GameTavern - Playstation 3 to launch under $500

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Originally Posted by Kyuzo

It may be so that people will spend their money on Sony products because the brand is slapped on, as you say, but theres also the fact that everyone trusts the name Sony.... It's not just the sony symbol...

You think Nintendo fans stay with Nintendo cuz of it's name or symbol? No, they love the brand, they trust the brand, and grew up with it... It's not the fact that they'll blindly spend their money on nintendo because of the symbol.

Sometimes people have brands they trust, that's all I really think matters... There are people who WILL blindly spend cuz of the brand name... but theres a lot more people who will stick with a brand because of the value it means to them.

And it's clear that there is going to be quality come next generation.... so much quality in the PS3.....

Sony products, IMO are just a symbol. And I will agree that people that grew up with Sony will trust them. But see the problem today is that Sony doesn't make the best product... not by far. And I'm not just talking about the Playstation. I'm pointing out everything. TVs (all types), Boom Boxes, Stereoes, MP3 Players, Speakers, Computers, and who knows what ever else they produce. Back in the early 90's yes, they made a quality product, but today they don't. It's just like any other business, they put a quality product out there to get their name known and trusted, but once it's there they learn shortcuts and don't care. Just end up riding their name. Zenith is a prime example of this. In the 80's, they were the TV to have. But today, it's pretty much known it's the cheap TV to have. Why because they took the short cuts on making their product, ended up bitting them in the butt. Is this going to happen to Sony, not any time soon. Because people trust their name, even if they don't understand what crappy pieces of equipment they are buying for an inflated price.

What it boils down too is the average consumer is lazy. They will listen to what other people have to say about a product instead of looking into themselves. How do you think Nintendo got the whole "kiddy" image. It wasn't Nintendo. It was other people. And those same people blindly went out and got the "cool" system once the PSx became popular.

Which brings me to my next point. so much quality in the PS3.... I'm confused on what makes you think that they PS3 is going to have anything other some quality games. If that is what you meant, ok I will agree. But if you meant that the actually PS3 is going to be a quality machine. You are not looking at the past products that Sony has given out. PSx and the PS2. If you want to admit it or not. They were cheaply put together. If it happened to you or not. Those systems still broke down on a more regular bases then Nintendo and Microsoft. From everything that the Machine would freeze up, not reading discs, to scratching discs, to just breaking down all together. Quality and Playstation should never be used in the same sentence. It's like like saying that Nintendo shed their whole "kiddy" image during the GameCube era. It's a lie.