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Bad news for PlayStation3
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 23:08, 20th July 2006 GMT
Source: Playfuls News
An expression invented in the famous American marketing system says that no news is bad news. For PS3, it seems any news is bad news lately.
Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer has been battling with the media but especially with PS fans since March 2006 to convince them that PS3s price and delays are only in the benefit of the end-user. He did a lousy job if we were to consider the comments that game-sites are hosting concerning the future of PS3.
Most of the analysts agree with the fact that the initial shipment of PS3 will sell very well, since it comes out in November 2006, before the thriving shopping season of Christmas. But afterwards, gamers will begin to understand that a costlier console doesnt necessarily mean a better performance, and a larger investment, especially since the software package that comes with PS3 is not very impressive. Sony officials on the other side have boasted with the fact that PS3 will possess a backwards compatibility with games for PS2, a thing which makes some gamers happy, but saddens others.
Besides the repeated delays, PS3 also threatens its future customers with a price which attracts criticism- between $499 and $599, which means an X BOX 360 + a Nintendo Wii. It also threatens the PC, according to company officials, since it will deliver high quality DVD images, with its integrated Blu-Ray drive. Moreover, PS3 will offer support for unseen graphics effects, with the powerful IBM-produced "CELL" processor, and almost realistic in-game physics.
These facts are not enough to scary X BOX 360 (which has a serious advantage on PS3, being on the market since November 2005 and gathering a lot of fans on XBOXLive.com) or Nintendo Wii.
For example, a post-E3 poll organized by Famitsu, the ultimate gaming magazine in Japan revealed something no one would suspect: Nintendo Wii tops Sony Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 in customers' preferences. The big question was, "What gaming hardware are you looking forward to the most?" The Nintendo Wii did three times better than its closest competition. Wii: 68.8%, PS3: 21%, Xbox 360: 7.2%, and NDS: 3%.
As for the price of the future PS3, 88.4% said the price is too high, 10.9% said the price is appropriate and only 0.7% said the console is inexpensive. And just think that this is a poll from one of the world's richest countries and the traditional dominant market for Sony Playstation... Not to mention that the popular PlayStation Portable didn't even managed to appear in the top.
More on this report here.
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