persuade 40% of video game consumers to purchase the PS4 instead of the Xbox One‚ PlayStation’s largest competitor‚ over the next 12 months. This will allow us to become a market share leader in Brazil and the United Kingdom. We choose to incorporate product differentiation as a communication objective for two reasons. First‚ we can show consumers that we have an added value that is not offered by our competitor‚ in this case the Xbox One. Secondly‚ product differentiation can help PlayStation gain a
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Xbox 360 one year ahead of the PlayStation 3 release. They decided to secure the First Mover’s Advantage (FMA) with their second offering. Sony released PS3 a year later at a price which made it the most expensive console of that time. However‚ they justified the price by the inclusion of Blu-ray Disc player and high definition resolution. Sony reduced the price of PS3 in July 2007 and even though it was still higher than the Xbox 360‚ Microsoft entered the Bertrand
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Because of this‚ Gates is a very charitable man. Gates indeed has accomplished much throughout his life. Gates’ influence has left a huge impression on technology greater than that of any other man‚ through Windows 95‚ Microsoft Office 365‚ and the Xbox. Windows 95 is one of the most paramount operating systems to have existed‚ as it provided
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The revenue of the software grew year-over-year in May 2010. However‚ software unit sales have eroded further in the first 5 months than in 2009‚ and the average weekly software unit sales declined a further 9.5% for that period of 2010. Total software revenue has declined only 6.7% this year. This is because consumers are buying slightly more expensive games. During January to May in 2009‚ the revenue of Wii increased 10%. Meanwhile the PS3 has increased only 8%. The change in the first 5 months
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thus they came up with the next PlayStation‚ the PlayStation 2‚ 3‚ PSP‚ PSP Vita‚ and the PS4 which is still a widely known console compared to Sony’s first console. Lastly‚ Microsoft is known to produce another well-known gaming console‚ which is the Xbox. All these Gaming Console Companies or players have greatly affected the video game industry‚ for it is because of them that playing video games had become popular. NOTES: Direct Competitors:
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Introduction ………………………….……………………………………….……3 Industry analysis ……………………………..………………….……...…......4 Competitors strategy ……………………….……………………………………. Microsoft – A differentiator………………………….…......7 Sony – A differentiator ……………………….…………………9 Analysis of competition………………………………………………………11 Nintendo’s strategy …………………………………..……………………….14 SWOT ………………………….…………………………………………………….17 Recommendations …………….………………………………………………18 References ……………………………..………………………………………….20 Introduction The first video
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service over the whole product lifecycle. One example is Xerox‚ which realised that photocopying machines were too expensive for customers to afford. They have instead sold leases which include maintenance and servicing. The other example is Flextronics International. It is manufacturer and assembler for printed circuit boards‚ electromechanical components‚ subsystems‚ and complete systems for a wide range of
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Home Video Game Industry From JIAN QU To Dr. Scott Kiker Date 6/23/2013 1. Why the rapid growth of Atari? Why the 1982-85 collapse? How did Nintendo rebuild the industry? What was its strategy? The reason of rapid growth is the Atari’s products are highly differentiation. Atari is the first company enters the market‚ although some companies enter the market later‚ but Atari already build the reputation of highest technology support and the popular games provider to the customers. In the
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"Console wars"‚ also known as "System wars" is a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers. The winners of these "wars" may be debated based on different standards: market penetration and financial success‚ or the fierce loyalty and numbers of the fans of the system’s games. The term itself does not strictly denote a clear winner in each case‚ though. The outcome of a console war may however determine whether or not a manufacturer
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