Would more people buy a PS3 if it were called Vaio-3?
This is kind of in the same vein as the speculation of a PlayStation 3 price cut. By the same vein, we mean they're both speculation. The boss of Sonic Team, behind Sonic and the Secret Rings for the Nintendo Wii, Yogiro Ogawa, claimed that the PS3 is very expensive. Yes, we know... the price argument. Again. Forever. But that's not what the subject line of this post claims is most interesting.
Ogawa was asked if the potential and overall abilities of the PS3 as a whole were worth the price. He replied: "Now I think that if Sony had sold the PS3 alongside the Vaio brand, maybe like calling it the 'Vaio PS3' or something like that, it may have been more appealing to the right people. I think that the way in which Sony has chosen to approach the PS3 could have been better. It's very expensive." We suppose that could be true... (as I glance at my aging Vaio laptop) but it's a pretty big departure from the Vaio computer line. First off, there's no standard monitor. You need those. Computers don't need TV's. Well, you guys can make your own arguments here! What do you think? Vaio-3 or PlayStation 3?
