PlayStation
Sony's video game console platform.
Where PlayStation comes up1 book
- 1Bet on real-time 3DConsole built around real-time 3D graphics
- 2Gotta-have improvementClears the industry's bar for adoption
- 3Customers rush to adoptHelmer's rule for gotta-have improvements
- 4300,000 consoles soldWithin a month of Japan launch
From Hamilton Helmer's PlayStation example
What was said about PlayStation
PlayStation bet on real-time 3D graphics and sold 300,000 consoles in a month. PlayStation built its console around real-time 3D graphics. It sold 300,000 consoles within a month of its Japan launch.
Hamilton Helmer uses this as evidence for a rule: aim for an improvement that is gotta-have by your industry's standard, so customers rush to adopt. The bar varies by field. Andy Grove's 10x fits semiconductors, while doubling battery storage density would likely be enough in that field. His line: "All Power starts with invention."
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It bet on real-time 3D graphics and sold 300,000 consoles within a month of its Japan launch.
PlayStation bet on real-time 3D graphics and sold 300,000 consoles in a month. PlayStation built its console around real-time 3D graphics. It sold 300,000 consoles within a month of its Japan launch.
Hamilton Helmer uses this as evidence for a rule: aim for an improvement that is gotta-have by your industry's standard, so customers rush to adopt. The bar varies by field. Andy Grove's 10x fits semiconductors, while doubling battery storage density would likely be enough in that field. His line: "All Power starts with invention."
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