It sounds like a cheesy Wells novel, but this is exactly what a Kobe-beef-eating analyst said about the wobbly future of the PlayStation 3. I suppose money people are finding it hard to ignore reports the 82% decline in demand for the console in the UK post-launch. I'm personally more worried about Squaresoft's alleged wobbly commitment to them, but I guess that's more of a symptom of the greater problem. Here's what Captain Obvious said about Kutaragi's contraption:
It's a race against time," said Hiroshi Kamide, an analyst at KBC Securities who covers the $30 billion video game industry. "They must increase their users or it won't be commercially worthwhile for software makers to support it."
Think Sony's people are shaking in their pants? Nah. After that incredible GDC keynote, I'm sure they're all on a cruise ship drinking Alize from the chest cavities of blondes, midgets, and blonde midgets. This sounds all but too familiar to some:
Back in 2000, Japanese developers complained the PS2 was complex and too difficult to develop for. There weren't good titles available for the PS2 in Japan," Macquarie analyst David Gibson said. "In fact, Japan sales in the first year disappointed people. This all sounds familiar," he said.
Destructoid analyst Niero thinks you can't buy a better Folding@Home console anywhere right now; I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. STFUAJFAH! Other mumblings included that Gran Turismo's HD release would save the console, as would giant meteors hitting Redmond. The full release is on Reuters.
All I gotta say is LittleBigPlanet. Believe it.
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LBP has best next gen graphics period
yeah, well currently the ps3 is the only console that works for me, my 360 gave me an E 74 today.... red ring virus... 5 months after i bought it. So right now if you would ask me, ill suggest the ps3.
but ya what is happening means nothing with ps2 you had:
Unproven technology - DVD-ROM
Crazy new hard to program for - Emotion Engine
mediocre titles for first 1.5 years SUMMONER woot
If Sony thinks the PS3 ship is going down, they'll announce a FFVII remake. That's their trump card, just you wait.
Niero brain? o_O
@ Agent MOO,
You might not have to spend $200 on it. Supposedly Sam's Club is going to be selling them for $130
Yeah, what Hushgush said.
yeah...what's up with the niero brain????
mmmm...monkey brains! my favourite!
"Destructoid analyst Niero thinks you can't buy a better Folding@Home console anywhere right now"
This made me laugh aloud at work.
'All I gotta say is LittleBigPlanet. Believe it.'
...I'm believin' it like Naruto.
This whole "82% decline" angle is pretty pathetic. The PS3 sold some 30,000 consoles in the UK in a single week. Those are not bad figures especially considering the launch was one of the largest ever.
Mushroom Men
okok, without even looking at the article, the pic is amazing.
now if only it had a giant enemy crab....
I hope Square doesn't wait too long to announce FFXIII for the 360. I don't want to be deprived...
My enthusiasm for the PS3 died when two things occured.
1. No Guitar Hero support was confirmed.
2. When they took away the DualShock from Rez for B/C gaming. That's just mean...
Oh, and also shipping with broken 1080i support, stripping out the PS2 components to emulate on software, making it cost $600, and seeing consoles on the shelf 5 months after release when the Wii hasn't had any shelf time in just as long.
so this week is bash the ps3 week, hope to see thing turn around next week. as long as its cyclical, i'll survive.
Edios also said that they would not develop for the PS3 until late 2008. When the install base is higher. Plus Niero only plays demos on his PS3. He does not have any games for it.
Did the PS2 cost 600?
haha, the PS3 better start belting out things like a FFVII remake, that might better their chances of making the install base bigger. As i see it now though i think they will get desperate in a few months and make a $50-$100 price drop, that is the only plausible way i see them moving consoles. That and they have to stop losing exclusives and start gaining them
Awesome article Nero. Nice Job!
Once again people whining about the price, weaksauce. I mean most of you are probably over the age of 16 right? So get a job for a few months, save your pennies, its easy.
All you whiners must love the $480 xbox elite with 1.2 HDMI and 120 gig hard drive! what a joke. No thanks, I'll stick with my $400 360 without next gen DVD hardware or internal WIFI.
$600. Believe it.
I still think people need to relax and give the PS3 a chance to come out with good games. It’s only the beginning of April, and we’re just now starting to see games that are using the potential that the system has (namely, MotorStorm and Oblivion). Everyone has such a short-term memory...the 360 didn’t see any true AAA titles until at least March 2006 (namely, GRAW and Oblivion), and it’s the same for the PS3.
Bill Gates said it himself — holiday 2007 will be the true test to see which console “wins” this generation. Just look at some of the games coming out between now and the end of the year (and I’m not just gonna list PS3 exclusives because it’s not fair — the games are still coming out for both consoles, aren’t they?): Calling All Cars!, Spider-Man 3, GRAW 2, Assassin’s Creed, Lair, Stranglehold, Burnout 5, Madden 08, Warhawk, MOH: Airborne, Mercenaries 2, maybe even Guitar Hero III, GTA IV, DMC 4, and MGS 4 (though I’m not expecting that until early 2008). That’s a shitload of games, most of which should be awesome, and some of which are PS3 exclusives.
Just give it time. These games will sell consoles. More time also means more people who will have HDTVs, which continue to sell like hotcakes (I just bought my own LCD two weeks ago). Don’t write the boys at Sony off quite yet, regardless of how arrogant they may still be (although at least Phil Harrison seems to be aware of the non-ideal situation they’re currently in).
bah, I meant to un-italicize the “and” before MGS 4. Destructoid needs an ‘Edit Comment’ button!
P.S. “Niero Brain”? Is this because the helmet needs fixing, as reported by Summa on Coin-Op TV Live?
It's actually my full nickname as a little kid. I'm not sure why I never added the Brain part. It occurred to me as I was looking at ugly birds while eating a salami wrap at lunch.
Did you mean H.G. Wells instead of George Orwell?
Good eye! I always do that, thx
Depending on who you talk to, or what time of the day it is, or what day of the week it is, or what alignment the stars happen to be in at a given time, it's always either the PS3 or the Wii or the Xbox360 or any combination of the three that "is in a race against time" or "has failed" or "will fail" or "doesn't have enough cool games" or "sucks balls" or whatever. Simultaneously, people will also tell you that these same consoles or combinations of consoles "will win the console wars" or "will have the most market share in 5 years" or "has the most innovation" or "has the best graphics" or "has the best games" or "kicks ass" or whatever.
That's just how console wars roll, dawg.
This analyst thinks that those people should just STFUAJPG.
Video games suck.
People who play them should STFUAJSTFU.
Bronx, even pretty good arguments like yours aren't going to stop anti-Sony fanboy types from bathing in even slightly bad news for the PS3.
People like that don't want to give it time, really.
Also, if I put the word "Analyst" in front of my name and send y'all an "analyzation" of how the Wii and the 360 are in a "gay love spiral to the pits of mediocrity" could I get a news spot too?
(Not that I think that they're mediocre.)
I think yall missed the Sony "Ace" card:
home~
I think that will really put sony up on top on Online domination by making people active towards other PS3 users, I am honestly intrigued with whats comming.
Everyone just looking @ console sale's figures and saying its the end of this and that, lol. All 3 systems majority of games suck cept GOW but M$ had wide over a year to make it. Wii wont improve graphics but is on the top of console war but yall missing the point, once PS3 fully achieves wii-mote abilities, then nintendo will be only left off with their 1st-party games.
I'm not sure about this whole console business but what I do know is that Phil Harrison has some luscious luscious breasts.
Well, I appreciate the acknowledgment, Magesx, but as you said, most people choose to ignore rational arguments. And you’re right, Crunshii — I completely forgot about Home, as well as LittleBigPlanet, though Niero certainly didn’t.
right....Home is going to save a game system. gotcha
Well my foreman grill just stopped working so I guess Im still gonna get a PS3....Im Folding (my laundry) At Home
natedizzle,
Yeah I've got a job, I just like getting more for my money for $600. If I'm dropping over half a grand on one thing, I better be going on vacation somewhere or getting a car or TV.
$600 buys me groceries more frequently than it would ever buy a video game.
Bragging on BluRay would be like showing up at my place on 24" rims in a H2. How wonderful for you to have so much money to waste. I remain unimpressed.
HOME? The only people that will see that for anything other than a glorified and awkward chat room are the MAXIM contingent who will buy PS3 as a lifestyle accessory, marketted at the casual twenty-something vapid wanker crowd.
H - Horribly
O - Overelaborate
M - Messaging
E - Exchange (...for cocks)
...I thank you.
Sadly dvddesign, as much as you think its a waste of money I believe it was worth every penny and Sony put everything it needed into the PS3 unlike the 360 where you have to buy everything separate.
Its just silly to cry about the price when the 360 costs just the same with the same hardware specs.
Your argument about an H2 with rims is crazy. 24" rims cost way more than $600.