Sony really needs to work at getting PS2 owners to upgrade to the PS3.
The system is good, and the games are there now, it's down to price and lack of backwards compatibility. I think the latter may actually be more of a stumbling block than the former.
I believe it's the former - backward compatibility is cool, but after you start playing the new games, it becomes just a gimmick, I hardly come back to the older ones.
And "the games are there" is not good enough, with the 360 library being much more attractive, even without considering all the franchises they lost.
Not to mention the Wii, that despite it is not my thing, it's selling like hot cakes.
I think their issues go way farther than their gaming business. Although I do feel that they have a lot of work in turning around the gaming business, I haven't seen Sony really shine in any department lately. This is due to poor management.
They've always done well as a premium brand. The problem is that electronics have gotten cheaper to produce. The difference between a mid-level electronic component isn't as far off from a high-level electronic component as it was in the 90's. In other words, they need to figure out a way to compete a little better.
The recall of millions of potentially exploding batteries is another example of poor management. QA should have caught that one. It seems that the only business that is doing well for them is the movie business.
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Sony really needs to work at getting PS2 owners to upgrade to the PS3.
The system is good, and the games are there now, it's down to price and lack of backwards compatibility. I think the latter may actually be more of a stumbling block than the former.
I believe it's the former - backward compatibility is cool, but after you start playing the new games, it becomes just a gimmick, I hardly come back to the older ones.
And "the games are there" is not good enough, with the 360 library being much more attractive, even without considering all the franchises they lost.
Not to mention the Wii, that despite it is not my thing, it's selling like hot cakes.
I think their issues go way farther than their gaming business. Although I do feel that they have a lot of work in turning around the gaming business, I haven't seen Sony really shine in any department lately. This is due to poor management.
They've always done well as a premium brand. The problem is that electronics have gotten cheaper to produce. The difference between a mid-level electronic component isn't as far off from a high-level electronic component as it was in the 90's. In other words, they need to figure out a way to compete a little better.
The recall of millions of potentially exploding batteries is another example of poor management. QA should have caught that one. It seems that the only business that is doing well for them is the movie business.
Dropping PS2 functionality was a big, big mistake. I still have a small stack of PS2 RPGs I still want to play despite having a PS3 AND a 360.
As it stands, the PS3 is only used to play movies, and the PS2 was moved into the bedroom with the old TV.
Meanwhile, RPGs continue lining up for the 360. For a Playstation, the PS3 has really dropped the ball in this area.