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  • the16bitgamer@programming.devtoGaming@lemmy.worldEnd of an era?
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    22 days ago

    Nah, PS3 was just like today. Just their arrogance bit them in the butt.

    PS3 was $599USD and was made fun of for that. They had no games and just expected devs to come to them. Like they did with PS2. They didn’t see Xbox as a threat… until they were.

    Difference was back then the 360 was competition. So Sony had to come back swinging.

    They dropped the price (by loosing PS2 backward compatibility and streamlining the hardware), they paid out the nose for exclusives, from both their first party devs (uncharted, resistance, Infamous, LittleBigPlanet) but also the new and growing market of indi devs (Journey, PixelJunk Monsters, Patchwork Heroes).

    It’s why the end of the gen, PS3 matches the sales of Xbox. And why when PS4 came out they moved must of the “greatest hits” over to PS4.

    However their attitude remained, not learning from this. It doomed the Vita, and it’s hurting them now. Sony needs real competition, and while it’s there with PC. They don’t see it, just like with Xbox and I don’t they they will see it until it’s too late.









  • We feel your pain, even more than you can possibly imagine. That’s why everyone who has reported a hardware issue to our support team has received a free replacement (with free worldwide shipping) regardless of whether their device is under warranty or not.

    Or that this has happened to just 0.25% of all PT2s - or once every 30+ years of usage? Of course not - your watch just broke. That’s why we will continue replacing reasonable reports of glass cracking for free as long as we can. At some point, we will shift to offering a replacement at a highly discounted amount. We are also looking into sourcing extra LCM modules (the entire front assembly - glass, touch panel, display, metal top cover and backlight) and making them available for folks who choose to fix their watch themselves.

    Didn’t think they’d address the from glass cracking, and I am very happy with this response. 51 reported cracked screen, and probably more now that we know that a replacement is on it’s way.