JehutyRunner
Banned
:'(
Salute.
Salute.
That's interesting...you'd think they'd still be interested in selling it in some of the emerging markets. Though I guess maybe major markets like Brazil/India are already up to the current gen?
And the logistics and costs of manufacturing, distributing and marketing 5 gaming platforms (PSP, Vita, PS2, PS3 and the next PS4???? also went into account for this decision I'm sure. Maybe Sony could sell licenses to build PS2 clones to third parties now, to sell in those emerging markets. Get some money upfront without the onus of having to support an ancient platform.
Reminds me, have to pick up a dualshock 2 before they stop making them.
That's interesting...you'd think they'd still be interested in selling it in some of the emerging markets. Though I guess maybe major markets like Brazil/India are already up to the current gen?
Piers Harding-Rolls, a senior analyst at IHS Screen Digest, said: "Sony also had a hugely successful marketing strategy, especially its association with football, which saw it gain great penetration in many territories where console gaming was underdeveloped. The PS2 went beyond the first PlayStation by expanding its audience in its later years, introducing lifestyle and social games that helped drive adoption in the mid-2000s."
But the consumer technology market has changed dramatically since the PS2's glory days. "Game consoles used to be the only boxes you owned with any sizzle or personality," says Tom Bramwell, editor of the games site Eurogamer. "Nowadays smartphones, tablets, PCs and smart TVs all have amazing industrial design, features and content, and it's much harder to stand out if everyone else looks cool as well."
Sony is struggling with its latest handheld device, the PS Vita, which has only sold 4m units in 10 months, while the iPhone, iPad and Android devices sold more than 200m in 2012. Consumers are now used to downloading cheap games on smartphones hence the incredible success of titles such as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope.
"The industry has become so fractured, I'm not sure we'll see another console that gets that sort of penetration into the public consciousness," said Marsh.
Felt really sad reading this and really scared about game consoles selling well after seeing Wii U doom and gloom and Vita etc.. I hope the PS4 and 720 do very well.
I think it was. But my guess is that they want to covert those sales into vita sales.
And the logistics and costs of manufacturing, distributing and marketing 5 gaming platforms (PSP, Vita, PS2, PS3 and the next PS4???? also went into account for this decision I'm sure. Maybe Sony could sell licenses to build PS2 clones to third parties now, to sell in those emerging markets. Get some money upfront without the onus of having to support an ancient platform.
What a great console. I hope they have PS2 levels of success next gen.
They'll come up with other ways to manipulate numbers on their E3 power point slides.What will Sony do now that they can't include PS2 sales into the "Playstation family"?
What will Sony do now that they can't include PS2 sales into the "Playstation family"?
The man.
The man.
New products will probably play PS2 games.
Sony is struggling with its latest handheld device, the PS Vita, which has only sold 4m units in 10 months
Says who?
When did PS1 end production? Was it well before the PS3 released?