Where Sony went wrong

I thought this was an interesting article from CNN money. I thought it was interesting that they were blaming some of the failure on the controller though. So far though, the PS3 is still showing less than stellar sales, and they have dropped off in Europe. My opinion is pretty much the same as everyone else, they priced it to high. If they lowered the price to match the 360 it would be a MUCH better selling console.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/27/ma [...] 2007042710

Thoughts?

wes

I agree that Sony shouldn`t be too concerned about Nintendo`s success. What they really should be worrying about is the fact that the Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 in North America (not sure about Europe, maybe there too?).

The PS3`s major "problem" is the Blue Ray player. It`s the reason the console is so expensive and therefore also the reason why the sales aren`t too good. Thing is though we also have to look to the future. A couple of years from now Blue Ray might be hot property and so buying a PS3 will be a pretty attractive option. By then production costs should also have dropped substantially to allow for a price cut or two.

Thinking long term though Microsoft rears its ugly head again. Maybe by the time people want a Blue Ray player the next Xbox will be released with much more powerful hardware and an HD player to boot. Or maybe Blue Ray will die a death and the PS3 will bomb even worse than it`s doing now. Who knows? Sony sure as hell don`t and they`ve taken a gamble that things will hopefully go their way. If they don`t go their way then maybe we`ll never even see a PS4. I wouldn`t be too worried about it though, at least our good friends Microsoft and Nintendo will be there to pick up the slack.