"Also, rumours are coming thick and fast surrounding the possible pricing of PS3 games - talk of between $75 and $85 is rife, which is not being received well by the gaming press, nor by consumers. It would be relatively unsurprising if the new PS3 games were priced at this level, due to the concession and loss Sony is making on each PS3 system. Although a loss on each console is the norm within the industry, the scale of the loss for Sony on each PS3 means that income from the main revenue stream needs to be increased accordingly - i.e. game prices get ramped up. However, these rumours have been dispelled by Sony and it seems games will be launched at $59.99. Financial analysts must be wondering exactly how Sony is expecting to make a profit considering the forecasted losses the system is expected to make.
Further bad news for Sony comes from a (slightly biased) survey from marketing firm Ipsos Insight, which details a study done on behalf of Immersion who own patents on the rumble technology within joypads and whom successfully sued Sony for not licensing its patents, reports that 72% of consumers would prefer the vibration tech within their controllers, and don’t care much for the directional capabilities that are being implemented into the PS3’s new game pads - technology that was seemingly demonstrated shortly after the Nintendo unveiling of the Wii’s revolutionary new controller.
Things are still not looking good for Sony and its Playstation 3. The history of the games industry is filled with examples of over-confident companies becoming detracted from the target audience and producing product which isn’t necessarily desirable in the market. Sony have certainly demonstrated signs of ego, becoming less interested in the gaming audience and more concerned with shoving Blue-ray and DRM down consumers throats, without much consideration to the product’s pricing or its availability on launch. It all seems set for a big upset for Sony. µ"
i dont really care @ this point…the blue ray dvd players are going to be retailing for about a G so for 600$ ill buy a blueray player with a gaming system inside of it
As I’ve said many times before, I will own a PS3 at some point in time (maybe sooner than later). Sony and their PR dept. (and Ken Kutaragi) seem to dig big holes that Sony needs to claw its way out of. MGS looks incredible, I know that the next GranTurismo will be amazing and there are plenty of other titles that will surface for the system.
And I know that Matt doesn’t specifically look for bad PR on Sony… its just the flavor of the week and hard to avoid. With the launch of any new system, press is huge and bad press will always get more attention.
Well, sometimes I do but only since the fanboy’s are running rampant with the PS3, I feel the need to shove it in their face that Sony is not the end all and be all of console gaming. They are devioustsi and sneaky and deserve what is coming to them with all this turmoil.
