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"Sony Job Cuts"

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4270302.stm[/URL]

Hopefully this won't be bad news for the gaming industry.

Hedfix wrote:
> "Taking the road less travelled can lead to some surprises"

"Do not follow where other people have gone.

Go your own way and leave a trail."

Or something like that anyway.

"An expansion port on the bottom of the unit allows for add-on hardware to compliment this "remote controller" (our word for it, not Nintendo's), like a second controller piece Nintendo demonstrated that comes equipped with an analog stick and two trigger buttons (currently labeled Z1 and Z2, for those of you keeping track). When the two controller pieces are attached, the so-called 'Nunchaku' configuration (the two bits are connected by a short cord) can work similarly to current controllers, just with the second analog stick replaced by actual movement of the Revolution controller."


So you need to buy an add-on to have the functionality of current controllers? If this were Sony, you'd be shouting "rip off".

Without the add-on, you need to wave it around in the air? Not very precise. If this were Sony, you'd be shouting "unusable".

Innovative? Certainly. Practical? Remains to be seen.

Given the limited success of previous breaks from the traditional controller, I'd say unlikely. Suddenly the mock-up PS3 boomerang looks much more appealing.

"Taking the road less travelled can lead to some surprises"

Agreed, in my opinion Nintendo are by far the most creative company. look at the Revolution controller.

Well, from a creativity and fun point of view, I prefer Nintendo's approach.

Hopefully they can learn from Nintendo's mistakes and not go down the same path. If they do Nintendo and Microsoft will be more than happy to take a big chunk of their market share from them.

Yep, that was the comparison I was going for.

Hedfix wrote:
> "Company loses-out after not having proper foresight and having
> an unwillingness to adapt and change to anything in the market that
> the company itself didn't actually create itself".
>
> It's a classic, you see it all the time.

AKA Nintendo a few years back............

+ they've spent a ridiculous amount of money on R&D for the PS3.

So much so that even though they made loads of money recently on games royalities it was all cancelled out by the PS3 R&D costs.

"Company loses-out after not having proper foresight and having an unwillingness to adapt and change to anything in the market that the company itself didn't actually create itself".

It's a classic, you see it all the time.