Official PlayStation 4 Thread

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

What it boils down to is that you are essentially claiming that you, with no data, and Sega know more about selling consoles than Sony and Microsoft do with all the data in the world.

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I am saying there is structural incompetence here that leads companies not to make the stuff they can sell. I don't think Sony or Microsoft know better, no, because they keep doing this. Whether it is because they keep underestimating demand (a form of incompetence), or price it too low (another form of incompetence), or just can't get the systems built (another form of incompetence), that's another story.

"Match demand with supply" is not some cutting edge business concept.

You're looking at it very short-term, and they aren't. Every form of incompetence you just listed only applies to a very short, finite period.

I am talking about the short term, because Sony is theoretically selling the system now. Except they're not, because I can't go buy one. There is zero evidence that supply constraints lead to larger sales later on. In the meantime they are hurting themselves because people can't buy something they want.

Just because the situation may resolve itself later on doesn't mean all is well. It's not just about TVM, as I said above. Just because they are too dumb to get systems on shelves doesn't mean they have some great long-term outlook. In the long-term they need to do the same thing they need to do in the short-term, get some damn units on the shelf.

Here on TNL, we like to win the arguments no one is having.

I have a PS3 and I am happy.

I aspire to a PS3, between the 3DS and the hackified Wii I'm ok for video-games at the moment.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

I aspire to a PS3, between the 3DS and the hackified Wii I'm ok for video-games at the moment.

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I'm pulling for you man.

*one day!*

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

That's the anecdote you want to use? That Korly is a better person that you?

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Times change.

Battlefield 4 patch is out.