I’m not knocking the PS3. I think it’s going to be great. But the constant spew coming from Sony execs is ridiculous to the extreme.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/29/07
I didn’t imply in the story that the PS3 was going to fail, but when you make assertions that essentially every gamer wants a PS3, it’s just not true. The reason I brought up sales numbers was not to say the PS3 is already dead in the water (on the contrary, I’m one of the people that argues it’s going to be a fantastic system in a year or two). It was to show that if, right now, _everyone_ wants a PS3, why don’t the sales numbers reflect that? I think a whole of people _will_ want the PS3 down the road, but Karraker’s using phrases like “real gamers” isn’t very conclusive evidence.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/30/07
I don’t think you’re going to see a price drop per se; instead, the 60GB SKU is going to be dropped down to the $499.99 price tag, and a new SKU—one with a larger hard drive—will take its place at $599.99.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/30/07
Well, at least he spelled my name right.
If you’ve read through the comments here, you’d see that I’m not a fanboy at all. I like the PS3’s chances. So that essentially addresses everything you said, because I’m not a fanboy and if I see something that Microsoft or Nintendo says that I find moronic, I’m going to call them out. (see the Shadowrun pricing story, located here http://games.gearlive.com/playfeed/article/q107-shane-kim-responds-shadowrun-pricing-structure/)
As for the Nintendo thing, they outlined a number of units they aim to sell. Sony can do that, too; I don’t mind. But when they make these overwhelmingly sweeping generalizations about what the public wants, I take issue with that. They should be focusing on promoting the system and its games—not proclaiming how all real gamers want their system.
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I’m not knocking the PS3. I think it’s going to be great. But the constant spew coming from Sony execs is ridiculous to the extreme.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/29/07
I didn’t imply in the story that the PS3 was going to fail, but when you make assertions that essentially every gamer wants a PS3, it’s just not true. The reason I brought up sales numbers was not to say the PS3 is already dead in the water (on the contrary, I’m one of the people that argues it’s going to be a fantastic system in a year or two). It was to show that if, right now, _everyone_ wants a PS3, why don’t the sales numbers reflect that? I think a whole of people _will_ want the PS3 down the road, but Karraker’s using phrases like “real gamers” isn’t very conclusive evidence.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/30/07
I don’t think you’re going to see a price drop per se; instead, the 60GB SKU is going to be dropped down to the $499.99 price tag, and a new SKU—one with a larger hard drive—will take its place at $599.99.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/30/07
Well, at least he spelled my name right.
If you’ve read through the comments here, you’d see that I’m not a fanboy at all. I like the PS3’s chances. So that essentially addresses everything you said, because I’m not a fanboy and if I see something that Microsoft or Nintendo says that I find moronic, I’m going to call them out. (see the Shadowrun pricing story, located here http://games.gearlive.com/playfeed/article/q107-shane-kim-responds-shadowrun-pricing-structure/)
As for the Nintendo thing, they outlined a number of units they aim to sell. Sony can do that, too; I don’t mind. But when they make these overwhelmingly sweeping generalizations about what the public wants, I take issue with that. They should be focusing on promoting the system and its games—not proclaiming how all real gamers want their system.
posted by: Chris Pereira · 5/31/07