Price won't hold back sales for first 12 months - Florin
Electronic Arts' boss Gerhard Florin has told GamesIndustry.biz that the true effect of the PlayStation 3's controversial price point will only become apparent two years' after release.
While early critics are suggesting the console's luxury price is hampering sales, EA's executive VP of international publishing doesn't believe the GBP 425 price tag will hold back sales in the first twelve months.
Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.
Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.
The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.
In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.
Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."
"Feminist Whore" lmao
ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.
its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.
ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.
They're not offensive.
And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!
Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.
Hideo Kojima is widely known as a video games auteur, but what are his best games outside the Metal Gear franchise?
Today it was announced that the gaming and anime industry has lost another beloved artist and creator. Mutsumi Inomata has passed away.
The Tales Of series are some of the best RPGs I've ever played, and the characters are a big reason for that. I don't think I played a single game in the series that I didn't enjoy. Rest in peace.
Damn, that sucks to hear... His designs were always wonderful.
Wow she was the character designer for Tales of Destiny one of my favorites of all time =(
I love the Tales games. Phantasia will always be my favorite. Ironically I felt like as the series progressed the character design became too “anime cliche.”
will see !
“Shooters like Medal of Honor, Black, we will clearly concentrate on PlayStation 3 because we need Cell processor power.” greats news for playstation 3 owners.
I would have waited five years not 2 before passing judgement. But it'll do.
Home, Little Big Planet, MGS, FF, Killzone 2, Warhawk, Getaway, 8 Days, H&C etc would have been released and a large library built up; PSN would have matured to at least equal XBL; dual shock would have returned and obviously the price would have dropped. Last but not least, Ps2 would have finally reached the end of its useful lifespan so the owners will now have a good reason to buy a Ps3.
So let's see if the xbot fanboys listen to an expert or just go on their usual ignorant, biased rant and rave. I mean, the next time I hear the endless whinging about the price or what games ps does or doesn't have, I'm going to strangle someone. Seriously. I'll do it. lol.
[ JC quote removed to appease the overly sensitive ]
See fanboy comments below....
O.K. 2 more years for HD TV to penetrate the market? OR for a PS3 price drop? Or they have invested in some expensive development for PS3 games that will release in the next 2 years and they would like to see a larger user base to cement the investors and share holders a profit? I say all of the above.
2 years is like half a gen in the video game world. If a game comes out with 'two year old' graphics, people would hate it!
Perhaps Sony should've waited 2 more years before releasing the PS3?? I mean, it's not like sales are faultering on the PS2 yet.