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Activision CEO Warns Sony That the PS3 Needs a Price Cut
Bobby Kotick, President and CEO of Activision, one of the largest game companies in the world, has come out with a none-too-subtle warning to Sony that they need to seriously consider a price drop on the Playstation 3. Rumors have been circulating for months that such a drop was forthcoming, but Sony has staunchly denied that they had any plans to drop prices, Kotick said, "The PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don't make it easy for me to support the platform. It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. ... They have to cut the price, because if they don't, the attach rates [the number of games each console owner buys] are likely to slow. If we are being realistic, we might have to stop supporting Sony." While it's unlikely that Activision would follow through with such a threat, it definitely adds to the pressure Sony is feeling to lower the PS3's price. Sony issued a brief response which said nothing of consequence.
I agree. Most of my friends and myself already own PS3s, so the console's price is a non-issue for us. We're just waiting on the games.
Some of them have given in and purchased Xboxes, but I've been standing my ground in hopes that one day the PS3 will have a library of games comparable to that of the PS2. I'm kind of annoyed that I wasn't able to play the new Star Ocean (seriously, why is it not on a Sony console like most of the others in the series?), but I'll live. I've tried out the other available systems, and was largely unimpressed. The Wii, while neat, didn't hold my interest for very long at all and I sold it shortly thereafter. I refuse to own an Xbox of any sort for various reasons. I suspect that once (if?) the PS3's game library expands a bit, sales will start going up at a much more desirable rate.
Infamous was a great start, we just need a few more exclusives to draw in the crowds. I'm generally opposed to exclusive games (one of the reasons I refuse to own an Xbox), but if that's what it takes to get developers on the bandwagon, then so be it.
P.S. Please don't hurt me Xbox owners. I would imagine that using those cinder blocks you guys call controllers for extended periods of time would beef someone up enough to do some real damage.
Lowering the price of the PS3? Hmmm... It is an impressive spec, but I don't think I shall buy one because FUCK SONY!
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
My question is: What kind of a jackass buys an FPS game for a playstation? It's next to impossible to aim with the slapped on joysticks they've used since ps1 days, whereas the Xbox controller from day one had the two sticks offset from each other for a MUCH better handling of the controls as well as being infinitely more ergonomic than the ps controller.