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Sony completely lost the edge (and the plot) in the digital player market by refusing to open up minidisc players to the mp3 format. How did they even start to think that they could limit the success of mp3 players by refusing to support the mp3 standard on their own digital players? Did Sony really think other manufacturers would rush to license atrac and minidisc technology (like sharp did with their version of minidisc players), when they could produce mp3 players much cheaper?
Ipod then came along and stole their lead in the portable digital music market. Will Sony never learn?
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Posted: 2006-02-23 01:58:18
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So that has what to do with the PSP using UMD?
Propriotary formats aren't Sony's exclusive domain alone. Nintendo for years have done what sony are doing, they would be the ONLY one that manufacturered and put the data onto their catridges. Developers would have to send it to them.
Sony kinda have an advantage though when it comes to content, from their own libraries and aquisitions alone they can put out a pretty formiddable list of titles.
On their whole not using MP3 thing on players, sure, bad move,
seems to be helping cure that, but thats a whole different issue
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Posted: 2006-02-23 02:18:49
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Exactly how much storage space does the umd have anyway? I don't really see the point of making the umd popular as a storage device since there're plenty of alternatives available. What do you guys think?
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Posted: 2006-02-23 05:36:29
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On 2006-02-23 02:18:49, Gigs wrote:
So that has what to do with the PSP using UMD?
Propriotary formats aren't Sony's exclusive domain alone. Nintendo for years have done what sony are doing, they would be the ONLY one that manufacturered and put the data onto their catridges. Developers would have to send it to them.
Sony kinda have an advantage though when it comes to content, from their own libraries and aquisitions alone they can put out a pretty formiddable list of titles.
On their whole not using MP3 thing on players, sure, bad move,
seems to be helping cure that, but thats a whole different issue
Actually gigs it has a lot to do with it. It's an example of Sony's proprietary nature limiting their own market. The MP3 debacle is a direct and relevant example to what is being discussed here.
Besides, I'm not the one who brought up the issue of proprietary, I was just responding with my opinion. Infact, the UMD has many similarities to the minidisc in both form factor, DRM approach and marketing. I fail to see how my post was not relevant to this discussion.
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Posted: 2006-02-23 05:45:54
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