Part of the unfiltered video interview on IGN
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Phil Harrison: PlayStation 3 was delayed, in part, due to a $0.05 component
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Part of the unfiltered video interview on IGN
And then Nintendo along and blindsided everyone with the Wii. 🤣
Ah that generation twas a fun time, for all the consoles.
Here is the podcast link:
I highly doubt it cost 5 cents either considering Toshiba players were 1000 dollars at the time.
not a good example.
Early adopter audio/video equipment has hilariously high profit margins built in because they're not mass market items. The broader market wouldn't buy in until there were way more blu ray discs than existed at the time (if ever) so most of that audience is buying on potential, and by and large they aren't price sensitive, they just want the latest and greatest and will pay for it.
This is expecially true for audio equipment for some reason. "Audiophile" stuff (receivers, speakers, cables, players) that costs hundreds or thousands at retail but consists of parts that cost a few dollars is all over the place.
You really don't want this guy anywhere near a launch, his track record is... Shall we say, not one to place on the cv...
Didn't a similar thing end up happening with the Saturn where they didn't want a chip because it was too expensive, supposedly but only by a ridiculously small amount, but then delayed it and ended up panicking and spending more money by throwing a bunch of extra hardware in the system when they saw what the PSONE could do
Well, that's what level headed people said. But outside of that it was "Sony is so greedy, they're selling them really expensive with so few, so they sell out and look like a genius, so they can say they have a shortage."
It was slated for a Spring 2006 release, which always felt unrealistic when you looked at the software line up.
Then the diode issue was blamed for the system being delayed to November. The European release was pushed to March 2007.
I believe it. They probably didn't want yo give Microsoft a full year on the market and we've seen consoles launch with a small amount of rushed software.
The PS3 launch line up was pretty strong but was going up against Gears of War and a $200 price difference. Tough circumstances to recover from, I'm impressed they did.
Then the diode issue was blamed for the system being delayed to November. The European release was pushed to March 2007.
I believe it. They probably didn't want yo give Microsoft a full year on the market and we've seen consoles launch with a small amount of rushed software.
The PS3 launch line up was pretty strong but was going up against Gears of War and a $200 price difference. Tough circumstances to recover from, I'm impressed they did.
Yes. There were even jokes about it how Sony sent his own agent to sabotage Xbox One launch xD
It didn't actually. The 360 didn't sell that well in its first year.
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I tend to not give all the info in a article in the OP. Even if its not alot. Because sites rely on clicks and views.
People can say its "lazy" to me its fair.
This is a must watch for all gaming fans, there's a bunch of facinating inside stories that Phil reveals.
Reminds me that Nintendo of 90s were appalling, really abused thier leadership with Devs, thier heavy handed approach with licensing and carts was disgusting . Sony being left with their trousers down was perhaps the best thing to happen to this industry though, literally snatched console market from Nintendo, and re-established what gaming is.
Thanks Ryan, loved every second of it. I respect Phil for having helped both Sony and MS.
HOLY shit at the admission about Lionhead! Lol.
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Well that'll do it considering the Blu Ray was supposed to be their killer feature.
Don't get it twisted, he still works for Sony.. always has, always will.
PS3 was sold at a per unit loss for, at least, the first 3 years of its entry into the market.
It wasn't just that. The price point coupled with superior performance in multi platform titles (especially at launch) were huge selling points.
Haha that kind of sounds right.
Both the Saturn and the Jaguar stand out as consoles that are architecturally bizarre, almost nonsensical. Not even in hindsight, it should have been clear that they were poorly conceived and were going to be extremely rough to develop and take advantage of in software due to the cludged designs.
So wait.. this guy was at Sony for the PS3 launch, Xbox for the Xbox One launch and now at Google for the Stadia launch. The first two were pretty bad, I can only assume at this point the third one will be too. Not much of a good luck charm is he?
Yeah, that thread title is click baity as hell. That's kinda of an important part to delay the system for
Blue laser diodes are what makes Blu-Ray (hence the name) and HD-DVD possible.
They were nowhere near $0.05 - that is like ~3 orders of magnitude off.
Everybody back then had huge problems with yields (like with any new technology), but everybody was forced to launch due to the 2 wars going on (console war, optical disc format war).
They were nowhere near $0.05 - that is like ~3 orders of magnitude off.
Everybody back then had huge problems with yields (like with any new technology), but everybody was forced to launch due to the 2 wars going on (console war, optical disc format war).