Tretton talks about lessons they have learned in PS3’s first year

Now that the PlayStation 3’s first year has come and gone, what are the lessons that Sony‘s learned so far?

In an interview with MSNBC, SCEA president Jack Tretton mulls over the lessons they have encountered with their next-gen console. Read about it in the full article!

A little more than a year after its launch, Sony‘s PlayStation 3 is finally gaining ground after enjoying brisk sales from this year’s Black Friday. Now that Sony’s next-gen console seems to be taking off after a year of getting mixed reviews and shaky relationship with gamers, Jack Tretton finally allowed some time to mull over what they encountered during the PlayStation 3’s first year.

In an interview with MSNBC, SCEA president Jack Tretton admitted that the PS3’s first year wasn’t really a spectacular one, and he pins the blame on not being able to produce more units at launch. Tretton said, referring to the blue laser diode shortage:

I think the biggest miss for us was the launch, in that we had easily a million consumers in North America alone that wanted to get their hands on a PlayStation 3 Â… and we had roughly 200,000 units to take advantage of that demand.

However, he stresses the fact that not everything can be attained on the first year. He also mentions that Sony is the only company whose consoles reached 10-year lifespans, and is confident that the PS3 will do the same as well.

To prove his point, Tretton made an example out of the PlayStation 2. “We sold 120 million machines so far — but we certainly didnÂ’t sell them all in the first year.”

Check out the rest of the interview in the Via link!