Sony trounces Microsoft and Nintendo in brand trust survey

[luv_mist]

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RCA used to be quality stuff. In fact 90% of radios in homes were RCA brand for a good 20-30 years.

Oh and I think that chart is somewhat accurate. I trust sony more the MS.

I trust them to a certain extent. After the different expectations that Sony has claimed these past few years, they're slowly losing my trust. I'm trusting M$ more. We'll see though. Still young.......

[SPTO]

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I trust them to a certain extent. After the different expectations that Sony has claimed these past few years, they're slowly losing my trust. I'm trusting M$ more. We'll see though. Still young.......

Well so long as you know it's all hype then it shouldn't faze you too much. I have an original PS2 and it's still kickin to this day. I don't think many original Xboxes have had that kind of shelf life.

[aholbert32]

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That is a great find on the real. Ironically, I was talking to my friend about Sony's PS3 vs. Microsoft's XBOX 360. I told him how great it was. He spoke to me about the massive library Sony has and the great support and variety they have also. This very thing reminds me of the XBOX that they just abandoned. Those who finally had the time and money to buy one are basically left in the cold of mediocrity due to the lack of support Microsoft will have for that system. Good find though. Definitely can understand it a lot.....



Also a great reason for the low scores on M$ resume`.

I'm sorry but if it takes you 6 yrs to save up and buy an Xbox lack of MS support should be the last thing you are worrying about. If it takes you 6 yrs to buy an Xbox then it wont matter if you MS releases new games because you probably cant afford to purchase them anyway.

[aholbert32]

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Well so long as you know it's all hype then it shouldn't faze you too much. I have an original PS2 and it's still kickin to this day. I don't think many original Xboxes have had that kind of shelf life.

My launch Xbox did.

[Misfit]

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I'm sorry but if it takes you 6 yrs to save up and buy an Xbox lack of MS support should be the last thing you are worrying about. If it takes you 6 yrs to buy an Xbox then it wont matter if you MS releases new games because you probably cant afford to purchase them anyway.

Where did you get 6 years from? The Xbox was released in the later stages of 2001, less than 5 years ago.

Microsoft has been branded as the "evil corporation" because of their pursuits towards monopoly with certain sectors of their business model. Naturally, the average consumer distrusts them. I'm not surprised Sony scored higher, but I am surprised they received an A plus.

[aholbert32]

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Where did you get 6 years from? The Xbox was released in the later stages of 2001, less than 5 years ago.

Microsoft has been branded as the "evil corporation" because of their pursuits towards monopoly with certain sectors of their business model. Naturally, the average consumer distrusts them. I'm not surprised Sony scored higher, but I am surprised they received an A plus.

I'm sorry that I was off by a year but my point is still the same. If it takes you a little under 5 yrs to save up 150 bucks then a decreased game library is the least of your problems.

Also, people are acting as if this thing is primarily based on videogames when its not. Its based on Sony's rep with electronics and the bad rep MS has with software.

[freezeframe]

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Yes I also didnt realize it was that bad for MS and that good for Sony. This quote really raised my eyebrows:

"Microsoft faces big consumer defection risk. One measure of consumers' dissatisfaction with Microsoft is seen in the 5.4 million households that give it a brand trust score of 1 [distrust a lot] or 2 [distrust a bit]. Compared with all Microsoft users, these at-risk users have higher income, are much more likely to be male, and are bigger online spenders.

5.4 million people surveyed that is alot of people and gives you a very good idea that this is very accurate.

[burnwood]

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Umm, I didn't have to "save up 150" to buy my XBox years later. I just waited until everything settled. Now, as luv_mist points out, Microsoft is dropping support for XBox. The same support that is needed to enable longevity on Microsoft's console platforms. You can't just make a console and in 6 years drop everything and move on with hopes on being successful.

Didn't the PSOne just stop being supported this year?!?!

I'm sorry, but the poor card doesn't work in this instance.

[fishepa]

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Yes I also didnt realize it was that bad for MS and that good for Sony.

You're not realizing what the thought process is however. Here is Joe Schmoe filling out the survey. He gets to the part where he has to choose a trust rating for Sony 1-5, 5 being most trust. He thinks, "I've had that Sony DVD player for a long time, it's always worked." He then marks down a 5 for Sony. He then gets to MS, he thinks, "You know what, I get all these crazy pop ups on my computer". He then gives MS a 1. There you have it.

[freezeframe]

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I'm sorry that I was off by a year but my point is still the same. If it takes you a little under 5 yrs to save up 150 bucks then a decreased game library is the least of your problems.

Also, people are acting as if this thing is primarily based on videogames when its not. Its based on Sony's rep with electronics and the bad rep MS has with software.

I think it has to do with the companies as a whole. And I mean Nintendo is primarily Videogames is it not? Is it not in the survey? Consumer electronics is a console.

[luv_mist]

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I'm sorry but if it takes you 6 yrs to save up and buy an Xbox lack of MS support should be the last thing you are worrying about. If it takes you 6 yrs to buy an Xbox then it wont matter if you MS releases new games because you probably cant afford to purchase them anyway.

I fixed an XBOX to play my games from ebay. It didn't take me 5 years to purchase one. Also, those who might have purchased it just recently might not have had enough time or money prior to this year to pick one up. Of course, college students do graduate and people do pick up hobbies after they get settled into their jobs and stuff. Ironically, just because I don't buy games as frequently as other more hardcore gamers doesn't mean that I don't have the money. Remember that there are a lot of people getting into this type of hobby as a first due to experiences. Look at it from different aspects than the types where you're use to sir......

[aholbert32]

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Umm, I didn't have to "save up 150" to buy my XBox years later. I just waited until everything settled. Now, as luv_mist points out, Microsoft is dropping support for XBox. The same support that is needed to enable longevity on Microsoft's console platforms. You can't just make a console and in 6 years drop everything and move on with hopes on being successful.

Didn't the PSOne just stop being supported this year?!?!

I'm sorry, but the poor card doesn't work in this instance.

Did you read luv_mist's post? This is his quote:

"This very thing reminds me of the XBOX that they just abandoned. Those who finally had the time and money to buy one are basically left in the cold of mediocrity due to the lack of support Microsoft will have for that system."

That statement is saying that MS is wrong for pulling full support for the XBOX because there are people who recently bought the system (5 yrs after it was released) and they will be left in the cold. My point is you get what you pay for. You wait 5 yrs to get a system (because of money or any reason) you run the risk of buying a system that doesnt have the full support anymore.

[mgoblue]

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I personally don't trust Sony like I used to because they've been trying to ram things down our throats (UMD movies, BluRay)...Microsoft will never have a popular public opinion, so this isn't surprising to me at all...

[aholbert32]

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I fixed an XBOX to play my games from ebay. It didn't take me 5 years to purchase one. Also, those who might have purchased it just recently might not have had enough time or money prior to this year to pick one up. Of course, college students do graduate and people do pick up hobbies after they get settled into their jobs and stuff. Ironically, just because I don't buy games as frequently as other more hardcore gamers doesn't mean that I don't have the money. Remember that there are a lot of people getting into this type of hobby as a first due to experiences. Look at it from different aspects than the types where you're use to sir......

No one was talking about you personally. I was refering to the hypothetical person you made up who couldnt afford an Xbox until this year. I've had game systems all of my life (I'm 28) and I bought everyone...with the exception of the NES. I wasnt rich. I worked...saved up and bought it. The Xbox has been under 200 bucks for like 2 yrs+. So if it takes a person 2 yrs to save up for it...then new games coming out for the system is the least of your problems. If it takes you 2 yrs+ to save 150 bucks then you probably wont be able to afford 1 game a year and if thats the case then the lack of Xbox support really doesnt effect you.

[luv_mist]

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Did you read luv_mist's post? This is his quote:

"This very thing reminds me of the XBOX that they just abandoned. Those who finally had the time and money to buy one are basically left in the cold of mediocrity due to the lack of support Microsoft will have for that system."

That statement is saying that MS is wrong for pulling full support for the XBOX because there are people who recently bought the system (5 yrs after it was released) and they will be left in the cold. My point is you get what you pay for. You wait 5 yrs to get a system (because of money or any reason) you run the risk of buying a system that doesnt have the full support anymore.

That makes perfect sense right? So I buy a 81 Chevy Impala, I shouldn't necessarily expect to get good support for fixing it huh?