Comments on: Yes The PS3 Really is a Disaster for Sony

By: More on the PS3 Disaster : Venture Chronicles

More on the PS3 Disaster : Venture Chronicles — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:51:30 +0000

[...] up with a friend yesterday who was at E3 this week, we talked about the PS3 debacle and how it could get worse for [...]

By: Apple vs. Sony: Why a $600 phone soars and a $600 console tanks « TechFold

Apple vs. Sony: Why a $600 phone soars and a $600 console tanks « TechFold — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:47:03 +0000

[...] Jeff Nolan writes on the Sony’s PS3 debacle. IMHO, the best part of the post is Jeff’s comparison between the PS3 and the iPhone: What I do find interesting to consider about the price point is that more than a million people shelled out $500-600 for an iPhone (plus $80-100 a month). What does that tell me? Not sure because the Apple reality distortion field makes people do things they would otherwise consider irrational (me included), but perhaps itâ€™s that communication capabilities outweigh all others in terms of the perceived value of a device. Letâ€™s also not forget that the iPhone is fashion, the PS3 simply isnâ€™t. [Jeff Nolan] [...]

By: Blowing Smoke: A movie about poker, cigars, women, and getting screwed

Blowing Smoke: A movie about poker, cigars, women, and getting screwed — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:17:59 +0000

PS3 a “disaster” for Sony…

Jeff Nolan, an extremely informed venture capitalist (and all-around clever, affable guy) does a bang-up job of charting the flop……

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:56:58 +0000

Two other things to consider is that the iPhone is a status symbol, PS3′s aren’t. You can’t really carry around a PS3 to show off.

Secondly, perhaps more importantly, communication is far more important to people than games. Shelling out dollars for a communications device is more easily “sold” that shelling out dollars for a games device (what ever else is included in it as well).

Communications has more value to people than games while you get to show of your social status with an iPhone which you can’t with a PS3.

By: Juha

Juha — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:43:50 +0000

On price point: Nintendo is clearly the winner this season for 3rd generation consoles, no argument there. They’ve made themselves relevant again, and good for them. Good for the consumer as well, having a third player in the mix will benefit.

Different price/technology choice does give Wii a complementary element — I could imagine owning both Wii and PS3 since I believe the content for the two consoles will differ. I don’t see Wii games porting directly to PS3 or vice versa. This is different case when comparing PS3 and XBox, they tend to exclude each other (exceptions exist of course).

XBox outselling PS3: it will be interesting to see if the latest will change this. It’s partly a momentum game (people buy the console they see others having) and Sony’s NA price cut is a smart move — competitor is tripping and they’ve added an extra punch to keep them down a bit longer. Overall PS3 has been a disappointment to Sony but I don’t think it’s game over for them yet.

By: iPhone vs. PS3 : Venture Chronicles

iPhone vs. PS3 : Venture Chronicles — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:26:54 +0000

[...] writing my PS3 is a disaster post this morning it occurred to me that Apple in one week sold 1 million iPhones while Sony in 6 months [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:20:22 +0000

and the Xbox is still outselling the PS3 2:1 despite having the same price point (slightly lower).

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:19:52 +0000

yeah, the Xbox360 fiasco is looking worse with each passing day.

On the price point, I did consider that but when you take into account that the Wii is outselling the PS3 4:1 yet the price is basically half that of a PS3, well you have to wonder who played a better pricing strategy. Especially when you consider the BOM cost is way lower on the Wii so they have to be making $$ on each unit, which is not the case with the PS3.

By: Nick Halstead

Nick Halstead — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:18:10 +0000

Even if you remove the price component the PS3 still loses hands down. Here is my non-definitive list of rubbish features.

* Online support, how arrogant Phil Harrison was before the launch, yes we will have everything xbox 360 has, here we are months down the line and ive seen better online service on a ZX81.
* Graphics – Most of the graphics comparisons are still showing the 360 ahead, so where did this 3-4x more power go? it never existed.
* Controller – So we go from saying rumble is not needed, but now its going to be re-introduced.. the current controller is outdated, the last minute inclusion of sensing poorly throught out (and I know it was last minute as I have friends at Sony who confirmed it)
* HD Play back, upscaling/downscaling has errors galore, a good presentation of the future of video? i think not.
* Upgrade process – Needs controller plugged in via USB???? why? plus you have to page through 100′s of T’c & C’s.. Xbox 360… 1 button press.. done..

I could go on and on.. If it wasnt for 1 or 2 (and I mean only 1 or 2) titles in the next 12 months it would be dead as a dodo. Lets face it if the 360 didnt have the horrible disadvantage of being associated with Microsoft (i.e. it had a N logo on the front) it would be crushing Sony.

By: Juha

Juha — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:22:13 +0000

It’s a move that competes with Microsoft, especially with the latest billion dollar added cost Microsoft is facing with fixing the faulty units (Sony’s price cut in NA comes conveniently at the same time) and until the time Microsoft is able to push better version of X-Box out to market.

Wii is still in a different price range compared the other two.