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Welcome back, Sony.
Holy shit, these are hilarious lol.
"Bunch of quotes
Welcome back, Sony.
Seems like to me that some people in here are confusing Aggressive Sony with pre-PS3 Arrogant Sony.
Seems like to me that some people in here are confusing Aggressive Sony with pre-PS3 Arrogant Sony.
Considering the PS3 mistakes and the failure of the PSVita, any statement (whether it aggressive or arrogant) is rather bold.
Do you have one for Microsoft and/or Nintendo? This quote archive work is quite fascinating.
Yep, looks like people are jumping out.
Considering the PS3 mistakes and the failure of the PSVita, any statement (whether it aggressive or arrogant) is rather bold.
Jump out doesn't really make much sense.
They should focus on actually marketing their games instead of attacking the leader.
Considering the PS3 mistakes and the failure of the PSVita, any statement (whether it aggressive or arrogant) is rather bold.
Seems there are a lot of people taking it too seriously in general.
Aggressive console wars are best console wars. PS3 and 360 ended up neck-in-neck sales wise at the 'end' of this gen, hopefully they each do something to distinguish themselves next-gen.
Yep, looks like people are jumping out.
What does that have to do with anything?
Bitter or being funny?
And it was that same boldness/aggressiveness that Sony did with the PS2 that had them totally dominate the Dreamcast, Xbox and Gamecube in a sales landslide.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
- Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG's president of global digital business, responding to the outcry over Sony's DRM Rootkit spyware uncovered on its music CDs
"You can look at the software that they sell. All their licensed kid stuff. So, what we're doing with the PlayStation Portable is really establishing a new marketplace, and establishing, frankly, a new beachhead."
- Peter Dille, Sony US Senior Vice President of Marketing, on comparing PSP to DS
“The idea of a handheld rivalry with Nintendo is an irrelevance. Those formats don't appear in our planning. It's not a fair comparison; not fair on them, I should stress. That sounds arrogant, maybe, but it's the truth. With the DS , it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen. But I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick - so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that."
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, on comparing PSP to DS in an interview with MCV
"It’s probably too cheap…"
– Ken Kutaragi, Regarding the $499 to $599 price point
"(the PS3) is not a game machine…"
- Ken Kutaragi, Regarding the machine’s beefy hardware architecture
"The name of the game is not market share, it’s how fast we (Sony) can grow the industry."
– Ken Kutaragi, regarding competition from Microsoft and Nintendo
"…for consumers to think to themselves ‘I will work more hours to buy one’. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else."
– Ken Kutaragi, explaining their marketing goals for the PS3
"We do not care."
– Kaz Hirai, current President of Computer Entertainment, regarding competition from Microsoft and Nintendo
"I don't think the battle would be any different with or without Grand Theft Auto... I don't think it (losing Grand Theft Auto would) hurts us. No, I really don't."
- Jack Tretton, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO
"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1200 bucks for it."
- Jack Tretton, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO
"The first five million are going to buy it (PS3), whatever it is, even [if] it didn't have games."
- David Reeves, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO
"Microsoft does not concern us. Microsoft is not a technology company."
- Nobuyuki Idei, Sony chief corporate adviser in an interview with BBC NEWS
"A bit pricey."
- Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, speaking about Nintendo Wii in an interview with the age.com.au
"We have a lot of respect for Nintendo, but with a December launch, how much stock are they going to get at a AU$400 price point? What is the consumer offering? So I don't think anyone will do more units than a PS2 this (Christmas)."
- Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, regarding the launch of Nintendo Wii
"Sorry you didn't have the opportunity to buy a PS3 this year, but I'm sure it beats lining up in a queue for hours on end only to be told the store has sold out."
- Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Australia in an interview with the age.com.au
"There’s this sort of misunderstanding that the Blu-ray disc player for movies is somehow burdening the console with unnecessary cost. That is completely not true... Once we had that storage capacity on Blu-ray Disc, adding the movie playback functionality was extremely cost-effective, [the cost] is actually non-existent."
- Phil Harrison, regarding the wholesale cost of the system’s Blu-ray player
"Nobody will ever use 100% of PS3's capability"
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios speaking with MTV news.
"The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, in an interview with GameSpot
"I have no concerns about the competition."
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Worldwide Studios speaking at the Game Developer Conference
"I don’t think we’re arrogant."
– Phil Harrison, regarding consumer perception of Sony
"We're certainly not interested in Gimmicks."
- Kaz Hirai0 E32k6, right before showing off Eye of Judgement.
"Nintendo knows its target audience, because it has really narrowed that down; and it’s pretty much defined by a boy or girl’s ability to admire Pokemon."
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios
"But I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick."
- Sony executive Phil Harrison cuts to the chase with his incisive analysis of the Nintendo DS in gaming paper MCV.
"Consider the US with its massive land and cheap people. Then you look at the UK - a little island where rent and rates are at an absolute premium, and the cost of people is a lot more."
- Sony's take on the consumers, as told by UK Managing Director Ray
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Welcome back, Sony.
I know, it's such a juvenile come back.
They should focus on actually marketing their games instead of attacking the leader.
I know, it's such a juvenile come back.
They should focus on actually marketing their games instead of attacking the leader.
Just reminding Sony about their forgotten son.
Trying to be funny, and still bitter paying £425 for the PS3
True, but that didn't work for the PS3.
Trash talk is a sign of weakness.
If Sony is going to the more hardcore focus console, I'll get it.
hardcore on launch, casual 3 years later
gamers tend to forget this and enter in stupid circle again
This combined with the Yoga jabs, Sony is back to arrogant mode and feeling themselves.
They're well positioned in Japan and Europe.
Well, at least quite a few of the people who made those outlandish statements are either completely gone from the company (Phil Harrison, David Reeves, Nobuyuki Idei) or have a very limited presence there now (Crazy Ken; I'm not sure if he has 100% left Sony yet).
The worry, that others have already expressed, is that Sony will also put too much emphasis on Wonderbook/Fitness/entertainment hub functionality. They should include and tout those features eventually, but right now the people foaming at the mouth for new hardware probably want to see some impressive core games, perhaps enhanced with peripheral features of the console like sharing and whatever social hooks Sony has come up with.
Frankly, it's nice that Sony has a swagger back. They have every reason to be confident going into next gen. They're well positioned in Japan and Europe. They won't be facing a pricing or time to market deficit. They will probably still have the most powerful system. They are riding a wave of good will from gamer thanks to PS+ and late gen titles like Last of Us and Beyond. Plus they've got Next Gen projects from Naughty Dog, Guerilla, Media Molecule, Sucker Punch, Evolution and Santa Monica in their back pocket. Nintendo has faceplanted, and Microsoft seems distracted trying to make Xbox Live exclusive television programming and transmedia experiences. Plus if you look at the turnaround in Sony's Mobile and Camera divisions, it's clear Kaz has basically been kicking ass since taking over.
Anyone else concerned about "Playstation changes gaming"? Better graphics is not changing gaming...I hope it's not related to a new way of playing, unless it's Oculus Rift.
You mad? It's copied straight from a blog site.
Considering the PS3 mistakes and the failure of the PSVita, any statement (whether it aggressive or arrogant) is rather bold.
Have they stopped losing money yet?
Seems there are a lot of people taking it too seriously in general. Aggressive console wars are best console wars. PS3 and 360 ended up neck-in-neck sales wise at the 'end' of this gen, hopefully they each do something to distinguish themselves next-gen.
Have they stopped losing money yet?
wow what happened in here?!?!
Not a very good comparison. Even DS didn't launch as poorly in some regions as the Wii U has.
I mean come on, the Vita is outselling it on software in the UK.
THE VITA!
wow what happened in here?!?! so many salty salty people that are way too invested!
Sony need to get back to basics (like the PS2). A pure gaming machine with additional functionality.
With Europe and Asia in the bag, and their main competitor in those markets Wii U failing to gain steam,any reason why they shouldnt be a little arrogant?
Welcome back, Sony.
Best part is half of those quotes are from a guy currently at MS
Agree.
Sony need to get back to basics (like the PS2). A pure gaming machine with additional functionality.
Yoga isn't gaming.. yeah playstation.. why did I get bothered with wonderbook, move shit on the ps3 and eyetoy crap on the ps2 don't pretend that you didn't do the same shit only because you have bow 2 good exclusives this year ( last of us and beyond)
I love my ps3 but they should look at their own moves.. I mean will microsoft tease them with " we release games we announce" and do a jab on Versus and last guardian?
I'm still hyped for the next console but I hate fanboyism and console wars shit.
Both are good
Then they are going out of business, because core market alone isn't big enough to sustain next-gen or even current console model.Sony saying Yoga isn't gaming gives confidence at least Sony ain't gonna go casual with this.
Then they are going out of business, because core market alone isn't big enough to sustain current console model.
This simply isn't true, as is indicated by past console winners and the biggest selling games in any of the generations. Don't let the Wii's runaway temporary success fool you in to thinking otherwise.
Sony saying Yoga isn't gaming gives confidence at least Sony ain't gonna go casual with this.
You can't compare past console winners to predict the future since the market has changed so much with higher costs.This simply isn't true, as is indicated by past console winners and the biggest selling games in any of the generations. Don't let the Wii's runaway temporary success fool you in to thinking otherwise.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-01-07-pcs-will-replace-consoles-says-ben-cousinsIn a guest column on Kotaku today, Cousins said the console market was on the way out for a number of reasons. He cited the massive expense of making console games, and noted that the Microsoft and Sony business divisions that housed the companies' console businesses combined for nearly $8 billion in losses since R&D on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 would have started.
While there may always be gamers who want and will pay for consoles, there may not be enough of them, Cousins said. The problem is that the mainstream gamers who buy Call of Duty, Halo, Madden, and not much else are being targeted and won over by mobile platforms, where they can play games cheap or for free on devices they might already own.
"Without this huge group of people buying consoles or console games, the console platform holders will no longer be able to make enough money to justify developing, marketing, and manufacturing the devices," Cousins said.
Sure, if they want to keep losing money...
The industry has changed, you gotta learn to accept it.