 Re: I think we have killed the Gaming Industry
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Originally Posted by Cyguration Actually, I'm not against anything that people do in the industry that some think is "killing it", other than Microsoft and Sony over-promising and hyping a product they couldn't deliver 100% on. Why couldn't Microsoft wait six months for a better supply of 360's? Why couldn't Sony keep their mouths shut at E3 2005 so people wouldn't go out of their way to think about the PS3, especially if they knew it wasn't even close to being finished? |
Are you kidding me? That's a MAJOR tactic for these two companies and has been for years. Why couldn't they keep their mouths shut? Because opening it, even IF they underdeliver, works and it works well.
Remember the Dreamcast? There's a prime example of what these tactics can do for a company. The Dreamcast was getting honest hype and Sony came along and swept the rug out from under them back at E3 in '99. Ya barely heard the term "Dreamcast" amongst the mainstream after that.
Funny you should mention Nintendo, though. You want to talk about another company who's guilty as charged when it comes to this sort of thing? Nintendo used to be straight up NOTORIOUS for this sort of thing, long before Sony and MS were doing it in the gaming biz. |