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PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has no plans to cut the price of PlayStation 3 according to president David Reeves, but the company will introduce new bundles with different games to help drive sales.
"What we're going to allow, and it doesn't need an announcement, is simply that we'll probably put out more hard bundles than the Starter Pack," Reeves told Eurogamer in an interview to be published later this week.
"We're not making any pricing announcements at Games Convention at all. There's none. And we don't have any plans in that regard. We're really happy with the way that things are going for the PAL business. We really are. It's on track."
Reeves also said that Sony chose not to announce new PS3 games during its press conference in Leipzig last night because it wants to make sure people are "focused on five or six games".
"We're not going to try and overload - I'm not trying to escape the question, I'm just saying we're not going to overload the consumer with too many new ones."
"It's important to get a window so that someone's played a game and they're ready for the next one, because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time. So we're trying to do pillar titles every month."
For the rest of the interview with Reeves, who also spoke about Sony's new PlayTV service for PS3 and PSP and the PSP Slim and Lite, check back on Friday.
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GamesConnoisseur
23/08/07 @ 14:00
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Of course Sony is quite happy with Pal business as there PS3 is selling better than other regions. Despite being the most expensive and having less features (B/C and fewer items in PSN store).
Why would they reduce when doing so briskly? I am not asking for boycott as I already have PS3 but they would act if required to do so. Should X360 sell better due to BioShock and reduced SKUs then probably would be closer to Christmas rather than this time of the year. Will look forward to his inteview tomorrow and to give him benefit of the doubt! |
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spliffhead
23/08/07 @ 14:02
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3.00am CET A hotel suite in Leipzig:
Ring ring...ring ring... Reeves: "Hello? Sony HQ: "What on earth was that presser all about? It's another bloody disaster!" Reeves: "Don't worry I'll call Eurogamer in the morning and pretend we have some new games but we're too aloof to tell anyone about them." Sony HQ: "High five Reevesy you're the man!" |
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Laserbream
23/08/07 @ 14:02
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Shame on you all, this nice man is trying to set us free from the angst of not being able to buy every game as soon as it comes out.
We all benefit from this, not just Gears of War. |
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It's important to get a window so that someone's played a game and they're ready for the next one, because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time.
that is why 3 first party titles are coming out in the space of 2 weeks?? 28/08/07 - Warhawk 30/08/07 - Lair 12/08/07 - Heavenly Sword this quote is rubish!! |
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crazyhorse174
23/08/07 @ 14:07
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"...because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time..."
I have an answer to that... REDUCE THE FUCKING PRICE OF THE GAMES THEN! |
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Great strategy, release one game a month.
But seriously does he really thing people will buy that utter tosh about "overloading", different people like different games, so it would follow that it is quite possible to release a racing game, say, along with a FPS and both will sell well. Unless of course this is all smoke and mirrors to hide tha fact that there are no games sitting in a warehouse somewhere just waiting for their "window". |
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George Roper
23/08/07 @ 14:15
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Tragic.
With Blu-Ray now not guaranteed to be the format king and the 360 Elite + bundles out, the PS3 is really lagging behind now. For them to have 'no plans to reduce the cost in Europe' speaks volumes about their scrabbling to recoup dev costs. 360 is simply the games machine to own, now. It has the right price point, feature set and games. The Elite release is simply the icing on a tasty cake. Sony can go fuck themselves. |
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"but the company will introduce new bundles with different games to help drive sales."
I don't want bundled games, they're mostly old and suck. Give me a cheaper one so I can buy own games. ""It's important to get a window so that someone's played a game and they're ready for the next one, because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time. So we're trying to do pillar titles every month" Lol, now that was funny. So I'm forced to buy one game a month because Sony thinks iI can't fucking choose.
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The Bodybuilder
23/08/07 @ 14:19
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>"because it wants to make sure people are "focused on five or six games".
Soooooo....the entire ps3 catalogue of good games then. /badaboom-tish. |
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"Reeves also said that Sony chose not to announce new PS3 games during its press conference in Leipzig last night because it wants to make sure people are "focused on five or six games".
Did he actually believe that this would be interpreted as a good thing. Come on Sony, get your act together and give me some games. |
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The Bodybuilder
23/08/07 @ 14:21
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>"We all benefit from this, not just Gears of War. "
Best post yet. Give this man an award. |
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GingerNathan
23/08/07 @ 14:23
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"...because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time..."
Wait a second, one moment you're telling us to get second or third jobs in order to buy your product, and now there's a limit to what we can afford. Make your mind up Sony. :P |
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Its bordering on prejudice..we are being prejudiced against!!
Why do the Americans and Japaneese get Price cuts? at a price thats almost a 1/3 less then what we pay!! Why do the Europeans get Fuck all?? can someone argue against that?? Why is it that the xbox 360 has all the games..what a waste of money!! |
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Seriously though,
Has everyone at Sony lost the plot? The high price tag would be fine if there were loads of games. I mean you can kinda forgive the Wii for its sparse support at the moment. Nobody expected it to be a success so obviously developers shyed away from it. But we all thought it would be business as usual for Sony in this gen, so really, what is there excuse for there being no games? |
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"We're not going to try and overload - I'm not trying to escape the question, I'm just saying we're not going to overload the consumer with too many new ones."
A) You just escaped the question and B) You are supposed to overload an wow me with tons of new and exciting games. I MUST have the feeling that I will be off worse without those games or you failed and the money invested in the conference has been wasted. |
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"Why do the Americans and Japaneese get Price cuts?
at a price thats almost a 1/3 less then what we pay!! Why do the Europeans get Fuck all?? can someone argue against that?? " Because. Every time we bend over and fork out. If we didn't buy stuff they wouldn't get away with it. The Yanks and Japanese won't pay - you only have to look at that poll they did in Japan about the PS3 before it launched to see that. That's why they get the price cuts. We're just too sheep-like in that respect. |
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JohnnyWashnGo
23/08/07 @ 14:34
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What I find amusing is that Sony, who were once THE brand name to own in home electronics, is being so thoroughly beaten down in the next generation console wars by a machine that most people would argue is still stuck in the last generation albeit with a fancy new control stick and a machine that has to be returned to base infrequently to ensure you can still play your games.
If I was in charge of Sonys Computer Entertainment division, I would take that as a giant thumbs down from the gaming public. A novelty games console and a games console that barely works for more than 25 minutes (exagaration on both counts, before you flame me) are selling better than the next generation uber console from Sony. Priceless. |
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RazorObsession
23/08/07 @ 14:36
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I think there are a higher concentration of Sony fanboys in Europe, who are willing to sell a kidney to own a PS3, or at least bite their parents ankles off, such is the effectiveness of Sony's propaganda here, thus the sales, in hardware at least, have been quite solid, and still look promising, ergo no price drop is planned or required.
In an ideal world, no one would buy the machine until it had a decent line up of games, and the price of the machine was rooted firmly on the right side of sanity. Alas, we live in less than ideal Europe, where the lunatics have taken over the asylum it would seem. /shakes head solemnly |
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thepiedpiper
23/08/07 @ 14:41
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"A novelty games console and a games console that barely works for more than 25 minutes (exagaration on both counts, before you flame me) are selling better than the next generation uber console from Sony. Priceless."
yes it is rather expensive i agree |
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BillyBrush
23/08/07 @ 14:43
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People can't handle 10 games at a time....they just ain't ready for that kinda news
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After E3's dullness he said "“We prefer to make our big statements in Leipzig, it suits us much better. Yes it has been a bit of a slow summer... There will be absolute fireworks at peak, that I can promise you."
Makes you wonder what he'll say after Leipzig, unless he thinks people are really excited about Buzz (sorry the Wii already has that market cornered) or Sat Nav in games consoles. |
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TonyCocaCola
23/08/07 @ 14:46
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You dont have to buy every game that comes out on the console. But it sucks when you dont have a choice
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mostly_harmless
23/08/07 @ 14:57
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Shouldn't this article be called 'Nothing new for PS3'? Just for the sake of parity I mean... ;-)
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SniperWolf
23/08/07 @ 15:13
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Yes Sony, keep doing the total opposite of what you should be doing, that will show them.
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I find it amuzing that in the middle of all the Sony everyone has failed to notice that MS has sold less then 2million 360s world wide since xmas!
We sit here in our fairly well informed news sites and forums but, manage to complete forget that a large percentage of people don't read these site. Xbox is still seen as the lesser name in the wider world. Currently a large number of people are still happy with their PS2s The new gen really isn't under way fully yet. If by Jan 09 there are 50million 360s to 10million PS3s then you will know Sony have failed, but I'm douting that that will be the outcome |
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