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Sunday May 27, 2007 1:25 pm
Karraker: Real Gamers Want The PS3
While Dave Karraker may have a difficult job in trying to spin the moronic statements made by seemingly every Sony exec related to the PlayStation, sometimes he just makes things worse. You know, when he goes out on his own and says things like this:
That’s kind of a tough question to answer. I am pretty sure if you asked just about any real gamer out there if they would like to have a PS3, their answer would be a resounding “Yes!” I think a lot of this goes back to the proliferation of the Internet, where a very vocal minority can make a lot of noise and potentially alter perceptions of the masses, whether they are accurate or not. A lot of this, naturally, is driven by the media who seem focused on taking swipes at us lately, without taking in the full picture.
Vocal minority? Maybe so, but apparently Mr. Karraker hasn’t taken a look at the NPD numbers for last month – the ones where the PlayStation 3 sold an absolutely abysmal 82,000 units. (By comparison, the Xbox 360 sold 174,000 units and the Wii 360,000.) When is Sony going to collectively stop bragging? The reason the media takes so many swipes at Sony is because they seem too caught up in trying to convince everyone that the PS3 is the greatest thing around… without actually backing it up with anything of substance. My advice: shut up and let your games do the talking.
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Comments:
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.
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.
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.
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.