Wired Article on Sony, the hardware company.
August 29th, 2006
Can the PS3 Save Sony contains an interesting quote from Phil Wiser, former CTO of Sony’s US operations:
But it’s very hard to quantify the advantage of good software. If you’re in a hardware company and you analyze it from a financial perspective, you just want to do it as cheaply as you can. Software and services are an afterthought.
Interesting quote. In fact, many (unsuccessful) software companies make exactly the same mistake so we can’t be too hard on a hardware company for making it but the mere fact that Sony still think of themselves as hardware company doesn’t bode well for the PS3. Me, I think I will Wii…
Yeap, I think a Wii is my next console. Can’t wait to get to try one out.