Playstation 3: Is Sony trying to commit console suicide?
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Sony's Playstation has set the bar for gaming for well over a decade now. Boy do I remember September 9th 1995 ( Official launch of PS1) like it was yesterday. Finally we were able to have an arcade like experience at home with games like Ridge Racer, Tekken and NBA Jam CE. The Playstation brand quickly outpaced Sega's Saturn to take the number one spot on the console sales charts and has not looked back since. I think every one I know has a PS2 and a handful of titles to boot.Sony has always dominated the mass market with 1. Great games 2. Exclusive games and last but certainly not least 3. Fair price. However it becomes more apparent everyday that Sony has lost its way.
Lets take a look at 1. Great games that Sony has been hyping on the PS3: Lair was supposed to be this revolutionary experience using the Sixaxis controller with unbelievable visuals and sound. However according to the reviews that have been trickling in it is earning mediocre scores at best. EGM scores for Lair were 6.0, 5.5 and 5.0. Now lets take a look at Warhawk, another title being touted by Sony's hype machine. The title was supposed to offer revolutionary air to ground combat that was only possible on the Playstation 3. However according to the Playstation Magazine (PSM) that game only was worth a 6.5 out of 10. The headline of the review sums it up "A third-person shooter that never quite gets off the ground". Enough said. Score such are these are unacceptable in todays market where Sony has competitors like the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 constantly eating away market.
Now for number 2. Exclusive games. I can sum this up by asking the following question: How many Sony exclusive titles will be true system sellers? Get the point. One could argue Metal Gear Solid 4, however the jury is still out on whether that will remain exclusive.
Now and finally for number 3. Fair Price. Lets see. We were asked to pay $599 for the system at launch (which is crazy in itself, nobody wanted the $499 nerfed 20Gb version and Sony killed it). Then we received what we though was a price drop of $100.00. Wow. Thats awesome for a system that only been out for a few months. However, when the truth finally comes out it seems that Sony is only liquidating the existing 60Gb stock to make way for the new 80Gb model packed with Motorstorm, which you guessed it will come in at $599 smackaroos. What is Sony thinking on this?
Is Sony trying to commit console suicide? You be the judge.
Labels: industry news, Playstation 3
posted by Wasted Rage @ 8/22/2007 06:45:00 AM,
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Brock Raybon - Wasted Rage
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