Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
I find it kind of weird that Sony would actually do this, and especially in the USA - the land of the ambulance chasers. I can already smell the 'class action' of a dozen or so Centurion card carrying rich fellows suing Sony for damages arguing the purchase of an old an outdated boy's toy has hurt their social standing...
Some marketing 'genius' at Sony needs to get his cojones pulled me things...
Anyone stupid enough to pay $4000 for a 2 megapixel camera deserves to be humiliated "in their social standing"
The whole Qualia thing is an idea of the Sony CEO, I find it pathetic, they actually claim there is a market of 5 MILLION potential customers in the US, the other products on their way are a $1999 mini disc player and a $30000 video projector.
I am no marketing boffin but I'd be pretty at ease claiming the market is more in the area of 500 than 5 million.
These may be boys toys, but the real boys also want the best of the best when it comes to features, not just looks...