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Everyone Still Rumbling About PS3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-men-and-men-with-no-money dept.

To put things in perspective, the Curmudgeon Gamer has created graphs showing inflation-adjusted console costs. The PS3 is far from the most expensive console in history (that would be the Neo Geo, at almost $1000 adjusted price), but that hasn't stopped analysts, publishers, developers, and gamers from grumbling about it the week after E3. ABI Research has publicly stated that Sony may have 'hamstrung' itself with the console's high price. Publishers and developers are worried because (despite Sony's protests to the contrary), developers just don't have the kits to make the games. From the GameDaily article: "'A lot of developers have not gotten the kits,' said Sega of America president Simon Jeffrey while attending E3 last week. 'There certainly will not be a lot of titles available.' The result is that publishers that do want to take part in the PS3 launch will have to release games that don't fully take advantage of the power of the Cell processor, added Jeffrey."

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  1. history isn't very good by prockcore · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except for the 1st generation systems (Atari), no system that has cost as much as the PS3 has succeeded... even taking inflation into account.

    That and he's got the $500 PS3 on there, comparing with the highend 360. He should really have the $600 PS3 on there.

  2. Even adjusted, still expensive by tengennewseditor · · Score: 4, Informative

    That chart doesn't really make me feel any better about the PS3's price, the only consoles more expensive on the adjusted chart are stuff like the Neo Geo (rich, niche market), the failed "multimedia" consoles like the CD-i, and the pre-1980 stuff that was ahead of its time. The only comparable (meaning, not niche) console that was more expensive than the PS3, even after adjusting price for inflation is the Saturn, which failed in the US.

  3. Re:Why Zonk? Why? by joshsisk · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also, let's check the front page:

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    All of those were user submission except this one. Which is about Games, Zonk's editorial specialty.