A Chat With Phil Harrison · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 29, 2006 @07:15AM from the next-question-when-do-i-get-a-ps3 dept.

Next Generation sat down with Phil Harrison after the Sony keynote last week, and they discuss the PS3, the PlayStation Network, and Harrison's place in the company. From the article: "Q: Aren't retailers going to be slightly annoyed that they're selling this hardware for next-to-no margin, just so the software can ultimately be sold directly via downloads? A: I completely disagree with that. The software business for PlayStation 3 will continue to grow. PlayStation 2 has more software on it than PlayStation 1 - more units sold in more countries to a wider demographic of consumers. PlayStation 3 will continue to grow the market and will generate a bigger opportunity for everybody - retailers, developers, and publishers alike. So I do not accept your statement that retail is going to be in any way affected by this other than positively."

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Didn't exactly answer the question, did he? by SteveX · 2006-03-29 07:23 · Score: 2, Interesting

Q: How is PS3's new distribution model going to affect retail?

A: PS2's old distribution model was great at retail, therefore PS3's new model will also be great at retail.

Seems like a valid question to me, but then again, I'm really looking forward to not having to stand outside EB at midnight to get the hot new game of the month. (But I'm also not looking forward to waiting a week for it to download because they don't have adequate bandwidth.. let's hope Valve's streamed release of Half-Life 2 taught the industry some lessons).