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PS3 To Slow Game Industry Growth?
simoniker writes "DFC Intelligence's game analyst David Cole has released a new report on the next-gen video game market, and he's especially harsh on PS3 plans: 'The high price of the PlayStation 3 is going to slow overall industry growth, especially for software,' and '...if Sony does not change its current strategy for the PS3 the system will probably end up in third place in installed base.' He also suggests that 'the PS3 would be more than 35% of the monthly household income' of average families in some world territories. When will the backlash end?" The bottom line is that, even if they ramp up to 200,000 units a month starting this month, they're still not going to hit their 2 million unit goal in time for a November launch. Shortages and the high price tag will mean this is going to be a very weird Christmas console season.
Considering that the PS2 is shipping more units than the XBox 360, things are already weird. It would very embrassing to Sony if PS2 was selling more units than the PS3 (assuming that Sony doesn't cut production of the PS2 first). If Nintendo comes out on top, welcome to brightly colored weirdsville.
At the prices ive seen suggested for this system, its going to more liek 350% of some world territories.
Those bushmen don't need a PS3. They've got their coke bottle!
if you can write a 600-page report on it without resorting to repeating te words "Screw Flanders" over and over for the last 595 of them, then yes, you can have his job.
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Is it the cupholders? I keep telling my boss that you can never go wrong with cupholders, but he always looks at me like I'm mad or something. I guess he just isn't a cup person.
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