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| DarkZero 440th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):'Game Over' paints more dismal game sce"
, posted Sun 2 Nov 20:55
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The article dates back to October 23, but Chris Morris' Game Over section on CNN Money focuses more on, and paints a more dismal image of, Sony in the video game industry.
Game Over | Bad decisions come back to haunt Sony
This article strikes me as fairly accurate and I agree with most of what it says, except for one thing:
Look, I realize there are a few factors that are beyond your control here. You were hoping the cost of manufacturing PS2s would go down a little more than it has. And R&D costs are up significantly as you work on the PlayStation 3 and upcoming PSP handheld device.
This list should be longer. Sony is not only spending money developing the PS3 and PSP hardwares, but also (if the rumors pan out) the PSTwo hardware, as well as first party games for both the PS3 and the PSP, which I'm guessing are going to have pretty robust lineups to overcompensate for the utterly massive failure of the PS2's launch lineup. So they're investing in three new systems and eight to ten games (four or five for each system in the first year, I'd wager), all with the intention of seeing few returns over the course of the next year. That's a lot of money going out the door without a lot coming in. Add to all that the fact that Namco shafted the PS2 on its Soul Calibur 2 port, which lead to very low sales of SC2 on the PS2 and very high sales on the GameCube and Xbox, as well as the lack of a new killer app for the PS2 since Vice City was released, and Sony's financial report looks pretty bad even before you add in their mistakes. Oh, and there's that whole "yearly summer drought" thing. And the addition of FFXII's delay. And the transformation of both the Xbox and the GameCube over the last year from consoles with worthless games and a suitably slim market share to genuine consoles that players would consider buying at any price.
Mr. Morris wrote his article as an explanation of Sony's mistakes with just a single paragraph given to the factors that are outside of Sony's control, but he could've written the exact opposite way, explaining the factors outside Sony's control with just a single paragraph given to their mistakes, and he would've been just as right. It's more of a 50-50 thing than the 80-20 he's describing it as.
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| Luisinan 536th Post
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| "Re(2):Sony feels heat of elctrn/entrtn compet" , posted Mon 3 Nov 00:09
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Though we know Sony dominates the video game market, Sony is losing out to its competitors in the general electronics and entertainment (movies/music) market, as its name is no longer synonymous with superior quality in those markets. Sony has been experiencing some financial trouble as a result.
BBC NEWS | Business | How Sony lost its way
Reguarding the quality of Sony products. Part of the Sony products I have had in the last several years have broken. I always thought the Play Station was an overly cheaply produced product. I have some old Sony products that have never broken too. But I don't really think of Sony as being the company with high quality products. Maybe in the early 90s and before I might have thought more so that they were a high quality product maker. Perhaps if the PS was a higher quality product and my stereo didn't break I'd think a little better of them. Not that I hate them, I sort of see them as a medium level company. I miss the days when I a company I had a more positive outlook of like Sega was still making home game systems.
Yah, I know. I think Sony was at one time known for high quality products- or at least they gave off that image. Some people may even think that, but I sure no longer do. I see them more as middle of the road or average products, with a few clunkers, a few hits and a lot of high priced stuff.
The PS1 and PS2 were POS. The PS1 had great technology at the time, but it was not a durable machine. The PS2 is a frankenstien monster with a schizo durability- that is, it has an immensely varying history of durability and complaints. Who ever designed the PS2 should get put in prison. The cell processor for the PS3 sounds like hype. Sadly, Sony is sort of like Microsoft, good at marketing their products but with terrible craftsmanship. All right, end rant.
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