Archive for August, 2009

Sony to push PS3 as a “total entertainment solution”

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Following up on Tretton's shift from competing with Microsoft/Nintendo to Dell/Compaq/HP to Samsung/LG/whoever, we have the details on how through written word a PS3 will transform from a BluRay player/Computer/game "console" or whatever they tried to brand the original fatty PS3 as into A TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTION taking on the ...

SCEA Hires New PS3 Sales/Marketing Guy… old guy not doing his job?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Who WAS the old guy anyway? Well let's face it: you don't hire a new guy MID-PRODUCT-LIFECYCLE unless he's not doing his job. That being said I don't see this as news from the perspective of "new guy working at Sony". I see it as news from the "WTF is Sony ...

Sony STILL losing money on every PS3 Slim sold

Friday, August 28th, 2009

From the same post as the previous one, here's some misc info. You'd FIGURE that after 3 years the PS3 would be making a profit. They changed the processor (smaller, cheaper to produce) They ELIMINATED the PS2 hardware that was originally embedded inside 3 years is a DAMN long time in the computer ...

Sony’s Competition: Entertainment? Or Nintendo/MS?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Read my post riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight before this one. In that post Jack Tretton states that neither Microsoft nor Nintendo are it's competition, but indeed ENTERTAINMENT as a whole. Here we have the communications breakdown at Sony rearing it's oogly heed once again. Sony's Kaz Hirai has said that the company will make ...

More Tretton Based Sony “Wisdom”: Price points for slim etc…

Friday, August 28th, 2009

... and of course, me sarcastically tearing into his lack of existence in reality. PlayStation 3's new USD 299/GBP 249 price point is the "sweet spot" for consumers, SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton has said. "We really think that USD 299 is the sweet spot when consumers think about all ...