Activision CEO threatens to drop PS3/PSP if they don't drop prices

Panfan · 06-19-2009, 08:58 PM

Activision threatens to drop PS3, PSP - News at GameSpot

meanwhile, the bundle for Band Hero was recently announced as $200 on amazon.com

Jesus · 06-20-2009, 01:23 PM

Another not so surprising story of how Sony screwed up and the after-effects.

Robotazy · 06-20-2009, 01:57 PM

What's wrong, Activision?

Is whoring it up not getting you enough money?

Rainbow Dash · 06-20-2009, 03:15 PM

if this means a lower ps3 price that would be great

Jesus · 06-21-2009, 08:31 PM

It costs a lot to buy the equipment needed to manufacture games in the Blu-Ray format. Blu-Ray was still too new for it to be profitable to produce games on the PS3. Should've stuck with HD-DVD.

Also, for Activision to stop whoring out Guitar Hero, maybe you guys should stop buying their new titles. Last I heard Guitar hero Metallica is still selling out. Being excited for DJ Hero doesn't help take down the whore either.

Panfan · 06-21-2009, 09:06 PM

^ but the games are fun

and as I said in the DJ Hero thread you made, DJ SHADOW. DJ MOTHER****ING SHADOW MADE SONGS FOR IT.

Glux · 06-21-2009, 11:12 PM

I thought the PS3 was the "greatest system in the world".
Apparently not.

Robotazy · 06-21-2009, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus

Also, for Activision to stop whoring out Guitar Hero, maybe you guys should stop buying their new titles. Last I heard Guitar hero Metallica is still selling out. Being excited for DJ Hero doesn't help take down the whore either.

I don't really care if Guitar Hero is successful or not. I'm not spending 100 dollars for a music game.

Activision themselves said they would not take on projects that couldn't be exploited year after year. I'm just spreading the joke around

Actually, they would totally do this. What with being so money-hungry

t3hDarkness · 06-22-2009, 05:07 AM

But didn't you buy the killer instinct killer cuts CD?
$30 for non vocal music from a game.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-22-2009, 08:56 AM

^ That came free with my cartridge.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 06-22-2009, 09:05 AM

Last I heard, Sony's already selling the PS3 at a loss. They might as well give them away for free if they drop the price. Cost of manufacturing is just too high, what with the totally excessive components they have included.

This is why Nintendo doesn't add things like DVD support into their systems. It costs too much, then you have to forfeit any hope of profit. It's a bad business decision.

t3hDarkness · 06-22-2009, 02:55 PM

. . .
My mind does odd things.
Right now it is imaging Activision as a truck stop hooker getting into a fight with a High class call girl's pimp's lawyer's bodyguard.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-23-2009, 08:16 AM

Meh. Sony should've marketed the PS3 technology as a PC. The only thing stopping them is, Windows bein the dominant operating system on the market and owned by their competitor Microsoft.

Kargath · 06-23-2009, 08:28 AM

DVD is actually really cheap to put in nowadays.
Blu-Ray, on the other hand, is really expensive. It's that single format that's the killer.

Cell is a huge barrier too. I've seen code for that, and it's like being forced to play a game of Twister every time you cross a room. Oh, and your job is to carry water pails back and forth across the room without spilling any.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 06-23-2009, 08:35 AM

^ But a totally superfluous cost, all the same. You can't add in DVD for free, one way or another. *shrug*

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Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	It costs a lot to buy the equipment needed to manufacture games in the Blu-Ray format. Blu-Ray was still too new for it to be profitable to produce games on the PS3. Should've stuck with HD-DVD. Also, for Activision to stop whoring out Guitar Hero, maybe you guys should stop buying their new titles. Last I heard Guitar hero Metallica is still selling out. Being excited for DJ Hero doesn't help take down the whore either.

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Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,805 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	^ but the games are fun and as I said in the DJ Hero thread you made, DJ SHADOW. DJ MOTHER**ING SHADOW MADE SONGS FOR IT.

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Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,121 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	I thought the PS3 was the "greatest system in the world". Apparently not.

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t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	But didn't you buy the killer instinct killer cuts CD? $30 for non vocal music from a game.

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*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,503 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Last I heard, Sony's already selling the PS3 at a loss. They might as well give them away for free if they drop the price. Cost of manufacturing is just too high, what with the totally excessive components they have included. This is why Nintendo doesn't add things like DVD support into their systems. It costs too much, then you have to forfeit any hope of profit. It's a bad business decision.

06-22-2009, 02:55 PM	#12
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	. . . My mind does odd things. Right now it is imaging Activision as a truck stop hooker getting into a fight with a High class call girl's pimp's lawyer's bodyguard.

06-23-2009, 08:16 AM	#13
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Meh. Sony should've marketed the PS3 technology as a PC. The only thing stopping them is, Windows bein the dominant operating system on the market and owned by their competitor Microsoft.

06-23-2009, 08:28 AM	#14
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	DVD is actually really cheap to put in nowadays. Blu-Ray, on the other hand, is really expensive. It's that single format that's the killer. Cell is a huge barrier too. I've seen code for that, and it's like being forced to play a game of Twister every time you cross a room. Oh, and your job is to carry water pails back and forth across the room without spilling any.

06-23-2009, 08:35 AM	#15
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,503 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	^ But a totally superfluous cost, all the same. You can't add in DVD for free, one way or another. shrug