Comments on: Kutaragi to Step Down From Sony

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:20:38 +0000

Its not rocket science, its just plain fact that most people are note gonne spend £400 on a console. Seriously, what were they thinking????

By: cj

cj — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:12:44 +0000

Here in the uk it's simply failing because the price is more than most peoples monthly mortgage payments, ps1 and ps2 done so well because they hit the disposable income markets a generation who had grown up with video games and were now adults with jobs and the money to pay for them. But the ps3 is simply a price hike too high, unless your a "serious" gamer most people just arn't bothered. Some places were selling the ps3 on it's release at over £500!

By: Adam Blake

Adam Blake — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:37:41 +0000

The PS3 can be considered a failure because it has failed to accomplish the goals it was designed to accomplish, such as moving more off the shelves than the 360 or Wii and securing blu-ray as the fomat of choice. And while yes, blu-ray is currently out performing HD-DVD, its not doing well enough to counter the fact that Nintendo is creaming it. Im in Australia and if I had to choose between buying a Wii or a PS3, theres easily 700 or so good reasons why I would get a Wii over a PS3, and most all of them come straight from my wallet

By: Francis

Francis — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:35:50 +0000

Every race has a start, a middle and an end. One should not suggest that by being behind in the start of the race one will not be ahead by its completion.

The PS3 - when made slightly cheaper (say 30%) and with compatibility issues out of the way - they will fix it - if its costing them, and when blue ray hits video shops - we will see the PS3 enter its own.

I think it will still be the winner. Time will tell

By: Nich Starling

Nich Starling — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:33:59 +0000

David, you are forgettint that nintendo and Xbox xould ahve sold out three or four times what they sold at laucnh, they simply did not have the stocks. You still cannot but a Wii off the shelf in any shop in Norwich where I live.

The PS3 may have outsolf the wii at launch, but what about last weekend ? How come Wii is outselling PS3 in japan by 2-1 ?

By: David

David — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:32:07 +0000

I think some people are forgetting something here... In its first few days of the UK launch the PS3 sold more consoles than both the wii and the xbox 360. The numbers were as follows:

PS3- 165,000 (75% of its launch stock)

Wii- 105,000, AND that was at christmas time.

Xbox360- 70,000

By: Zulu

Zulu — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:42:19 +0000

Shakir's post is exactly the sort of reason I'm not going to buy a PS3 for a while - Sony fanatics, who label everyone who doesn't agreen with them a 'fanboy' and come up with irrelavant or incorrect arguments. (Yeah gudging by sales.. Sony really have the best strategy all sown up; And what does 'distrubuted network ready' mean to gaming?). They're just alienate anyone who doesn't agree with their views and IMHO, they're half the reason why the PS3 is don't so bad.

Once the PS3 just gets some killer exclusives and it's fandom stops being jerks, I'll be in line.

By: r.pad

r.pad — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:00:39 +0000

The PlayStation 3 (don't forget the uppercase "S" James!) will be fine. It's way too early to gauge its success or failure. People are forgetting that the system still has many exclusives coming out down the line (most notably Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid).

Another reason KK was "booted upstairs" was because of the wacky stuff he said. This is the man that said people will work harder so they can afford a PS3, after all. A lot of the negative image Sony picked up over the last year started with him.

I'm sure people will remember Ken as a visionary that brought gaming to the masses. A few years (okay, maybe ten) will be enough to forgive and forget. It's kind of like how people forgave Gunpei Yokoi for the Virtual Boy and remember all the other innovative things he did for Nintendo.

By: A non

A non — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:26:43 +0000

In my opinion the PS3 is failing mainly failing due to cost and trust.

I think the fact that it arrived a lot later than the xbox360 is pretty irrellivent and lets face it, if the ps2 came after the xbox it would still have postioned where it is now.

The ps3 is hugely more expensive than xbox360, sony again have gone their own way with blue ray rather than hd (remember betamax, minidisk, atrac etc) and with the recent customer betrayal of the root-kit fiasco and the recent publicised patents allowing them to restrict a piece of software to 1 console, meaning if your console breaks so does all your games its no wonder why a lot of people are heading down the xbox360 route.

Its a shame when the pure brilliance of Sony is marred by their fanatical content ownership approach which lets face it only really affects their customer who do buy their products.

I have always been a huge Sony fan and never even felt ripped off by paying premiums for having their technology early on, I think the PS3 is awsome, but unfortunately cannot bring myself to trust sony enough to actually go and buy their product. If your considering a PS3 just google 'Sony rootkit' and decide if you would trust them with your data?

By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:46:16 +0000

Nich -Sony are playing from exactly the same game-book as they did with the ps2, with added VHS-lessons.

Gamers and analysts have repeatedly slagged off their marketing,spec.'s, etc., and every time/generation they've been proven wrong => The only difference this time is expectation and a few hiccups -no doubt in part due to playing at other people's timetables (xbox-death, and blu-ray components).

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak