Sony CEO comments on HD DVDs goodbye

That picture of Stringer brings to mind Emporer Palpatine from Star Wars. It looks like he's gloating about crushing the Rebellion.

"Absolute Power and Unlimited Power!" sorry couldn't resist.

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The early adopters [of the PS3] were obviously the games enthusiasts, but before Christmas, we began to move past the early adopters into the mainstream audience..

he meant to say..... We expected people to pay up the nose for a game console and we forgot to make games for it......

Hey schmuck about how about giving me more games to play or get your profile &^% together
What a w@nker.

[Post edited by xavier311 on Feb 20, 2008]

its good they now plan to educate the consumer, as opposed to before where they just lied to them.

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It looks like he's gloating about crushing the Rebellion.

Actually, he's thinking about how big his bonus is going to be for winning. I can't blame him for gloating.

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w@nker.

lol

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its good they now plan to educate the consumer, as opposed to before where they just lied to them.

2nd lol

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he meant to say..... We expected people to pay up the nose for a game console and we forgot to make games for it......

Hillarious...

EDIT: I would be fine if they had marketed the PS3 as a home entertainment system, rather than a gaming console, don't you think?

[Post edited by mvckalel on Feb 20, 2008]

Don't forget . . . not only is it a home entertainment system, but . . .

As I've pointed out before, it was a decision by the previous sony ceo to use the Ps3 as a trojan horse for BR, and he stepped down because of it. So now Sony had missed the boat on this gen of game consoles, at least for the nonce, so they HAD to win this war to make all the money they had lost on the Ps3 (or not made, comes to the same thing) worth it. And since the commitment of all this money had nothing to do with the CURRENT CEO, he had essentially carte blanche to put BR over the top.

My theory? Toshiba gave up because it finally figured out that Microsoft wasn't going to lift a finger to push this format. No matter how many payouts (or "incentives) Sony offered studios, Microsoft could have offered more, but didn't.

There's a book in here somewhere.

[Post edited by comicgeekoid on Feb 20, 2008]

He should've also stated that he was glad sony bought some movie studios, without this blu-crap would not have won. Too bad sony doesn't play fair. They want to be a monopoly. Well mr. sony ceo hope you enjoy your bogus bonus!