sony disappointed gamers everywhere by not dropping the price of the playstation 3. i’m confused as to what sony is trying to accomplish with the playstation 3.
sony is constantly touting they have a 10 year plan for the system (much like how the cylons had a plan) along the same lines as the original playstation and playstation2. the difference here is that the original playstation and playstation2 were hot sellers since their release dates. not everyone is wanting a playstation 3 this time around.
the playstation 3 has an identity crisis. is it a game machine or is it a movie machine? thanks to the high development costs of games, there aren’t that many unique must have games on the playstation3. on the movie side, i don’t believe the market for blu-ray movies is that terribly large (i should look up the numbers on it). there’s not much incentive to purchase a blu-ray movie player as dvd quality movies seem to be fine for most everyone.
besides adjusting price, there’s not much sony can do to change the market perception of the playstation 3. one thing that comes to mind is sony needs better marketing or something more slick, even if it’s on the verge of being a lie. playstation 2′s emotion engine promised to bring real life experiences (or was it movie like experiences) to video games. that’s a concept everyone could grasp no matter how far fetched the idea was. with the playstation 3, sony was marketing the cell processor and blu-ray. those things are too tangible and not many people understood/understand why these technologies are better than the playstation 2 or xbox 360 other than being bigger and faster.
i’d love to see sony adjust their plan for the playstation 3. heck, i’d love to purchase a playstation 3 myself.
