The Dissapointment of Sony and the PS3 timeline

[Chadder007]

Nov. 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb. 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i
Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony filed a patent for wiimote style hand-held controler

 

[RedArmy]

This is the first PS3/console thread I've responded to in general.

Yes, I got the fact the first 15 times that the PS3 failed big time.
Yes, I know that almost everyone thinks the Wii or 360 is better.
Yes, posting things about the PS3 was relevant and slightly informational...about 2 months ago

Please, for the love of everything merciful, please stop the PS3 threads, I see about 20 of them a week. It failed, we get it

/bitter
//doesn't hate OP, just the topic
///goes to Fark.com a lot

 

[pennylane]

I agree with RedArmy.

 

[xanis]

RedArmy, you've hit it right on the money.

 

[Chronoshock]

You didn't even copy the links from the original article, making it even more worthless

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25247543

 

[Queasy]

Link

This forum needs smilies just for this.

 

[junkiefp]

It failed to launch well, but I guarantee it will pick up next year when new games come out. Cmon its sony we are talking about...

 

[Thegonagle]

Wait, the PS3 was a flop?

 

[hans030390]

Personally I heart my PS3. Resistance is very nice, and I enjoy Blu-ray movies and demos.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

unless prices go wayyyyyy down, i seriously doubt that.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

unless prices go wayyyyyy down, i seriously doubt that.

Yep...the hardcore and videophiles are getting theirs now. After that, the PS3 is a tough sell to the casual gamer/parents at $500-$600. The PS2 will end up selling more than the PS3 in 2007 I betcha.

 

[Parasitic]

Wait, they filed a patent for a Wiimote-style controller?
Did Nintendo not patent their Wiimote?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

unless prices go wayyyyyy down, i seriously doubt that.

Yep...the hardcore and videophiles are getting theirs now. After that, the PS3 is a tough sell to the casual gamer/parents at $500-$600. The PS2 will end up selling more than the PS3 in 2007 I betcha.

Watch and see. Your average gamer these days is 18-25.. the prime age for disposable income and wastefulness.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Watch and see. Your average gamer these days is 18-25.. the prime age for disposable income and wastefulness.

These people seem to disagree.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Watch and see. Your average gamer these days is 18-25.. the prime age for disposable income and wastefulness.

These people seem to disagree.

They do? Actually they agree even more strongly, with the average gamer age being 30 a point at which people have even more disposable income. 2/3 of gamers are at least 18 years old.

Only 10% of video games sold are "children & family" where the wii has an edge, 90% are other genres where eye candy matters and the wii is a distant second in power to the PS3 and xbox.

wii is currently hot, a fad, and bringing in new casual gamers. It's definitely going to be a success, but those 25-35 year olds with healthy bank accounts are also going to buy an xbox or PS3 to play shooters, action, RPG etc. games with real next gen visuals.

 

[Kappo]

Does this mean Im supposed to not like playing my PS3 now?

 

[destrekor]

fanboys and system hatred
its annoying as hell. move on already. if you don't like the console, so what.. don't preach about it though, damn.
this crap is everywhere, people just want companies to fail. i don't understand the logic.
oh and a lot of those 'failures' were not failures in a commercial/company sense, just what the public sees as failures. big difference considering quite a few of those were purposeful and pure stupid execs hyping their product. it's not unheard of, so why people backlash on sony all of a sudden is beyond me. wait, i know.. sole reason, it's expensive. but guess what? we've heard that complaint a thousand times. it's old. if you're not getting one, who cares.
(this is not directed only at OP but all mindless fools who bash sony like it's the new in-thing.. oh wait it is )

 

[SampSon]

Some think Sony may have bet the farm on the ps3.

 

[Chode Messiah]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Watch and see. Your average gamer these days is 18-25.. the prime age for disposable income and wastefulness.

These people seem to disagree.

pdfs are my kryptonite.

 

[DukeN]

PS3s are for dumbs.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Watch and see. Your average gamer these days is 18-25.. the prime age for disposable income and wastefulness.

These people seem to disagree.

They do? Actually they agree even more strongly, with the average gamer age being 30 a point at which people have even more disposable income. 2/3 of gamers are at least 18 years old.

It's the weekend and I'm a bit under the weather, but my understanding is that if the average gamer is 30, then he can't be 18-25. Now if I've somehow misread something, I appologize.

 

[iliopsoas]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

unless prices go wayyyyyy down, i seriously doubt that.

People think the Playstation is more expensive...but it's actually cheaper than an Xbox 360 with the same features.

PS3 20GB version = $500. still better than a cripled Xbox360 with HD-DVD, which costs $500 as well.

The Xbox had squat for game titles at launch.

Just give it time. PS3 will do just fine.

 

[animalia]

who cares? go buy a gamecube like I did. I always buy the last generation systems to save money. HAHA. Plus gamecube is pretty cool.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: iliopsoas

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Give it a year. Sony will have sold 10+ million consoles and 100+ million games and Blu-Ray movies. Everyone loves Sony and the franchises it attracts.

unless prices go wayyyyyy down, i seriously doubt that.

People think the Playstation is more expensive...but it's actually cheaper than an Xbox 360 with the same features.

PS3 20GB version = $500. still better than a cripled Xbox360 with HD-DVD, which costs $500 as well.

The Xbox had squat for game titles at launch.

Just give it time. PS3 will do just fine.

Yeah, but most people aren't going to need "fancy smancy" blu-ray or even hd-dvd. They are just going to look for a reasonably priced system to play games and watch a dvd or two.