Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory
by Sebb767 on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:07PM
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> Android took off because it wasn't one manufacturer having control over the OS.
Yet iOS really started that market and maintains its customers exactly because it's a single company controlling the OS (and doing it rather well, to be fair). And while its market share isn't that of Android, it can hardly be called a failure.
Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory
by monksy on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:21PM
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I would call that luck. As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. (Symbian could have done the same thing)
Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory
by Sebb767 on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:38PM
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> As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead.
That's true for any platform, isn't it?
I mean, I see your point about an open platform, but on something that's intended to 'just work' like a PS, trading openness for guaranteed working games and known-good [enough] quality is fair enough. The platform only needs to keep its side of the promise (and not be a monopoly, which would open another can of worms).
I think that you may be brining up a valid point we have a standards body to define the standards and labeling for the capacity of a gaming machine. (That would prevent games from always demanding the absolute latest hardware). However, a lot of the issues with the PS4 is you have sony trying to control _everything_ in the hen house. (Think of this like the Symbian vs Android situation) Android took off because it wasn't one manufacturer having control over the OS.