by David Hinkle { May 18th 2006 at 9:31AM }
Sony's Kaz Hirai commented to news site Bloomberg that he expects the company's Playstation 3 to launch with 15 titles this November. This is in contrast to what some third-party higher-ups have been saying, including Sega's Simon Jeffrey and THQ's Brian Farrell. Jeffrey's argument stems from third parties apparently not receiving finalized dev kits yet, which is reportedly supposed to occur this month, where Farrell's recent comments towards choosing to not release a version of the upcoming
Sopranos game on the system as it is "too risky" to attempt without final hardware specs form the basis for his disagreement.
Tags: bloomberg, brian, farrell, hirai, jeffrey, kaz, ps3, sega, simon, sony, sopranos, thq
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John @ May 19th 2006 12:28PM
I can't help but think of that old 80s song Rumors... A lot of people are out there trying to bust sony's b@lls. From that laptop demo that the press said they "faked" (cause they took a pic of the dvd playing laptop not the blu ray one) to the article that the cheaper playstation isn't upgradable nor will it have blu-tooth controllers (lies).
Thing is that a lot of people out there want sony to fail. Are they taking a chance with this machine? Of course they are, but you get a hell of a lot for the $600.
It's funny how the American consumer (myself included) is so easily duped into accepting certain prices. Who here would pay $4.00 for a 2 liter soda? But you'll pay that much for a soda at the movies!
How many people who are crying about the price paid $400 or so for their ipod? Granted it is portable, but it's not a powerhouse of computing and entertainment that ps3 will be.
Bottom line, with no risk you get no reward. Hopefully they will be able to pull it off cause I fear a world with only Kidtendo and MicroSloth...