Jimmy Goodwin

Is There Still Hope for Sony?

O yes, this is early days, Playstation 3 is a baby, developing fast, its part of a 10 year plan. PS2 has huge user base, many of which will migrate to PS3 in future, the PS2 is still selling well considering its age. 360 and Wii are really being pushed by the more natural progression of the PS3, every six months they are forced to innovate heavily, but credit where due, they are and look competitive for the next six months. Fact is, all three consoles are sitting pretty at the moment, its all good. 08/02/08

Is There Still Hope for Sony?

This article belongs on gaming news or blog, not financial boards.

OK, first of all, your title "Is There Still Hope for Sony?", then you go on to talk only about the Playstation 3, which is a small part of Sony's business, less than 15% of it in fact.

Second, your title is misleading, you point out Sony are failing to reach their potential, this doesn't translate into a company failing. Having great potential is a plus in my books. Their balance sheet shows Sony has had a turnaround, back on track and looking better than it has done in years.

You take Sony's strength's and potential strength's and turn them into negative's. Some how you make out that its a bad thing for a company to have the ability to leverage media to boost sales, have a monopoly over the increasing popular high definition disk, etc.

BTW, if you want to talk about the PS3.. Its looking better than ever, so why the negativeness? Production costs have come right down, slim version already in works, 'Home' on its way, Movies on demand just arrived, monthly sales overtaken Xbox and quality of games ever increasing.

PS3 should be dominating by now, but its not due to the mistakes you point out. I think everyone knows this by now, most of the weakness you point out are either solved or Sony have stumbled through and survived. Yes, they need to keep the ball rolling in this game of catchup and E3 was a worrying sign they are underestimating the continuous effort needed. That's what this article is mainly about, a little worry and living in the past. But don't worry, tense competition makes everyone, even the winners worry and feel a little nervous for the future. Its all good, PS3 is playing catchup and doing excellent, sales improving, everything improving, its turned into a wonder box, something we always doubted it could be. Its fantastic, but try not to get too emotionally involved, this will only lead you to sell at the slightest dip in the progression chart on its pathway to glory.

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Not All Gaming Stocks are Worth Playing

I've viewed Spore gameplay from the convention floor this week, its a nice idea, but they haven't even come close to implementing it. The game feels *broken* and "annoying" at best. I love EA, but they aren't releasing many AAA games between now and over hyped spore, when they should be pumping them out left, right and center. I see now why they are banking on buying TTWO.