PS3; Why it’s Failing
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Posted by James Kilgour | Posted in Business, Technology | Posted on 22-11-2008
Tags: Console, Games, Gaming, James Kilgour, PS3, Wii, Xbox
The PS3 is described as one of the most powerful consoles to be sold. With games packed with ultra-realistic graphics, a blu-ray HD drive and full net functionality, it’s strange to see that it’s flagging behind its competitors.
The Nintendo Wii is furthest ahead, followed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Why is there such a gap?
Is it because of the price perhaps? The Wii retails for around £179.99; the cheapest of the three. The Xbox is close behind, at a price of £229.99 for the elite version, (the basic Arcade version can be bought for as cheap as £129.99). The PS3 however is a little more. £299.99 for the basic PS3 console, with 80gb. That doesn’t include a single game. (The Wii has Wii Sports for example).
In the current economic climate, are people really going to spend that much on a gaming console? Especially the ‘casual gaming’ market that these consoles want to tap into?
Plus, the games themselves are £40 each, and for the UK consumer, the consoles are a rip off! In the US, the same console sells for $399.99, which is today equivalent to £270.00, almost the price of a game cheaper. The same console!
If Sony wants to actually have a successful console, they shouldn’t make it so expensive. End of story. They can always make any loss back through the sale of games and accessories, which would increase if they lowered the price of the console in the first place!
Here is a funny little video I found anyway:
JK
Oui, j'adore Ratchet & Clank aussi. Cependant, je joue RC sur le PS2.
J'adore jouer à la PS3. Ratchet et Clank est mon jeu préféré. Le Wii est affreux d'habitude.
Me buying a Nintendo Wii has been the greatest investment I have ever made. Just fired up the bad-boy up for some Mario Kart action today. It's funny since its been about 2 years now, and the price still hasn't changed!, while PS3 and 360 have their prices SLASHED!
I have a Playstation 3 and I think that the mistake Sony and Playstation have done is that they have lost to many exclusive titles and that they havent come up with any new really big own titles (except from LittleBigPlanet). Another mistay they've done is that the cant hold what they are saying. For example the release date of the online 3D community Playstation Home. Tho I think that the PlayStation 3 is getting stronger and stronger and that its all gonna end up as the strongest console.
Haha nice video you found James, made me laugh a bit actually:P
But seriously I think Sony did a lot of things wrong strategically with PS3 the thing that put me off most was the controllers actually…
Same base design throughout three generations of consoles? Come on that just isn't smart and they also left out the rumble!(Yes I know they have controllers with rumble now). I actually did have a xbox 360 up until recently but I ended up selling it seeing that I do think PC:s still are superior if you have the hardware.
Besides that the PS3 console is more expensive than the XBOX 360 console I think that the fact that it is possible to use piracy copied games on the XBOX makes it more popular. But I haven't seen any numbers on how this affects the ratio of sold games per console.