Comments on: Hirai: We don’t do the consumer a disservice by ditching old consoles http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: mortiferus http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19866 mortiferus Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:43:13 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19866 Also if Sony is so big on not fucking their customers, why is it that every Blue-ray player sans the newest models being released this fall are feature crippled compared to PS3... and with no firmware upgrade path to Profile 2.0? http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9808376-7.html Also if Sony is so big on not fucking their customers, why is it that every Blue-ray player sans the newest models being released this fall are feature crippled compared to PS3… and with no firmware upgrade path to Profile 2.0?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9808376-7.html

]]> By: mortiferus http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19863 mortiferus Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:22:39 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19863 It's a disservice to themselves. If Im a shareholder I want maximum ROI on PS3. Afterall they spent an exorbitant amount of money on R&D and then on manufacturing. The smart thing to do is offer a year of dev support on last gen and then concentrate on the new kid. The old hadware/software will sell on it's own. This is part of the 3rd place puzzle for Sony. It’s a disservice to themselves. If Im a shareholder I want maximum ROI on PS3. Afterall they spent an exorbitant amount of money on R&D and then on manufacturing. The smart thing to do is offer a year of dev support on last gen and then concentrate on the new kid. The old hadware/software will sell on it’s own. This is part of the 3rd place puzzle for Sony.

]]> By: Whizzo http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19800 Whizzo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19800 They'd did potential customers a disservice by dumping PS2 BC on the PS3 after they'd been taking the piss out of Microsoft's attempts at it on the 360 (which at least works for a lot of titles). Well done, you certainly showed those Redmond boys! They’d did potential customers a disservice by dumping PS2 BC on the PS3 after they’d been taking the piss out of Microsoft’s attempts at it on the 360 (which at least works for a lot of titles).

Well done, you certainly showed those Redmond boys!

]]> By: Gamoc http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19799 Gamoc Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:31:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19799 He has a point, you know. Sony can't possibly lose if they're going for 10 years and their competition isn't simply because they're building, selling and supporting them for so much longer. He has a point, you know. Sony can’t possibly lose if they’re going for 10 years and their competition isn’t simply because they’re building, selling and supporting them for so much longer.

]]> By: Michael http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19794 Michael Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:33 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19794 Please don't tell me I'm not the only person who sees the irony in this? Their current consoles support the games from their last console, *and* they sell their current console at a reasonable price point. The only reason the PS2 still has some life in it is because it was so huge in the past generation. The other formats were not. Lets try making the PS3 profitable, yeah? Make up your fucking minds, Sony. Please don’t tell me I’m not the only person who sees the irony in this?

Their current consoles support the games from their last console, *and* they sell their current console at a reasonable price point.

The only reason the PS2 still has some life in it is because it was so huge in the past generation. The other formats were not. Lets try making the PS3 profitable, yeah?

Make up your fucking minds, Sony.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-19782 Psychotext Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:19:12 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/17/hirai-we-dont-do-the-consumer-a-disservice-by-ditching-old-consoles/#comment-19782 Hirai still doesn't get that a 10 year lifecycle is not something you can choose to do... it's something that your sales let you do. If the PS2 had sold like the xbox it would have been killed pretty fast too. Same goes for the PS3... it either picks up or they're going to need to start looking at the next machine pretty sharpish. It's quite telling that this 10 year lifecycle thing was never actually mentioned until the PS3 came around. It's not something they planned to do for the PS1 or PS2... it's just a happy side effect of those machines utterly crushing their competition. :) Talking of which, I'd love to find when they first used the term. Hirai still doesn’t get that a 10 year lifecycle is not something you can choose to do… it’s something that your sales let you do. If the PS2 had sold like the xbox it would have been killed pretty fast too. Same goes for the PS3… it either picks up or they’re going to need to start looking at the next machine pretty sharpish.

It’s quite telling that this 10 year lifecycle thing was never actually mentioned until the PS3 came around. It’s not something they planned to do for the PS1 or PS2… it’s just a happy side effect of those machines utterly crushing their competition. :)

Talking of which, I’d love to find when they first used the term.

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