Re: Gran Turismo Mobile now officially cancelled?



"deKay" <andyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:n3sjo31caclubjouj71036eiivjes43p26@xxxxxxxxxx
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2008 17:05:13 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.playstation, yawatina tan reek esk "Col"
<OLDnewsboy64@xxxxxxxxxxx> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

Well, they've pretty much thrown away the PS3, so it's possible.

Eh?

You didn't hear about the weekly marketing blunders by Sony, which can only be
because they actually want the PS3 to fail?

Sure - and they deserve to fail as well. Their marketing and region specific pricing policies have been offensive. That's ignoring the laughable and lying hype about hardware specs and in game performance. (The revelation that GT Mobile is vapourware surely doesn't surprise anyone?)

But the deal with Warner has probably not only saved Blu-Ray but also secured the long term future of the PS3. The law suits will come thick and fast (no doubt) but when the DVD Forum, including Toshiba itself and M$, has basically admitted defeat you know something big has happened. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony's alleged financial deal with Warner included a payment for the predicted breach of contract costs when the eventual law suit is settled.

The failure of Betamax would have resulted in the end of most companies but with an unlimited bank balance (albeit one funded through limitless loans) Sony knows through experience, unfortunately perhaps too well, how to win a battle for survival in a market place dominated by multi national corporations and cartel contracts.

Sony's biggest worldwide marketing problem, I think, in the last 8 years or so was its failure to maximise the potential of the PS Network - in comparison to the slick operation that was/is XBox Live Sony just didn't seem to care about the service (despite at one time, and possibly still for all I know, having more users than XBox Live).

M$ by contrast has given the European market good products Xbox 360 and Xbox Live) at a fair price point in terms of consistency of pricing and release dates across territories. Sony has given the European market good products (PS2 and PS3) at unfair price points, with crappy release dates and a failure to treat the European market with even basic respect.

Hopefully the increased attractive of the PS3 in the coming year (as a Blu-Ray player) will result in a reduction in the UK cost of the PS3. I'm not holding my breath though.

Gareth.









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