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Atari founder comments on PS3 - Tapion - 12-19-2006
A very intresting read if I do say so myself...
Quote:Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari company, said in an interview that Sony?s PlayStation 3 would not become a massive success due to price of the console itself as well as issues with game development for the PlayStation 3 gaming machine. The man, who was standing at the beginning of the video game era, also says that games should become simpler to tap larger audiences.
?I think Sony shot themselves in the foot? there is a high probability [they] will fail. The price point is probably unsustainable,? Mr. Bushnell said in an interview with Red Herring magazine.
In addition to the high price of the console, which is either $499 for a basic unit or $599 for an advanced version, Mr. Bushnell believes that difficulties with game development for the PlayStation 3 game console will eventually result into lower amount of titles for the PS3 compared to the Xbox 360.
?For years and years Sony has been a very difficult company to deal with from a developer standpoint. They could get away with their arrogance and capriciousness because they had an installed base. They have also historically had horrible software tools. You compare that to the Xbox 360 with really great authoring tools [and] additional revenue streams from Xbox live. A first party developer would be an idiot to develop for Sony first and not the 360. People don?t buy hardware, they buy software,? he said.
When asked about why the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 game consoles became so popular in the last few years, Mr. Nutshell said it was just a coincidence and no more than 300 thousand of users would adopt the PlayStation 3 in the U.S.
?It wasn?t anything brilliant that they did. With the PS and PS2 it was timing. They had the right pricing at the right time [and were] almost the accidental winner. It would not surprise me if a year from now they?ll be struggling to sell 1 million units. [Factoring in the PS3?s price], I think in the U.S. the number of early adopters you have is actually around 300 000,? Mr. Bushnell said.
The main problem of today?s games, believes ex-Atari chief is complexity of gaming, loads of violence amid some other issues. Nevertheless, he did not point out how many games does a casual gamer and hardcore acquire per year in well-developed countries.
?There was no real venue for social games. Games got violent in the mid 1980s? that lost women. Then they got long-form and complex. That lost the casual gamer,? he said.
Credit to xbitlabs.com
I partly agree with him, I don't think the PS3 will be nearly the success that the PS and PS2 were, but I certainly think it'll sell more than a million units, just nothing close to what it's predecessors did.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Dantes - 12-19-2006
well no matter what, my job starts tomorrow and that means it's day 1 of my journey towards the PS3.
metal gear solid is more than worth it.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Celipa - 12-19-2006
Quote:Originally posted by Android 16
MGS4 is more than worth it.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Raditzu - 12-19-2006
Without commenting on some of the things Nolan said (poorly, imo) I will say that its very interesting to finally see someone commenting on things from a developer stand-point. Most of the arguments (especially on this forum) have been almost exclusively from a consumer's point of view.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Saz - 12-19-2006
Glad I'm getting a 360 =D
Naw, I reckon PS3 will do okay.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Banned Dana - 12-19-2006
Price will probably drop within 6 months...maybe not drastically, but it'll probably go down once the purchases start slowing due to the fact that all the "rich" people already own one.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Vegeta - 12-19-2006
Quote:The main problem of today?s games, believes ex-Atari chief is complexity of gaming, loads of violence amid some other issues. Nevertheless, he did not point out how many games does a casual gamer and hardcore acquire per year in well-developed countries.
?There was no real venue for social games. Games got violent in the mid 1980s? that lost women. Then they got long-form and complex. That lost the casual gamer,? he said.
o_O
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Hellfighter 17 - 12-19-2006
I'm a casual gamer.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Spencinator - 12-19-2006
Quote:Originally posted by Hell Fighter 17
I'm a casual gamer.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Zarbon - 12-19-2006
Quote:Originally posted by Panbuukin
Quote:Originally posted by Hell Fighter 17
I'm a casual gamer.
Atari founder comments on PS3 - Krillin - 12-19-2006
I used to be a hardcore casual gamer. In that, I played the kinds of games a casual gamer would play, but I played them hardcorely. Xenosaga Episode III? Haven't played. Star Wars: Battlefront? Pumped 250 hours into it, at least.
Do I agree with what Mr. Bushnell said? I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out if he'd actually know what he's talking about. I mean, it can be assumed, considering that he single-handedly initiated the commercial world of video games, but the 1980s were very different than 2006.
Credible? Maybe. Interesting? Definitely.