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Why is it that appealing to a broad audience is always a bad thing? If more people have consoles, then those people are more likely to actually start playing games. Then, before long, everybody's doing it and you don't have to feel like a loser for going on a forum like this. Everybody wins, see?
Dedicated servers and clan support won't bring in new people, and it's not like the people who already do have PlayStations will take an axe to them if it doesn't happen. Then again, I don't play multiplayer, so what do I know about all this crap?
Dedicated servers and clan support won't bring in new people, and it's not like the people who already do have PlayStations will take an axe to them if it doesn't happen. Then again, I don't play multiplayer, so what do I know about all this crap?
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I don't know, I'd think that they're going for an all-in-one thing here. To sell to a broader audience other than gamers.
I don't know, I'd think that they're going for an all-in-one thing here. To sell to a broader audience other than gamers.
Its not about bringing in new consumers. It's about improvement. Although it's now clear to me why they arn't doing so.
Sony are a consumer electronics and media company before being a games company. They always have something else to sell with the consoles like a new HDTV, blue rays player or patented headache goggles. They are not really as much of a software or internet company and when they do make software they probably see making media player software as a priority due to them being mostly a consumer electronics and media company.
I know this because Q told me.
I know this because Q told me.
It makes a lot of sense, a game console needs to be dedicated, but other things can be added. Having the PS3 also be a movie player makes perfect sense - the PS3 has to output video for the games, so might as well do it for movies. Same with audio, it has to output sound so might as well use it for music. It's just plain obvious. The PS1 showed it was a good idea with audio CDs, the PS2 showed it was a good idea with DVDs, the PS3 shows it's a good idea with Blu-Ray and the PS4 will likely show it's a good idea with HVD or whatever they come up with. You don't necessarily want it to be everything, but adding home theatre features to the PS3 makes perfect sense, and it's mind boggling that Nintendo, Sega and Microsoft didn't embrace that to the degree Sony did.
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Oh. Lame.
OT: For as much as they can afford, some game-console developers like to make their product as practical as they can. I'm just awaiting the one which can make toast...
I think you're assuming that the companies are in it so they can bring joy to the masses. They aren't. The more consumers they bring in, the more money they make, and people generally like money. So it's not about improvement, it's about the consumers. Basically, they already have a gamer audience by just selling consoles. No matter what they do, as long as they sell consoles they'll have that audience. What they want is a different audience to add onto that, and they add things like Netflix and BluRay to get that audience and make more money. That would be the A to your Q.PANCHOVILLA said:
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Also, as of July Sony is making a profit with the lions share of that profit coming from peripherals and console sales pertaining to playing Blu-Rays. They are still making games, but they focus on other aspects too.