A Chat With Phil Harrison 27
Next Generation sat down with Phil Harrison after the Sony keynote last week, and they discuss the PS3, the PlayStation Network, and Harrison's place in the company. From the article: "Q: Aren't retailers going to be slightly annoyed that they're selling this hardware for next-to-no margin, just so the software can ultimately be sold directly via downloads? A: I completely disagree with that. The software business for PlayStation 3 will continue to grow. PlayStation 2 has more software on it than PlayStation 1 - more units sold in more countries to a wider demographic of consumers. PlayStation 3 will continue to grow the market and will generate a bigger opportunity for everybody - retailers, developers, and publishers alike. So I do not accept your statement that retail is going to be in any way affected by this other than positively."
Well... (Score:1)
Re:Well... (Score:3, Insightful)
Didn't exactly answer the question, did he? (Score:3, Interesting)
A: PS2's old distribution model was great at retail, therefore PS3's new model will also be great at retail.
Seems like a valid question to me, but then again, I'm really looking forward to not having to stand outside EB at midnight to get the hot new game of the month. (But I'm also not looking forward to waiting a week for it to download because they don't have adequate bandwidth.. let's hope Valve's streamed release of Half-Life 2 taught the industry some lessons).
No Downloadable Games (Score:2, Insightful)
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Although unlike xbox the Sony console is likely to offer full internet access allowing people to do everything they would normally expect to do with a computer connected to the internet and not be restricted to one self promot
Sony *NEVER* learns a lesson (Score:2)
-Eric
"The future is unevenly distributed" (Score:2, Informative)
Sure, but most people are going to have the Hi-Def TVs that make the blu-ray component useful. I don't have any numbers, but I would imagine more people have cable/DSL than HDTVs. That's just what I think though.
"Clearly, you are not going to use a keynote by the head of first party studios to announce the price of PlayStation 3. I don't think anybody was surprised yesterday when I neglected to include that slide in my deck."
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Gads! (Score:2, Funny)
So what's this PS3 thing? Did IBM make another PC?
Re:Gads! (Score:1)
Heh...that comment doesn't bode well for Sony's marketing department.
Re:Gads! (Score:2)
Yeah, if I was at Sony, I'd hate to see my brand recognition amongst the dead take a nosedive.
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My first thought was "How the hell is he still alive?" followed quickly by "What the hell is he doing making video games?"
Re:Gads! (Score:1)
Missed the "t" didn't you?
PS3 vs. Rev in a nutshell (Score:4, Insightful)
Looks like Sony is banking on increasing market penetration. (At the price they'll be charging? Are they insane?). Nintendo says that the market is pretty much tapped out and a new market needs to be targeted in order to grow.
(Yeah, -1 for obviousness, but I find it interesting.)
Re:PS3 vs. Rev in a nutshell (Score:2)
Do you have information that nobody else has and only a few dare to make-up authoritatively?
Re:PS3 vs. Rev in a nutshell (Score:2)
I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to... I'm not going to reveal its price today. I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive.
Reference here [joystiq.com].
I don't know about you, but I don't see those comments as indicating the potential for higher market penetration. How many casual gamers are going to fork over the dough for a system that's already received a pri
Re:PS3 vs. Rev in a nutshell (Score:2)
Ahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the laugh.
In order, I've owned a NES, Genesis, N64, PS1, Gamecube, and PS2. The only next-gen system I'll be buying is Nintendo's. I'll happily play the PS3 if a friend buys one, but I'm not paying more than the cost of replacing my computer's guts for the priveledge of playing the same games with prettier graphics. I haven't given MS any money since the late 1990s, and I've never picked up an XBox controller.
I suggest you ch
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doesn't get it (Score:2)
That, and what kind of video game executive plays golf in the afternoons?
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-Eric
Annoyed? Who cares? (Score:2)
Game retailers have rolled over and taken it up the... well... you know.. for publishers thus far. Why should they think they won't continue to do otherwise? There isn't a single big gaming retailer that hasn't done whatever the publishers have asked out of fear that they'll go WalMart only and cut the game stores out. Places like EB and G