wraggster
August 23rd, 2014, 21:13
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Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida recently admitted he's a "bit nervous" about the success of the PlayStation 4. The console has sold 10 million units (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/12/playstation-4-install-base-tops-10-million/) and the current generation is trending stronger than last (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/14/july-npd-ps4-leads-hardware-last-of-us-returns-to-top-software/). Will it run out of core customers?
"You need to understand why your products are selling well so you can plan for the future, right? It defied the conventional thinking," Yoshida recently toldEurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-19-tomb-raider-vitas-no-show-and-the-mystery-of-10m-ps4-sales?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph). "Lots of people thought the dedicated game hardware might not be needed going forward, but still lots of people are very excited."
The rightful concern Yoshida brings up is that Sony will exhaust the core customer. That the number of consumers interested in playing video games is a finite number that the company will rapidly reach with the new console. The good news for Sony is its initial market research is showing it's obtaining lots of new customers who didn't own a PS3, with some who didn't own any last-gen hardware.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/20/mystery-of-ps4-success-and-fighting-to-understand-the-future/
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida recently admitted he's a "bit nervous" about the success of the PlayStation 4. The console has sold 10 million units (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/12/playstation-4-install-base-tops-10-million/) and the current generation is trending stronger than last (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/14/july-npd-ps4-leads-hardware-last-of-us-returns-to-top-software/). Will it run out of core customers?
"You need to understand why your products are selling well so you can plan for the future, right? It defied the conventional thinking," Yoshida recently toldEurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-19-tomb-raider-vitas-no-show-and-the-mystery-of-10m-ps4-sales?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph). "Lots of people thought the dedicated game hardware might not be needed going forward, but still lots of people are very excited."
The rightful concern Yoshida brings up is that Sony will exhaust the core customer. That the number of consumers interested in playing video games is a finite number that the company will rapidly reach with the new console. The good news for Sony is its initial market research is showing it's obtaining lots of new customers who didn't own a PS3, with some who didn't own any last-gen hardware.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/20/mystery-of-ps4-success-and-fighting-to-understand-the-future/