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EBone
06/19/09

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Makes perfect business sense. Activision has to turn a profit. If they spend too much money developing for the PS3 and don't move as many titles as they do for the 360 or Wii, it just makes sense to stop developing for the PS3.

Only Sony can fix this by getting a bigger installed user base, and that will only happen when the PS3 price drops.
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aZn sensaZn
06/19/09

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Honestly, this may get me the ban-hammer.

You are what is wrong with news media. How in the hell does consideration of support for the PS3 and PSP give you the sense to say they are "threatening" to leave?

A threat would have been something like "If Sony doesn't release a new SDK, then we're out!" However, the CEO of Activision is saying "Supporting the PS3 and PSP just may not be viable."

You are a prime example of how the news media just fucks things up by taking normal news and making it some intensely important and violent bit of news.

After Hideo Kojima makes his next Metal Gear Solid game and says he's probably done with MGS, how about you write an article stating "Hideo Kojima threatens to leave Kojima Productions if another Metal Gear Solid game is ever made."

If it weren't for your douchebaggery, people wouldn't get so crazy when they watch/read the news. How about you do your god damned job and provide us with factual or speculative news, because this is neither; it is flat out misinformation.
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DennyCrane
06/19/09

@aZn sensaZn: @avconsumer2: I'd also add that the chances of Bobby Kotick making a public statement blasting the PS3 like that is slim to none. Sometimes journalism means you have to wade through corporate-speak to figure out what people are really saying. Clearly (to me anyway) Kotick said what he said as a message across Sony's brow.
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VihoDia
06/19/09

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One problem is that Blu-rays standalone players are much cheaper and as that market grows so to does the benefit of buying the console as their asking price. My 360 and blu-ray combined was still less than 1 PS3.
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DennyCrane
06/19/09

@VihoDia: THIS. When the PS3 first came out it was touted as the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market. Now they're as low as $150, and the PS3 can't use that as a selling point.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/19/09

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Er, it's bad if the PS3 goes under (or if there are no games for it), since that would mean that Microsoft would have the only this-gen gaming console (the Wii is more like a kids' toy). I'm not ready for MS to dominate both PCs and video games..
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Dillinger23
06/19/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Yup, it would probably be the worst thing to happen to console gaming ever. I could see games going up about 10 bucks, just cause they can.

No competition = MS Windows...
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diabolusunknownTheSecond
06/19/09

@Dillinger23: Thats a stupid prediction. Game prices are determined by the developers making them and what the market is willing to pay for them. Software has never had this issue.

Just because Madden is the only football game out there doesn't mean its more expensive for it. Its the same price as all games, and EA holds a monopoly on the franchise.

Now hardware is a different story. There is the potential, but considering Nintendo isn't going anywhere, Microsoft will always have competition. Hell, they are undercutting the Wii by 50 bucks with the Arcade. Nintendo is Microsoft's new competition.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/19/09

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: $10 is a bit much, but why would game prices not increase by some incremental amount? Let's say PS3 dies. This situation might result:

MS: So, we want $2 per game you sell, instead of $1.

EA: That's ridiculous! Fuck you!

MS: Fine - go make games for our non-existent competitor. We can survive for some time on Windows. You will just die.

EA: Shit.

It won't be as dramatic as that, as MS will get sued for antitrust violations. However, if they really succeed in cornering the market, it's realistic to believe that they will appropriate some profit from their new found bargaining power.
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clumsy_bludgeoning
06/19/09

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i say xbox 360 and wii consoles sell more because they are cheaper and you can play pirated back-up games on them. the ps3 is still a badass console/media center and there's no fee for online gaming. suck it xbox 360.

now back to my search for a cheap, used 360...
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robinandtami
06/19/09

@clumsy_bludgeoning: The 360 is the better media center. It actually is a media center extender that can be used to watch and record live television. Also it's streaming isn't subject to the constant DLNA errors that many PS3 owners have.
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thechansen
06/19/09

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Cue the 360 fanboys pointing and laughing in 3, 2, 1.....
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No_So_Secret_Landfill
06/19/09

@thechansen: Can we start calling it Mobile OSX?: I call for a ban on all posts containing the following.

"cue"

"fanboys"

"3, 2, 1..."
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Kaiser-Machead
06/19/09

@notsosecretlandfill: Be careful friend; that could open a floodgate of bannable phrases, such as "I call for a ban on all posts containing , and ultimately a ban on the word floodgate, ban, and Adam Frucci.
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Webran61
06/19/09

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I doubt he would truly take action. Of all the consoles, the PS3 is undoubtedly the most future-ready. If I were Sony, I would not let a game studio bully me; it would set a bad precedent.
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Webran61
06/19/09

@chefgon: Wiis and PS2s are flying off shelves mainly because everyone in the world is broke right now. When all is said and nearly done (read: the future happens), the PS3 will be the last man standing. Does Activision really want to risk that?
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Kaiser-Machead
06/19/09

@Webran61: What good is a "future-ready" console, if the corporation that produces the console isn't quite that future-ready itself?
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Voyou_Charmant
06/19/09

@Webran61: You're just pulling things out of thin air.

1. PS3 didn't sell well at any point in time. Maybe a little high mark when it was first released, but the limited game catalog and high price has kept its sales low and not, contrary to your statements, "the world" being "broke right now". I'm not broke, I own PS2, 360 and Wii and have little to no interest in PS3 because it's simply too expensive and the couple of slightly appealing exclusive titles just don't do it for me.

2. The previous point of dying out still stands -- If something dies before the future, it doesn't matter how well equipped it is (was).

3. Your "future-ready" ready statement has still not been quantified. The PS3 hardware does not have a significant advantage and as Wii has illustrated, hardware advantages don't really matter to the consumer-base that actually matters.

Hardcore gamers, who actually nerd-out over system specs, are not a large enough demo to actually push something in one direction or another.

The two things that matter ,to vast majority of consumers, catalog and affordability. And with that, PS3 loses handedly.

Also, the PS3 is ugly as sin.
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