Well Sony just issued a statement that the games for the PS3 will range from $60UDS to $100USD. They said that the high price covers the cost of using the Bluray multimedia storage device and the development cost of a game. I believe that only a few will be able to afford this in the end, because which parent can you think of is going to buy their child a $600USD system with the games costing so much! Also consider those earning a normal income, would they be willing to sacrafice so much to own and play a PS3. This is the main market for gaming and someone needs to tell Sony that power is not everything which the PS2 more than proven!
PSM: Can we expect PS3 games to be priced in the same range as Xbox 360 titles? KH: Generally Speaking, over the past twelve years or so, there has been a consumer expectation that disc-based games are maybe $59 on the high end to $39 on the low end. So, what I can say now is, I think it would be a bit of a stretch to think that we could suddenly turn around and say "PS3 Games now $99.99." I don't think consumers expect software pricing to suddenly double. So, the quick answer is that we want to make it as affordable as possible, knowing that there is a set consumer expectation for what software has cost for the past twelve years. That's kind of the best answer I can give you. So, if it becomes a bit higher than $59, don't ding me, but, again, I don't expect it to be $100.
$600-$500= $100. For one one hundred dollars people go say if so expensive, and buy the 360 instead??
Sony Playstation 3 manufacturing not yet started But online network runningBy Dean Pullen: Monday 21 August 2006, 10:09 DESPITE OTHER reports that the PS3 is currently in production with Sony already having received units, Sony Computer Entertainment American president Kaz Hirai has declared that no manufacturing has begun in an interview with gamespot.Hirai explicitly stated: "We haven't started manufacturing yet. Some of our ops guys were actually just in China, and also in Japan just reviewing the [production] lines and everything else. But they are, again, preparing as we speak to get the manufacturing going. We've not announced and we haven't set really a specific date to say, as of this day we're going to start manufacturing." Hirai also said to expect shortages of the PS3, something that seems inevitable with the launch of a new console: "We've always talked about shipping 2 million units worldwide within the calendar year. Since we're going with three territories, we haven't really come up with an allocation just yet. But even if you do the simple math you're talking about less than 700,000 units per territory, per major territory, between launch and the end of the year. So even if there was some fluctuation, you give Japan more, you give the US more, what have you, you're going to end up with some shortages."Manufacturing may have not (or may have, depending on who you listen to) started in full flow, but better news comes regarding Sony's take on the Xbox Live online gaming network. Buried within a preview of Full Auto 2 comes confirmation of the network's status: "we played Full Auto 2'smultiplayer on the actual PlayStation network platform [as opposed to an internal network], so apparently Sony already has its online gaming infrastructure up and running well ahead of the new system's release."
