Why is Sony Stumbling?

[SupahSaiyangirl]

It seems these days the mighty clout the Playstation brand once had is no bigger than a puddle. What f'ing happend Sony? Where did you go wrong?

so what's your opinions folks? what happened to SONY?

 

[Master Chief]

PR + Focusing on the technology more than the games.

 

[OobeDoobBenubi]

I cant wait for Zeniens response to this

 

[Ghostvirus]

People are finally seeing that SONY is nothing more than pre-rendered Crap!

 

[SupahSaiyangirl]

zenien's gonna have a field day!! ^-^ she definately loves teh Sony!!! j/K i kid i i kid!!

 

[GFreeman]

All of them to one degree or another. Ego more than anything though. At some point in time, they've gotten the idea into their collective heads that they're on top of the industry and nothing will ever change that, and thats why you've now got an over priced console with no really awesome "must-buy" games, getting stomped by the competition.

 

[cookiva]

Focusing on the technology more than the games.

This is the real answer.

 

[hippy fascist]

Ego

Sony act as if they're doing people a favour by "letting" them buy a ps3

(Those few that still are that is... )

 

[Purple Prancer]

No Halo LOLOLOLOLLOOLOOLOLLLLLOLLOOOOL

 

[Fenrir]

Time for our daily bulletin -

SONY IZ TEH SUCK!

 

[hippie_hunter]

It's a combination of all of the above.

The Playstation 2 made Sony arrogant, egotistical, and cocky. They pretty much expected people to buy the console right away simply because it has Playstation on it.

Price is another hurting factor. When you have the equally powerful Xbox 360 for $350.00 and the popular Wii for $250.00, a $600.00 price tag doesn't look all that great.

And the games, right now, the Playstation 3 has very few games when the competition has Halo 3, Bioshock, Gears of War, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Super Paper Mario.

And let's not even get into the PR follies. Tooooo many to count.

However, that said, it's still far too early to count Sony out. There will be a price cut that will make it competitive with Microsoft and Nintendo. There will be games comming out for the system (Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Uncharted, etc.). The DualShock 3 is finally comming out next year.

And for all of those who simply say Sony teh sux, or that they will never have any games, or they will never be competitive, well you're full of it.

 

[Electro UK]

It all comes down to the price. People KNOW the PS3 will pick up momentum within time, but right now, its too much to pay for an inferior console.

 

[hippy fascist]

It all comes down to the price. People KNOW the PS3 will pick up momentum within time, but right now, its too much to pay for an inferior console.

I agree

 

[Concept Name]

Its my birthday today and i got a 60gig PS3, with motorstorm resistance heavenly sword, and three blu ray movies. i must say its way better than the 360, and i have both.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I like the cut of your jib ConceptName, but you're probably going to stuggle trying to justify that comment.

P.S. Motorstorm Rocks!

 

[Mr Jide]

Once sony decide to cut the price on the concole, then its open season...I think its a classic case of the turtle and the hare...the ps3 starts of miserably but the price drops and those all important games come out, especially the exclusives like mgs4 and sony's back on top. Hell, if GTA was still exclusive to sony then it'd be curtains but hey, the cards have been dealt.

 

[Concept Name]

I like the cut of your jib ConceptName, but you're probably going to stuggle trying to justify that comment.

P.S. Motorstorm Rocks!

well.......opinions are like *******s, everyone has one.t:

 

[terry78]

^But some people's *******s smell better than others.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Sony is stumbling because Nintendo is stealing all of their ideas!

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Once sony decide to cut the price on the concole, then its open season...I think its a classic case of the turtle and the hare...the ps3 starts of miserably but the price drops and those all important games come out, especially the exclusives like mgs4 and sony's back on top. Hell, if GTA was still exclusive to sony then it'd be curtains but hey, the cards have been dealt.

When has the turtle ever won the console war? It's always the hare because the developers follow the hare, which means more games, more exclusives, more consoles sold. Why is Sony stumbling because they ignored the three things that won them the last two console wars.

1. Coming out first, they had a year head start on the N64 and the GameCube/X-Box. This gave them a year to build up their libary and release some exclusive titles. X-Box had that luxury this gen.

2. Lowest cost, it may not have been cheaper when it was initially released, but after a year head start, Sony was able to drop their cost when or just before the competition came out and as a result had a better offer, same amount of money, more games. Wii has the cost advantage, X-Box is close behind and has a better libary.

3. Exclusive games, speaks for itself, Playstation had Doom and Mortal Kombat soon after launch, two of the most popular games at that time and kept on releasing those exclusives and went after more, PS2 was more of the same. Sony isn't going after those exclusives anymore, add to the fact many big time third party games like Rainbow Six, GRAW, Obilivion come out months after they're released on X-Box with no real improvements.

 

[hippy fascist]

still waiting for Zenien's response

 

[Electro UK]

I agree

Well it is right now, I have no problem admitting it. The 360 has Gears, Halo 3, Bioshock, and superior multiplatform games. PS3 has Resistance, a both over and underrated shooter by both crowds, Motorstorm, a greast racing game, but a racing game, a better version of DiRT, again a racing game, Heavenly Sword and Lair (lolz) and that's about it.

When MGS4, FF13 (if they stay exclusive), Unreal Tournament 3, Haze (while they stay exclusive), Rachet and Clank, Metro 2033, Uncharted, inFAMOUS, Home, Killzone 2 (if its rated well this time round), Motorstorm 2, MGO, God of War 3, Team ICO's product, L.A. Noire (or whatever), and a few more games that fail to come to mind come through, then the PS3'll really pick up. Until then, have fun just playing a bunch of so-so FPS'

 

[Havok83]

When has the turtle ever won the console war? It's always the hare because the developers follow the hare, which means more games, more exclusives, more consoles sold. Why is Sony stumbling because they ignored the three things that won them the last two console wars.

1. Coming out first, they had a year head start on the N64 and the GameCube/X-Box. This gave them a year to build up their libary and release some exclusive titles. X-Box had that luxury this gen.

2. Lowest cost, it may not have been cheaper when it was initially released, but after a year head start, Sony was able to drop their cost when or just before the competition came out and as a result had a better offer, same amount of money, more games. Wii has the cost advantage, X-Box is close behind and has a better libary.

3. Exclusive games, speaks for itself, Playstation had Doom and Mortal Kombat soon after launch, two of the most popular games at that time and kept on releasing those exclusives and went after more, PS2 was more of the same. Sony isn't going after those exclusives anymore, add to the fact many big time third party games like Rainbow Six, GRAW, Obilivion come out months after they're released on X-Box with no real improvements.

The Dreamcast won on all 3 points and still failed. It came out a year before the PS2. It was a $100 cheaper and it had several exclusives,yet even with all those, it still didnt do too well. The PS3 is in the same position as the PS2 with the exception that the first system is actually still surviving and that didnt happen then

 

[Milu]

Not enough cowbell .

 

[cookiva]

The Dreamcast won on all 3 points and still failed. It came out a year before the PS2. It was a $100 cheaper and it had several exclusives,yet even with all those, it still didnt do too well. The PS3 is in the same position as the PS2 with the exception that the first system is actually still surviving and that didnt happen then

Its simple. IT DOESNT HAVE ENOUGH GAMES! I have a PS3, but I bought it knowing I would play it later rather than sooner. You can count the good games on it on one hand.