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this isn't me stirring up trouble but just read this....
taken directly from gamespot.com (for those who haven't seen it)
Sony says the Xbox could accelerate the industry
Sony's president feels that the Xbox could force the company's hand in releasing its PS3 console earlier than intended.
In a recent interview with The Financial Times, Kunitake Ando, president and CEO of Sony, said that the Microsoft Xbox, which comes with a hard drive and Ethernet adapter out of the box, could force the company to transition to the PS3 earlier than intended. "The biggest threat to the PlayStation 2 is that the Xbox changes the industry's life cycle," said Ando, who feels that it is unclear whether the current PS2 business model is sustainable and that its console life cycle could be reduced to three years as a result. Although sales of the PlayStation 2 console remain strong, Ando said that the company is still in the process of recuperating its high front-end chip manufacturing costs.
Given his comments, it is not surprising that Ando feels that Microsoft has replaced Nintendo as the biggest competitor for his company's games division. "Nintendo's GameCube has been a disappointment in Japan, they have sold only a third of what they had hoped," he said. "The PlayStation 2 is viewed by gamers as the games console to own." Ando further stated that although there was interest within Sony to enter the handheld business to compete directly with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, requested that the company remain out of that market in order to focus its efforts exclusively on the PlayStation 2.
Despite Ando's comments, a majority of industry analysts feel that the PlayStation 2 has strong sustainable potential to become the market leader among the current generation of consoles. A recent report by the International Development Group forecasted that the PlayStation 2 installed base would grow to 34 million by 2004 in North America, from its current base of 7.2 million units. IDG further projected that the Microsoft Xbox would reach an installed base of about 20 million units in North America by 2004, while the Nintendo GameCube would reach a base of 18 million units in that same period.
Research for and development of the PlayStation 3 is already under way. Sony has partnered with Toshiba and IBM, as part of a combined $400 million, five-year investment, to develop the technology for the PS3. Production of the chip, at last report, was slated to begin in 2004. According to Sony, the new chip design will be fundamentally different from what the company has used in the past and will have a greater focus on delivering communication and broadband services.
By Shahed Ahmed, GameSpot VG [POSTED: 11/14/01]
coming from teh sony president i do find it quite worrying....any thoughts people..
taken directly from gamespot.com (for those who haven't seen it)
Sony says the Xbox could accelerate the industry
Sony's president feels that the Xbox could force the company's hand in releasing its PS3 console earlier than intended.
In a recent interview with The Financial Times, Kunitake Ando, president and CEO of Sony, said that the Microsoft Xbox, which comes with a hard drive and Ethernet adapter out of the box, could force the company to transition to the PS3 earlier than intended. "The biggest threat to the PlayStation 2 is that the Xbox changes the industry's life cycle," said Ando, who feels that it is unclear whether the current PS2 business model is sustainable and that its console life cycle could be reduced to three years as a result. Although sales of the PlayStation 2 console remain strong, Ando said that the company is still in the process of recuperating its high front-end chip manufacturing costs.
Given his comments, it is not surprising that Ando feels that Microsoft has replaced Nintendo as the biggest competitor for his company's games division. "Nintendo's GameCube has been a disappointment in Japan, they have sold only a third of what they had hoped," he said. "The PlayStation 2 is viewed by gamers as the games console to own." Ando further stated that although there was interest within Sony to enter the handheld business to compete directly with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, requested that the company remain out of that market in order to focus its efforts exclusively on the PlayStation 2.
Despite Ando's comments, a majority of industry analysts feel that the PlayStation 2 has strong sustainable potential to become the market leader among the current generation of consoles. A recent report by the International Development Group forecasted that the PlayStation 2 installed base would grow to 34 million by 2004 in North America, from its current base of 7.2 million units. IDG further projected that the Microsoft Xbox would reach an installed base of about 20 million units in North America by 2004, while the Nintendo GameCube would reach a base of 18 million units in that same period.
Research for and development of the PlayStation 3 is already under way. Sony has partnered with Toshiba and IBM, as part of a combined $400 million, five-year investment, to develop the technology for the PS3. Production of the chip, at last report, was slated to begin in 2004. According to Sony, the new chip design will be fundamentally different from what the company has used in the past and will have a greater focus on delivering communication and broadband services.
By Shahed Ahmed, GameSpot VG [POSTED: 11/14/01]
coming from teh sony president i do find it quite worrying....any thoughts people..
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Resi 4 on the gamecube for a long time could boost its sells and damage that of PS2.
Now, do you really think that Oddworld went to the X-Box because the machine was better? Or could it be that Micro$oft offered them a fat wad?
I recon the same happened with Res. Nintendo bought it because they are trying to shake off their kiddie image.
I recon the same happened with Res. Nintendo bought it because they are trying to shake off their kiddie image.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Why so many monsters?
i was just wondering that myself
> Why so many monsters?
i was just wondering that myself
If Sony do launch the PS3 early and I've heard from a numerous places (one being the official PS2 magazine) that they will in 2003 then I'm all for it!!! The article said it would be unfair to PS2 owners because PS1 owners got nearly 6 years worth out of their console where as PS2 owners get only 3, Fair enough but the PS2 is such a complex thing with it's backwards compatibilty,dvd etc that developers won't part with it, Oddworld was the first to go, then Resident Evil moved over to the GC I mean who's next???
We've had some fantastic games and the best is yet to come, but most are spoiled by those all to famliar jagged edges, I'd give anything for a third party hardware device that helps it. If the PS3 was easy to develop for and more powerfull than the Xbox than it would put Sony ahead of the pack getting back what made the PS1 so great THIRD PARTY SUPPORT.
As much as I hate to admit it I hope Sony do launch the PS3 early, I don't regret buying my PS2 whatsoever but am just annoyed at the way it's gone down.
We've had some fantastic games and the best is yet to come, but most are spoiled by those all to famliar jagged edges, I'd give anything for a third party hardware device that helps it. If the PS3 was easy to develop for and more powerfull than the Xbox than it would put Sony ahead of the pack getting back what made the PS1 so great THIRD PARTY SUPPORT.
As much as I hate to admit it I hope Sony do launch the PS3 early, I don't regret buying my PS2 whatsoever but am just annoyed at the way it's gone down.
Why so many monsters?
†®icky Møn§†€® wrote:
my point excatly with SSX Tricky coming out for all the
> consoles that will show which is best ( PS2 of course)
That will do it... the same game written for each machine at the same time, though it's erlier on the PS2 as it's the only machine in peoples houses at the mo out of the three.
my point excatly with SSX Tricky coming out for all the
> consoles that will show which is best ( PS2 of course)
That will do it... the same game written for each machine at the same time, though it's erlier on the PS2 as it's the only machine in peoples houses at the mo out of the three.
Slaveunit wrote:
> Sony won't rush the PS3. They know better than that. Whe the DC was released
> with far higher specs than the PS1, they just supported their machine so well
> that it beat the DC.
They know what they are doing.
my point excatly with SSX Tricky coming out for all the consoles that will show which is best ( PS2 of course)
> Sony won't rush the PS3. They know better than that. Whe the DC was released
> with far higher specs than the PS1, they just supported their machine so well
> that it beat the DC.
They know what they are doing.
my point excatly with SSX Tricky coming out for all the consoles that will show which is best ( PS2 of course)
Sony won't rush the PS3. They know better than that. Whe the DC was released with far higher specs than the PS1, they just supported their machine so well that it beat the DC.
They know what they are doing.
They know what they are doing.
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