Moving from the theological to the practical implications of Sony's snafu, the company couldn't have picked a worse time to offend its customers. Sony has already conceded a six-month head start to competitor Microsoft in the upcoming market-share battle for the next generation of game consoles. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to debut this fall Sony's PlayStation 3 will not arrive until the spring of 2006.
Quotes about playstation (16 Quotes)
I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow.
All of these (Sony) devices, along with recordable media, PlayStation 3, and the highest quality pre-recorded content from Sony Pictures, Sony BMG and other content creators will surely get the BD format off to a terrific start later this year.
Dwight, ... he was talking during training camp about his PlayStation 2, I mentioned something to him about Atari, and he had never heard of Atari. He didn't know what that was. So, it's just different generations.
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy - that is a miracle in itself.
Electronic Arts is up 40 percent since the company reported second-quarter results on July 25. Though this has occurred faster than we expected, we are confident that there is still plenty of room for appreciation as we approach the Oct. 27 launch of PlayStation 2.
We didn't want it to be seen as a competitor to the other handheld gaming devices in the market. We wanted to offer consumers a completely new world, as we did with PlayStation and PlayStation 2. So we looked at what would be the right value proposition to consumers in North America and decided including all these accessories... plus the demo disk and the ability to enjoy 'Spider-Man' out of the box was the best value proposition.
We use a PlayStation with them, and the children get on it and exercise. In order to play the game, they have to peddle and steer. It's lots of fun and good exercise.
I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.
We're confident regarding sales of the PlayStation in the current season despite the impact of the (U. S. air attack) incident.
What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.
We continue to believe that no company is better positioned to benefit from the success of PlayStation 2 and the overall expansion of the gaming space as move into a new platform cycle than Electronic Arts.
The key to the console is not the platform - by itself, PlayStation 2 is nothing but a big paperweight, ... It's the game that makes it, and taking advantage of the features that it has.
I think its safe to say that Sony is going for the broadest possible audience you can imagine, ... For the year 2000, PlayStation has a pretty big window of opportunity. It is unclear at this point if there is any serious competition.
We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
I think you will get a spike because of the PlayStation 2, ... The business doesn't really start to turn until next fall, but the market will start to take note immediately.