of the PS3, Then Keep Investing in AAA Games

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you

Advertise the PS3 as a whole. They have to market the system not only as a console but a multimedia machine.

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

I wouldnt drop any game. I would invest internally, Then try to make deals with 3rd Party Companies. Exclusive DLC, PSN Titles, Blockbuster Hits etc.

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

Pleasing the Fan Base, consoles are money makers. If you make the fans happy, they'll make you happy.

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

Not MS or Nintendo. I would work with EA because they have a very solid line up of games and the power to sell my system.

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

"Give The Consumers What They Want"

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

MusashiSensi

1. more exclusives, perfect the psn on the ps3

2. advertisement more on movies and tv in general

3. i stilll have no idea

4. making money is imposrtant but ill accept some fan suggestions

5. those two, no

6. the ps3 is our #1 prioarty, lets not get carried away

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1. What will you do to make sure the ps3 keeps on going strong?

2. How will you advertise ps3 products better than those before you?

3. Which companies will you try to bring into sony to make ps3 exclusive games & which would you drop?

4. What would be your #1 priority? Making money, pleasing the sony fanbase or leaving things as is?

5. Would you be willing to collab with other companies such as Microsoft & Nintendo on new ideas?

6. What ideas would you push towards the completion on the next sony console?

1. I would work towards a better online, with better avatars, PSHome media streaming (movies and music you could listen to and watch with friends, like originally stated and to be included in XBL), cross game chat, looking at a friends friend list, etc. I would secure more 3rd party exclusives and DLC for games like MW2 and the next GTA, and I would work towards making a cheaper "arcade" console, for more sales and PS3 owners (less HDD, less charge ports, no wi-fi etc).

2. Product placement in movies and TV shows (a PS3 transformer? dumb, but possibly effective), more ads before movies, and a commercial shoing all its features.

3. Valve (although Gabe Newell's hatred of PS3 might mean a lot of work and money to get him over), Rockstar, and maybe Crytek and Ubisoft. I may work with Activision for exclusive CoD DLC, and I don't think I would drop any companies, but Factor 5 might be one (they made Lair).

4. Like in all business, it would be money first, but I would definitely adopt a spend some to earn some attitude, with more money towards exclusives and PS3 equipment.

5. Yes I would, a more peaceful, collaborative attitude would garner respect from fans, and allow for some interesting results in games.

6. I would definitely push for more graphics, but definitely I would try to make a meta console for PS4, allow for more options with movies, music, internet, and make PSHome much better than it is.More game exclusives and a smooth launch, as well as a perfected controller, with more sixaxis capabilities, more comfort, and 2 controllers packed with the PS4 to encourage splitscreen play and friends (like the Wii). I would most of all package the high end PS3 with as much as I can to avoid forcing the customer to buy other peripherals seperately, a built in camera, keyboard, Wi-Fi, movie controller, etc. with the high end model (the cheapest one may not come with every item, but they can be purchased seperately). Of course, the PS3's 10 year life span would have to go by before I even think of launching a seperate console, but work would start on it after the console's half-life.