GC: Sony has no plans to cut PS3 price - Reeves

By Tom Bramwell Published 23 August, 2007

Explains lack of new PS3 titles.

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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  • agparrot #1 5 years ago

    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".

    Cock.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #2 5 years ago

    boo!

  • Sebo #3 5 years ago

    Seems Sony's strategy is a million miles away from What Dyack has been spouting.

    Good on Sony with this one.

  • Blerk #4 5 years ago

    Jesus, Europe - stop buying the bloody thing or they'll never drop the damn price!

  • GamesConnoisseur #5 5 years ago

    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!

  • Cannibal #6 5 years ago

    No way am I buying one until there is a price cut and they have at least 5 games I want that aren't on the 360. MGS 4 will probably be one but am struggling to see where the others are going to come from. A next gen God of War possibly.

  • spliffhead #7 5 years ago

    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!"

  • Laserbream #8 5 years ago

    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.

  • Dizzy #9 5 years ago

    "We're not going to try and overload "

    Best comeback EVAR!

    Didn't they say it was gonna be FIREWORKS!!!

  • space_ace #10 5 years ago

    o rly

  • myiagros #11 5 years ago

    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!!

  • aldo_14 #12 5 years ago

    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".


    Sadly (for them), it's 5 or 6 games coming out on other consoles.....

  • crazyhorse174 #13 5 years ago

    "...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!

  • L0cky #14 5 years ago

    The plan also goes tits up when you're not actually interested in the games on offer.

  • BBIAJ #15 5 years ago

    "...because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time..."

    Reduce the hardware price then you fools!

  • mattigan #16 5 years ago

    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".

  • lennon #17 5 years ago

    "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,"

    So are they going to allow it or will they probably allow it?

  • playgen #18 5 years ago

    Thats pretty funny - "the reason theres no good games coming out for ps3 is because nobody can afford to buy them, its not our fault!"

  • Sebo #19 5 years ago

    "...because they don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time..."

    This is just total nonsense.

    Anyone who has bought a PS3 we can safely assume as a pretty big wallet...
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 15:16

  • George-Roper #20 5 years ago

    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.

  • menage #21 5 years ago

    "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.
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 15:26

  • The-Bodybuilder #22 5 years ago

    >"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.

  • finty13 #23 5 years ago

    "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.

  • Dizzy #24 5 years ago

    "Funny that the xbox 360 fanboys need to convicne themselves in every Sony related topic how much the PS3 will fail. "

    Convince?

    I think most people are just stating the obvious.

  • Turambar #25 5 years ago

    Saying they have no plans to cut the price does not mean they wont cut the price.

  • The-Bodybuilder #26 5 years ago

    >"We all benefit from this, not just Gears of War. "

    Best post yet. Give this man an award.

  • GingerNathan #27 5 years ago

    "...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

  • dom6918 #28 5 years ago

    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!!

  • Sebo #29 5 years ago

    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?

  • Xerx3s #30 5 years ago

    "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.

  • SIDEARM #31 5 years ago

    @Egster: Shit im no fanboy I have every system - but the PS3 is failing because there are no games!

  • SBfistfun #32 5 years ago

    "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."

    Surely we'll all just work harder?

  • Steroyd #33 5 years ago

    Thar she blows a price cuts a commin'

  • lambtron #34 5 years ago

    "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.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #35 5 years ago

    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.

  • RazorObsession #36 5 years ago

    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

  • deaner #37 5 years ago

    Wadda-mistayka-to-mayka!

  • TonyCocaCola #38 5 years ago

    Twat

  • thepiedpiper #39 5 years ago

    i think the stubbornness of sony is alarming.

  • thepiedpiper #40 5 years ago

    "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

  • BillyBrush #41 5 years ago

    People can't handle 10 games at a time....they just ain't ready for that kinda news

  • Gurgeh #42 5 years ago

    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.

  • TonyCocaCola #43 5 years ago

    You dont have to buy every game that comes out on the console. But it sucks when you dont have a choice

  • mostly_harmless #44 5 years ago

    Shouldn't this article be called 'Nothing new for PS3'? Just for the sake of parity I mean... ;-)

  • mattigan #45 5 years ago

    "Funny that the xbox 360 fanboys need to convicne themselves in every Sony related topic how much the PS3 will fail. "

    Its not that it will fail, but that it might fail, which, 18 months ago was inconceivable.

  • Whizzo #46 5 years ago

    /waves goodbye to Sony

  • SniperWolf #47 5 years ago

    Yes Sony, keep doing the total opposite of what you should be doing, that will show them.

  • penhalion #48 5 years ago

    Anyone want to but a used PS3? It's the height of gaming and the best machine EVAR! It has cell and rsx and I'll even throw in a couple of games........

    It's a Wii60 world now and I guess Sony have made sure that my old PS3 has no place in it *sigh*

  • Moz #49 5 years ago

    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

  • penhalion #50 5 years ago

    @Moz
    So you want to buy a PS3 then mate?

  • Bill_Gates_Bitch #51 5 years ago

    @penhalion: I've got a tenner here with your name on it. I'm sure you'll agree it's worth no more than that.

  • Sebo #52 5 years ago

    @Moz

    And mine

  • chudders #53 5 years ago

    " I want the games.."

    "You want the games? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE GAMES!"
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 16:31

  • teabagger #54 5 years ago

    I think most people here need to get a life. Buy it/don't buy it, whatever. This endless tirade of anti-Sony/MS/whatever is really tedious, entirely founded on ballshit and a willful misrepresentation of the facts.

  • moggsy #55 5 years ago

    Seems Sony's strategy is a million miles away from What Dyack has been spouting.

    Good on Sony with this one.

    What you're actually seeing here is an exec under pressure. He himself must realise that what Sony are doing at the moment is simply not good enough. Releasing yet more hardware (PlayTV) for a game console short on games is not going to turn the PS3's fortunes around.

    It makes me laugh that they have the cheek to compare the 360's sales to the PS2 ("And it's still outselling our dear colleagues Xbox 360 weekly by a ratio of three to one.";) but in reality shouldn't they be comparing the PS3's sales to the 360? That one comment alone smacks of real desperation and reveals the pressure that Sony is now under.

    Also, where is Home?

  • Madlax #56 5 years ago

    lol at Microsoft fans...gaming is never the same today

    Sony is failing ?? you should be more worried about microsoft, they have already been surpassed by the wii worldwide

    Sony will milk the PS2 this holiday season, thats the entire point, i cant believe people think its failing when the ps2 is still outselling all systems aside from the wii and the Ds

    The entire sony strategy is build on 2008, they are not going to abandon the milking cow the ps2 and drop the ps3 price, they would be shooting themselves in the foot

    Milk the PS2 this holiday, drop the PS3 at Q1 2008 to 400$ along side MGS4 and GTAIV launch, another 50$ to 350$ at 2008 holiday alongside GT5, killzone 2 and others.

    Very simple and effective strategy

  • moggsy #57 5 years ago

    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.

    Do they listen to Radio 1? Because there was a piece on the 5.50pm news bulletin last night about the lack of games available for the PS3 and that gamers were feeling ripped off.

  • FlamingCarrot #58 5 years ago

    Hey at least my PS3 can play 300 on Blu Ray as its a region unlocked disc.

    Sad i have other reason to fire up the PS3 and man does it attract dust...

    360 FTW

  • Mortey #59 5 years ago

    "lol at Microsoft fans...gaming is never the same today

    Sony is failing ?? you should be more worried about microsoft, they have already been surpassed by the wii worldwide

    Sony will milk the PS2 this holiday season, thats the entire point, i cant believe people think its failing when the ps2 is still outselling all systems aside from the wii and the Ds

    The entire sony strategy is build on 2008, they are not going to abandon the milking cow the ps2 and drop the ps3 price, they would be shooting themselves in the foot

    Milk the PS2 this holiday, drop the PS3 at Q1 2008 to 400$ along side MGS4 and GTAIV launch, another 50$ to 350$ at 2008 holiday alongside GT5, killzone 2 and others.

    Very simple and effective strategy "

    The strategy is simple...we are Sony we cannot be stopped.....which is there typically arrogant stance and also very wrong Nintendo and MS also have big titles coming out (Halo, Mario etc.) and still room to price drop. They should be (and probably are at board level) worried.

    I would not buy anything from them based on that....I am not a fanboy i just don't like Sony as a company, I own nothing made by them and never will.
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 16:57

  • menage #60 5 years ago

    I would buy a PS3, but give me a good reason goddammit! (more importantyly give me a truckload of them). The only thing I saw worth it was White Knight.
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 16:59

  • spliffhead #61 5 years ago

    These posts aren't just about "mine being better than yours".

    We're all gamers and when a company, any company, starts treating it's clients like shit it's insulting.

    Their insulting you as a gamer whether you own their console or not.

    Screw you says one, you'll have to wait nine months for a new game.

    Screw you says another, you can have five games every six months and if you don't buy them all you can have 3 games a year and pay twice as much as anyone else on the planet.

    Screw you they say, we'll keep making shoddy hardware and maybe after 18 months we'll admit the mistake and start making amends.

    Everyone should take a stand against this kind of complacency instead of taking sides for the sake of it.

  • Kenshin001 #62 5 years ago

    Warhawk is coming out next week BTW. Online mayhem. Woohoo!

  • Madlax #63 5 years ago

    @Mortey

    "would not buy anything from them based on that....I am not a fanboy i just don't like Sony as a company, I own nothing made by them and never will."

    its funny that i feel the same about Microsoft

    I myself will not and never will support a company that has been monopolizing the OS market for decades forcing people to pay 200$+ for a low-standard OS and forcing OEM manufacturers to build PCs with windows pre-installed

    I see no reason for europe to support windows when we have Linux as growing alternative and improving everyday, never will i support a company that charges for online play, and as if not enough they want to bring live to the always free computer world

    I can only imagine what will happen to gaming if MS would have a monopoly on it, god forbid that ever happens or we will pay 150$ yearly for playing online

    Pray to god you have competition on the gaming industry

  • Mortey #64 5 years ago

    @Madlax

    Everybody has a preference, I personally have not got on with Linux but each to there own. But I don't think MS are arrogant, Vista is £70 or you get it free when you buy a new PC. The only reason they have a monopoly now is they were in the right place at the right time with DOS. They also buy anyone who gets in their way. It is a monopoly but if you ask me the PC needs one. WIthout MS the internet/PC's would not dominate peoples lives.

    My problem with Sony is they make poor products and people then buy them because it's Sony......they do not excel at anything they make, there TV's are bettered, their stereo's are shit etc.

  • AOFanboi #65 5 years ago

    There are lots of games coming out for the PS3 indirectly by coming out for the PS2. Why overlook those?

  • zuljin #66 5 years ago

    @moggsy
    "...but in reality shouldn't they be comparing the PS3's sales to the 360?"
    Why? This is, as usual, just a gigantic pissing contest. We sell more hardware, we sell more software, we sell more per region, etc. Each company announces the best sounding results.

    @spliffhead
    "Their insulting you as a gamer whether you own their console or not."
    How are they insulting you if you don't own the console?

  • Schiraman #67 5 years ago

    @spliffhead
    +1

    So far none of the next-gen consoles seems worth my money: the PS3 has no games, the 360 is unreliable and the Wii is overpriced last-gen hardware dominated by shallow party games. Until this situation changes, I have no plans to buy any of them.

  • effinjamie #68 5 years ago

    "We're really happy with the way that things are going for the PAL business. We really are. It's on track"

    Because basically whatever Bull shit we come up with, you Saps are ready to bend over and keep taking a good Pounding!

  • holydrone #69 5 years ago

    I read the headline as: Sony has no plans to kill queers!

  • Sebo #70 5 years ago

    Is the fact the Playstation is still selling in droves that big a factor? The PS3 is backward compatible so they aren't harming potential PS2 software sales by getting PS3 into people's hands. I guess they've reached a point where the PS2 hardware itself is turning over a profit. But does that outweight the importance of establishing an installed user base for PS3, I'd have to very much doubt it.

    I'd love to have a full break down of Sony's figures right now, because from the outside the strategy is just plain bizarre.

  • smelly #71 5 years ago

    LMFAO at 360 fanboys spouting the ps3 as "doomed".

  • wiiluv360andps3 #72 5 years ago

    Get right in there Damage.

    On one hand Sony are telling us we can't afford their games, but on the other they want to charge us 425 sterling for their machine. Mon to $%£@ lads.

  • morriss #73 5 years ago

    So no choice for the consumer, you get one game at a time. When you've played that game, they'll release another one? What if you don't like or want the first game they release?


  • smelly #74 5 years ago

    >What if you don't like or want the first game they release?

    Then you go outside.. get some fresh air.. and talk to people.. and have a life..

    maybe... you know.. kiss a girl and stuff?

  • RexRunti #75 5 years ago

    Sony seem to be making the same mistake with the PS3 as they made with LCD/Plasma TVs. Sony's CRTs were excellent and selling well so they held off the LCD/Plasma market. When the LCD/Plasma market finally broke Sony were unprepared and forced to buy their screens from Samsung, believe me Japan's biggest electonics giant being forced to essentially re-brand TVs from Korea's really made some waves.

    PS. I don't think the PS3 will fail. I just think it needs some bloody games if it is to be as successful as it's rivals.

  • adman123 #76 5 years ago

    Okay...this comment...along with the lack of any remote talk of a price drop just doesn't make much sense...sony is playing one seriously confusing game...

    ps2 was such a damn success...


    I have read others points and its true that Sony are in a very unique scenario ... and to be totally fair about Sony, even if they don't sell hugely until a few years, I think it will happen, just ashame that right now the perception is that they are failing and will continue to, which just can't be justified yet.

    Time will tell
    Edited by 2 at 23/08/07 @ 20:51

  • Kengro #77 5 years ago

    They won't drop the price = I won't buy the overpriced junk...
    Goddamit, i'll rather buy a DX 10 card for my PC... I'm not to happy with this

  • mkreku #78 5 years ago

    I told you all to boycott the PS3, but nooo, you all went and bought it anyhow. Now look where it's gotten us: NO PRICE CUT!

    And no games.

    I still want one though. I the future. 2010.

  • DrunKao #79 5 years ago

    Isn't it great to be a PAL gamer? I swear, Europe must be the best place in the world to be a gamer (next to Australia).

  • Syrette #80 5 years ago

    What is 'smelly' on about?

  • spliffhead #81 5 years ago

    How long before PC copy protection involves some kind of IP specific based regionalisation?

    It's not just about consoles it's about us gamers as customers, vehemently or otherwise, getting second rate service due to thoughtless penny pinchers.

    Gaming, government just about anything these days, roll over and you will get an unpleasant delivery in the ass gravy tributory.

  • George-Roper #82 5 years ago

    @smelly

    ">What if you don't like or want the first game they release?

    Then you go outside.. get some fresh air.. and talk to people.. and have a life..

    maybe... you know.. kiss a girl and stuff?"


    /points at smelly

    Pervert!!

  • Xerx3s #83 5 years ago

    " I want the games.."

    "You want the games? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE GAMES!"

    No, not with the controller you provided. ¬_¬

  • ratatack #84 5 years ago

    im not doubting the xbox360 has great games but i feel alot of them are typical games that wud have made it on the pc anyhow. xbox360 is basically a great pc with a control pad where as sony make traditional consoles offering original titles that were never destined for pc.
    the only thing i hate about the ps3, is that ugly spiderman font they used but I try to ignore it.

  • Xerx3s #85 5 years ago

    @Madlax: The same competition sony gave when they owned about 75% of the market? Your sony hugging shields you from the obvious truth that all mega corporations (yes, that includes sony, ninty and ms boys and girls) are in the business of oppressing customers & competitors and creating monopoly positions for themselves. It's just that ms is a bit better at it than the rest. If you think for one second that sony or ninty wouldn't do the same if they had the chance you are a misguided fool.
    It's funny seeing people like you walking around with signs about how evil ms is. There is nothing evil about it. It's just business. Business however is more than not a cut-throat thing.

    It's also funny that people seem to have forgotten that ms was once hailed for the same thing as linux is now.
    Speaking about that. Lol. If linux ever wants to have a chance with will need to grow up and shed it's 'hippy clothes' so to speak. It will need to adapt to the market (that ms reformed) and be prepared to deal with the sharks.
    Edited by 1 at 23/08/07 @ 23:01

  • Lim-Dul #86 5 years ago

    I have a dual-boot system with Ubuntu (it's the most user-friendly Linux I've ever used, and I've used quite a few distros) and in all honesty I must say that Linux will never ever be a serious competition for e.g. Windows... It's simply too user-unfriendly. As long as it works, it works, but beware if something goes wrong - it's a system written by many people around the world and based on a quite old and illogical system model (IMHO) - at least for the average person... Besides - the administrative costs of Linux installations, if they were to be used e.g. in a company, are ENORMOUS...

    MS might be "tha 3vil gl0bal c0rp0rat10n" but nowadays, what isn't? And one has to appreciate all the things that they DID do right... And believe me - they have LOTS of talented programmers working for them and the right budget to back them up...

    By the way - I don't own any next-gen consoles except for a DS that offers me the kind of portability and gameplay my PC can't provide me with. However, I find the comments that the PS3 will show its true power in a month, a quarter, a year SOOO pitiful... How much time does a system need? Now, that many games are released in multi-format in 2008 a low-end to mid-range PC will have no problems with keeping up with a PS3 and won't be much more expensive either... If the PS3 won't have built up a solid user base by then, then it is doomed, DOOOMED I say. And good games, many good games to be precise, are what it takes to build a huge consumer base...
    Edited by 3 at 23/08/07 @ 23:49

  • Vandrius #87 5 years ago

    And enter the xbots with their "Oh, so sorry, PS3 = fail" comments. Some more obvious than others.

    If your 360 is worth hugging so darned hard, then go play it and stop posting in PS3 threads.

  • smelly #88 5 years ago

    @Vandrius : IF you think this is bad, you should see the (same people) in the wii threads..

    makes you wonder how much they like their own machine doesnt it?


    "/points at smelly
    Pervert!!"

    eh?

    (is worried about how much you guys actually DO get out now *smile*)

  • imperial_seal #89 5 years ago

    Europe is screwed as ever, last time I was in Hong Kong (a couple months ago), PS3 + 3 games was less than £300 ! Which is quite affordable to be honest.

  • pagedown #90 5 years ago

    Lim-Dul: Nice piece of FUD there. How much do MS pay you?

  • Monkey-Wizard-Ken #91 5 years ago

    There is little doubt Sony is laughing at us Europeans. Even die hard Sony fans should know better than to support their current pricing policy and poor software line-up.
    A good battering this Christmas might shake things up a bit and will hopefully bring a decent price drop.

  • RexRunti #92 5 years ago

    OK I feel like summing up this thread. It consists of three main types of post:

    1. Posts from people reading this interview and questioning Sony's overall business strategy
    2. Posts whinging about 'xbots'
    3. Posts comparing Windows to Linux

    There is also about two "teh P$£ iS tEh d00M3d" type posts.

    Make from this what you will.

  • pinhead #93 5 years ago

    They will significantly cut the PS3 price before Christmas in a *shock* announcement, mark my words.

    Also the more units they sell the more likely they are to entrench BR as the lead HD disc format. The PS3 has to deliver this trojan for Sony.

  • Decap #94 5 years ago

    So his saying that his only thinking about the consumers by not giving them too much games so they wont burn all their money?

    What a bunch of bullshit.

    Nice try to give the poor lineup of games a positive spin. -> Failed!

  • Nallen #95 5 years ago

    When a game comes out I want to play on the PS3 I'll start to care when they are, or are not cutting the price.

  • Lim-Dul #96 5 years ago

    Lim-Dul: Nice piece of FUD there. How much do MS pay you?

    Yep, right, it's better to write bullshit like this and hate MS without even giving arguments (or probably knowing) why one does so... Let's all just jump on the MS-hate bandwagon, cause it's trendy! And buy an iPod! And iPhone while we're at it.

    MS doesn't pay me anything, but I can appreciate wonderful technology e.g. like this:

    <a href="http://labs.live.com /photosynth/
    ">http://labs.live.com /photosynth/
    </a>

    when I see it. And that's not the only nice project MS is developing.
    Edited by 1 at 24/08/07 @ 14:37

  • Demograph #97 5 years ago

    What a relief, for a moment there I was getting totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of titles not worth buying -_-

  • DrunKao #98 5 years ago

    See how Sony repays Europe for bending over so much?