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One of the reasons I waited over 15 years to buy another Nintendo system was the way the SNES was treated in comparison to the NES, which was fantastically supported in all regions. Eliminate Japanese games and fans had dick for the SNES post-1994.

Hell Nintendo was worse to the SNES than Square was, since they were already focusing on SNES as early as late 94.

It’s hard to invest money in something that is abandoned as soon as the new product comes out. In that regard Sony seems to be the only one doing things right Post-NES. 

I have been consistent but it is all too common on message boards to meld ideas. So thank you for a chance to clear this line of thought up.

My theory on business is very simple. If you want to prosper, let your customer prosper. It is a very simple premise until you realize that customer service and hospitality can be in direct opposition to a companies goals. (An example would be when you are launching a system that is largely viewed as unnecessary as demonstrated by the complete lack of excitement surrounding them) Nobody ever really wants to buy new hardware since it is an expense. But people will buy hardware to get to a game experience that they wish to play. Therefore it is a precarious balancing act to satisfy the business and the consumers. If it were easy, everyone would be wealthy.

Sony is right for releasing games like The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls on two fronts. They are correct from a business standpoint because they are classic Tier 2 releases (They fucked up tier 3 and cannot do that now that the PS4 is announced) that will not move hardware yet will go a long way in making PS3 customers feel appreciated (give them a reason to invest more time). And they are correct on the Customer service front for showing a commitment for the product that they are currently using.

Where Sony fucked up is when they release a game like Gran Turismo 6, a PROVEN SYSTEM SELLER, On PS3. Unless you are a technophile (and lets face it, in that case you will be buying a PS4 anyway), there is now zero value in your typical Gran Turismo fan to upgrade. God Of War, also a consistent (until recently) mover of hardware, is also on PS3. If the competition had launched their consoles, it would be perfect as a Tier 3, but Sony gains nothing by doing this now that they have announced their plans.

I say put Knack and Infamous on PS3, and put games like Gran Turismo 6 and on PS4. If Knack is successful with your current customer base, send the sequel upstream and use the brand to sell systems. You launch with your killer app,not your arthouse maybes.

Nintendo is wrong on all fronts because they just pick up and leave post-SNES (even then it was pretty desolate). They are not serving their Wii customers ANYTHING. It’s a closed restaurant.

I hope that this clears things up. It’s great that Sony is dedicated to REALLY letting customers prosper, but now that they have a new system out, they cannot forget to show those same fans that they can prosper upstream as well.

Mongunzoo said
I have been consistent but it is all too common on message boards to meld ideas. So thank you for a chance to clear this line of thought up.

 

My theory on business is very simple. If you want to prosper, let your customer prosper. It is a very simple premise until you realize that customer service and hospitality can be in direct opposition to a companies goals. (An example would be when you are launching a system that is largely viewed as unnecessary as demonstrated by the complete lack of excitement surrounding them) Nobody ever really wants to buy new hardware since it is an expense. But people will buy hardware to get to a game experience that they wish to play. Therefore it is a precarious balancing act to satisfy the business and the consumers. If it were easy, everyone would be wealthy.

Sony is right for releasing games like The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls on two fronts. They are correct from a business standpoint because they are classic Tier 2 releases (They fucked up tier 3 and cannot do that now that the PS4 is announced) that will not move hardware yet will go a long way in making PS3 customers feel appreciated (give them a reason to invest more time). And they are correct on the Customer service front for showing a commitment for the product that they are currently using.

 

Where Sony fucked up is when they release a game like Gran Turismo 6, a PROVEN SYSTEM SELLER, On PS3. Unless you are a technophile (and lets face it, in that case you will be buying a PS4 anyway), there is now zero value in your typical Gran Turismo fan to upgrade. God Of War, also a consistent (until recently) mover of hardware, is also on PS3. If the competition had launched their consoles, it would be perfect as a Tier 3, but Sony gains nothing by doing this now that they have announced their plans.

 

I say put Knack and Infamous on PS3, and put games like Gran Turismo 6 and on PS4. If Knack is successful with your current customer base, send the sequel upstream and use the brand to sell systems. You launch with your killer app,not your arthouse maybes.

 

Nintendo is wrong on all fronts because they just pick up and leave post-SNES (even then it was pretty desolate). They are not serving their Wii customers ANYTHING. It’s a closed restaurant.

 

I hope that this clears things up. It’s great that Sony is dedicated to REALLY letting customers prosper, but now that they have a new system out, they cannot forget to show those same fans that they can prosper upstream as well.

Thanks for clarifying.  

I disagree slightly on how Sony should have split up their exclusives.  Gran Turismo 6 absolutely should ahve went to the PS4.  The biggest draw of a new GT game is better looking cars and improved physics; the PS4 could have delivered there.

I really think the Last of Us should have went to the PS4 as well however.  Judging by the reviews, the game is truly something special and its likely Sony knew this during development.  If they improved the graphics even further, they could have made it a PS4 launch title and spread some marketing baloney as to how the game “wasn’t possible on the PS3”.

A PS4 launch headlined by the Last of Us and GT6 would have been tough to beat; definitely much stronger than Knack / Infamous.

As for Nintendo, it truly is baffling that they just abandoned their massive install base with the Wii.  They complain about how consumers don’t understand the Wii U, yet they ignored a huge marketing avenue available to them; making Wii U “announcements” (read: commercials) on the Wii shop channel.  

I guarantee that Sony and Microsoft will be making the launch of their new machines known on PSN / Xbox Live.  In Sony’s case, people will have a reason to be using the PS3’s as well since there’s new content available to them, thus increasing the odds that their ads for their new console are seen.