If you do not recognize it, Sony was for the "mainstream" market last year, and that's probably how they won. They had their good games and exclusive titles, but at the same time, most of their games were the casual type meant to appeal to kids. They also didn't pay much attention to online play, and just slapped it on the console like that. Yet it received so much praise, but it was obvious that they took it off of PC gaming and LIVE and lacked the full features of those respective systems. But they continued to sell exponentially better than any other console on the market. And I'm not sure if you PS2 owners remember, but Memory Card's were SIGNIFICANTLY over-priced! You could get a USB drive for MUCH less!
Now that PS3 is trailing behind the other consoles, however, things have changed. All these crappy mainstream games, or at least a whole lot of them, have wandered elsewhere(Wii is actually the big home to those now). The PS3 is actually ALOT better than the PS2 console, ALOT more powerful, and a good value even for a high price(and $500/$600? WHAT were they thinking?!). Actually, that sky-high price does show another part to Sony's greed. IMO, they should have waited till blu-ray was cheaper to produce, but arrogance got the better of them and they were forced to concede to price-drops and limited software/console sales. Now, it actually does feel like it's worth $400, especially since blu-ray reached out to the market more. PS3 BARELY had any games to start because Sony was so confident in selling just as much as the PS2 did in profit(not sales numbers, but overall profit) with only a few games(Multi-plat's mostly, and only a few exclusives like RFOM and Motorstorm; barely cutting sauce, even if they are good games).
Then about a year later, Sony realized where all their cash was going. They had to do something quick or they were going to have to close their gaming division for good. It's great how they did change things, as now their exclusive line-up is large and expanding, and a bit profitable to them now to continue on with hiring 1st party dev's to make mostly A-quality games. They decided to add more to PSN to make it more competitive for the price of free. And now, Sony's actually getting used to the 3rd place treatment, but they got the worst of it, since sales continue to tremble as the economy is not profitable enough.
See, Sony's losing in this gen actually made their reputation ALOT better. I can actually respect them as a company now, because their products really are of great quality. Even with low amount of sales, Sony continues to sell its high-priced products, but most of them do live up to the expensive price now. And now, Sony caters much more to the hardcore fan base than the casual audience like they did last gen.
Sony's change seems to be favorable in the long run as it continues to gain more respect by dev's who make first-party exclusives for them.
So I'm actually glad they are losing, because if they were on top, last gen would repeat itself yet again.:roll: A foolish move on Sony's part, but they were asking for it, and now hopefully, they can revise their errors created by greed and become profitable yet again. PS3 gamers can actually gain from Sony's loss here.
NYrockinlegend
First off you're saying that Sorny "needs to wait until blu-ray's cost comes down" before adding it to the console. Since they own the technology, how do you expect the cost to come down? License it to other parties & wait 10 years?? I think they would like to get a better ROI today, not 10 years from now. Plus, do you think competition from Nintendo & Mr. Softy would be waiting for them?
Also, the biggest problem with Sorny is that it doesn't use a Microsoft-based software backend for its games. If it did, the games would be easier to port over & there wouldn't be anything to keep Sorny from having their multi-plat form games looking like dirt compared to the 360 & PC platforms. American Devs build their games with Microsoft products. THEN they port the game to PS3. That's how it's going to be as long as Microsoft controls the PC compiler/programmer markets. There is no way Sorny is going to move that elephant.
So I was following you through the story, Sorny is going downhill, but then near the end you turn it around & somehow make a baseless claim that Sorny, being the loser, is better for their market. So Sorny likes losing billions so they can appeal to a minority market & make better games for a handful of people? Are you serious?
There is no greed on Sorny's part here. Just ignorance. My guess is the PS4 will have more in common with the next-gen Wii than the next-gen 360.
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