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"Kaz Hirai has this to say regarding the price of PS3 software:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151823
Yet SCEA president Kaz Hirai isn't promising a $59.99 price tag for PS3 games this fall. In an interview with PSM, the Sony leader explained. 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 the consumers expect the software pricing to suddenly be double," he told the magazine. "So, if it becomes a bit higher than fifty-nine bucks don't ding me, but, again, as I said, I don't expect it to be a hundred bucks."
In other words, consumers should expect PS3 games to cost somewhere between $59.99 and $99.99. He doesn't expect them to be a hundred dollars, but it's only a "stretch" to expect it. Have we moved back to the cartridge ages here? Wasn't disc-based media supposed to make everything cheaper? I don't want to remember how much my parent's paid for several of Square's older SNES releases during Christmas.
Ack, and I thought PC gaming was an expensive hobby. Well, this generation will be a great way to learn patience for price drops. Of course if they think they can make the same quality of games they used to at this price and still get decent sales, they're shooting themselves in the foot.
In other news, the official Sony's PS3 website is now live. All you need to know about the PS3 is now just one click away. Kind of a boring site, all things considered, but at least they've got something up <grin>
Update: PS3Land reports that in-development PS3 game, Thesis, has been cancelled for the PS3 due to exorbitant development costs. The game will, however, still be released on Xbox 360 and PC."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151823
Yet SCEA president Kaz Hirai isn't promising a $59.99 price tag for PS3 games this fall. In an interview with PSM, the Sony leader explained. 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 the consumers expect the software pricing to suddenly be double," he told the magazine. "So, if it becomes a bit higher than fifty-nine bucks don't ding me, but, again, as I said, I don't expect it to be a hundred bucks."
In other words, consumers should expect PS3 games to cost somewhere between $59.99 and $99.99. He doesn't expect them to be a hundred dollars, but it's only a "stretch" to expect it. Have we moved back to the cartridge ages here? Wasn't disc-based media supposed to make everything cheaper? I don't want to remember how much my parent's paid for several of Square's older SNES releases during Christmas.
Ack, and I thought PC gaming was an expensive hobby. Well, this generation will be a great way to learn patience for price drops. Of course if they think they can make the same quality of games they used to at this price and still get decent sales, they're shooting themselves in the foot.
In other news, the official Sony's PS3 website is now live. All you need to know about the PS3 is now just one click away. Kind of a boring site, all things considered, but at least they've got something up <grin>
Update: PS3Land reports that in-development PS3 game, Thesis, has been cancelled for the PS3 due to exorbitant development costs. The game will, however, still be released on Xbox 360 and PC."
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