Kaz: Sony Is Competing Against All Forms Of Entertainment
Posted by x3sphere at May 9, 2008, 11:59 pm
Nintendo and Microsoft? Sure, they’re big names in the console gaming market, no doubt. But they aren’t Sony’s only competitors. Not by a long shot. The PlayStation 3 is competing against the entire entertainment space, according to outspoken company president Kaz Hirai:
I think that PS3, PS2 and PSP are all entertainment platforms so I feel that our competition is not Microsoft or Nintendo, but basically any form of entertainment that is competing for the consumers’ attention.
What a difference a year makes, Kaz. Last year, the PS3 was said to be nothing more than a game machine.
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Umm Kaz. That's just the problem. Your console being more than a gaming machine is exactly the problem. You're focusing less on the gaming side and more on everything else.
If you'd just focus more on the gaming side, then mabye you'd I don't know... sell more games and PS3's in general? Just a thought.