David Reeves says no more price cuts, more bundles

by Nick Doerr { Aug 23rd 2007 at 1:00PM }

According to SCEE head, David Reeves, Sony has no plans to cut the price of the PS3 again anytime soon. Instead, he says, "...we'll probably put out more hard bundles than the Starter Pack ... We're not making any pricing announcements at Games Convention at all. There's none. And we don't have any plans in that regard. We're really happy with the way that things are going for the PAL business. We really are. It's on track." We're glad to hear that and we hope that the bundle packs come with a wide variety of choices, but wouldn't it be easier to let the consumer decide what game or games to get for free with their console? There ought to be a way to do that, too.

Sony didn't announce any new games at Leipzig and there's a reason for it, Reeves explained. Sony wants consumers focused on a few games at a time -- they don't want to pull everything out from behind the bushes at once, or else we'd have happy attacks and fall over in a state of euphoric shock, never to awaken. At least, that's what we think would happen. Besides, Reeves said, consumers "don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time. So we're trying to do pillar titles every month." That makes sense to us and our wallets thank you.

Tags: davidreeves, scee

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

paul @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:04PM

someone needs to fire Reeves.

ZombieOrgasm @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:15PM

Woah! That makes total sense! If there is NO selection, than there will be NO money spent.

Genius! Genius! My money problems are over!

Andy @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:15PM

I agree with Sony not saying any more about some of their games coming out. I mean I would go bananas if 8days or Afrika had a holiday release.

Anyone burn their fingers playing Forza yet?

Jose @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:31PM

I call BS.

Oh they can justify the money spent to buy a $600+ console, but when it comes to games they want my wallet to take a "break"? Ummm hasn't everyone's wallet been on "break" since this console was launched? Fact of the matter is they probably dont have anything planned, thus nothing was announced. Please, NOW Sony is thinking about my money? This is SONY, they will think of any little thing to have me spend my money on it, dont patronize me Sony, just tell me straight up.

On a side note: I'm not for the 360, thus the reason why I'm here, but the 360 is looking better and better for some reason...

borland502 @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:36PM

"On a side note: I'm not for the 360, thus the reason why I'm here, but the 360 is looking better and better for some reason."

Fair enough, but I look at the release schedule and can pick out at least one game I want per month from September onward. I couldn't do that months ago. So badly phrased statements or no, I'm not worried about my purchase.

mccomber @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:38PM

It would be easier to say "great idea, I agree" if we actually had those games to choose to buy and break our wallets... I know, soon, soon... but it's been one hell of a wait on both sides of the pond.

GRANTED @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:51PM

yeah thanks for not putting any new games out. i spent 500 on this thing thank god i dont have to spend any money on games..............

no, nick, it doesn't make any sense. and our wallets don't thank us because it means we just wasted 5-600 bucks on the ps3 if we don't get some decent games to play on it. what a retarded thing for him to say.

oh yeah and if one more sony exec tells me that i should just be happy with motorstorm im going to buy a dune buggy and crash it into their house. FEELS LIKE NEXT GEN.

Nuge32 @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:04PM

Haha it seems like no one here has responsibilities, I am terrified that these games are all coming out pretty soon. Not just for monetary issues. But its pretty hard to balance 18 credit hours with video games, drinking, and girls. For real... if not having a game come out every week is that big of a deal pick up a hobby or something. Besides complaining about the same things over and over again.
As for all the price cut talks and whatever, i could care less, I already own one. Just keep games coming out whenever and get me that dvr stuff from europe. I would KILL for it right now. KILL I TELL YOU KILL!

simplesimon @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:14PM

i'm beginning to wish i never bought a PS3. The heap of junk is sitting there with no good games. I don't own a 360 or Wii, but i'm seriously considering it right about now...

How can he possibly say that the PS3 'is on track' and not mention any new games at Liepzig. Sony, you've REALLY messed up this console war right now. You should be on top but instead you're not. Thanks, £425 WASTED. You know how long it took me to save for that? 1 MONTH without spending a penny on myself. 1 month of wanting and waiting. All for what? Some badly ported games from the 360 and 360 fanboys rubbing it in my face all the time. Plus, with no FF7 remake, the PS3 is officially crap.

upz @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:24PM

Boy Nuge, you said it. I wish I had some time to play games, but that pool of Cristal filled with beautiful women sure eats away at my free time!

GRANTED @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:41PM

haha nuge WOW 18 CREDIT HOURS!!!!!

you are in college and you think you have responsibilities lol. being out of college a little over a year, let me tell you that i have twice the responsibilities you do and am still very aware that i have no games to play.

i am healthier, have a better relationship with my girlfriend, and am getting more done at work. but still--i bought a 500 dollar gaming machine and i don't play it. so.. i am conflicted. should i thank sony because im NOT playing ps3?

whatever. ill probably see you in warhawk in about a week, at which point we can laugh, cry, reminisce, talk about HOW BLACKOUT WASTED YOU GOT LAST NIGHT and how that girl said she'd call you..
after which we will all be back to our loser selves again.

Nuge32 @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:03PM

@13

haha I also am working at a real time embedded company called Ardence...well really were Citrix now after we were bought, and also I am a 4th year computer engineering student at Northeastern University (5 year program with 1.5 years of CO-OP) with pretty much all 500 level courses, so I know what you mean man, I'm not just some frat boy going to a party school. NEU is a top 100 university now.
I just find other uses for my ps3, being a movie fan and all, blu-ray def helps justify my purchase. I'm just saying thats all.

Nuge32 @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:05PM

*real time embedded systems company*

Railven @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:15PM

I sort of agree with Nuge in terms of time left in the day. I factor in my job, my girlfriend, my commute, sleep, cooking, eating, chores, and etc I have just about 1 or 2 hours left a day for myself.

There is a slew of games out there across all platforms that I rent and after 15-20 minutes or so I get bored. Games these days sort of suck.

On average we as gamers get maybe 2 or 3 good decent worth playing games every quarter. Q4/Q1 looks like all damn good games for the PS3.

So I'm happy.

And why is everyone starting to jump to conclusions? I ahven't seen any game info for 360/Wii/PC beyond Q1 of 08. I'm sure once Q1 rolls around we'll have more upcoming release.

At least I hope so.

Travis @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:41PM

This guy is such a frickin' moron. He says bundles are better than price cuts, but then a little bit later says, "[consumers] don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at 59 Euros all the time."

SO LOWER THE DAMN PRICE OF THE PS3 INSTEAD OF MAKING MORE BUNDLES.

Seriously, this guy is that douchebag type that Sony appeared to be weeding out in order to make a comeback. What's the deal, why don't they get rid of him and get someone in that doesn't seem to hate the customer, and who doesn't act like they're in competition with SCEA?

gerg @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:02PM

Well I guess I'm in a good boat then, I bought a PS3 two weeks ago (after selling my red-ringed 360) and have only bought one game for it, NCAA Football 08. I've spent some time playing that game, but the kicker for me is this, I only owned a PS2 for a very short time, so I missed out on a LOT of PS2 games, namely God of War, which I have been playing a lot lately. But then if you look at it, OH next week there's Warhawk, the week after that, Lair, the week after that, Heavenly Sword (In the US of course). So why is there so much whining about this right now? Just be patient for five more days, and the deluge begins. And let me tell you, I know there aren't many AAA games out for PS3 right now, and there are many coming out soon, and I'm okay with that. Just the fact that my PS3 WORKS is enough to make me giddy like a schoolgirl.

gamingeek @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:30PM

This guy needs to be taken out and have his ass kicked-- seriously! The PS3 base has been screaming for the last 9 months for content! Customers don't have huge wallets and they can't go out and buy five games at a time? WTF? So what about all those Xbox people that seem to be snapping up the huge and growing game library on the 360 every month?

James @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:45PM

If you need more time for games, stock up on 5 hour energy. It's awesome! Each day I spend 9 hours a day at work, 4 hours commuting, 3 hours gaming, 3 hours doing stuff around the house and yard, 3 hours being social, and 2 hours sleeping. I am dead tired when I wake up, but after a shot of 5 hour energy, I am good to go. Of course, I am not sure how this sleep deprivation will affect me in the long run.........

Consolcwby @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:59PM

The PS3 just came out in europe a few months back, so the lack of a price drop is understandable for the time being. I also expect we will hear about some new games at TGS, as well as some games that have dropped off the radar in the last few months. Seriously, can't the above posters realise that this article is about SCEE practices? You guys really don't understand he's talking about the PAL regions... and about announcing new games, how many games need to be announced before you can actually count higher than 0??? Troll much?

Larz @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:04PM

I understand that it takes a lot more effort to make beautiful games PS3 was meant for... he could've just said that instead of this excuse.

Anyways, regarding content: One could argue that all of the next-gen consoles have "no games" since apparently that definition is very flexible. To me, I haven't seen a single reason to buy an Xbox or 360. Halo? not my kind of console game... Same with Warhawk. I just see that as the PS3 answer to Halo.

I bought the PS3 on the promise of some good games and knowing that I can use it as a Blu-Ray player and a cheap-yet-awesome computer in the meantime. I loaded Linux and am working on getting WoW running.

And by the way, PS3 is $399+ not $499+... they did price-cut the 20GB model too ya know.

Wii? That's not 7th gen, more like 6.5 gen. I bought one, was disappointed in how easy Zelda was, and it just collects dust now waiting for Metriod... pretty much the same scenario as the GC.

I still get more use out of PS2 games than anything.

clankman @ Aug 27th 2007 7:18PM

But it still comes back to (same reason I don't own a PS3) if you can't afford it you can't afford it. They could put 1000 different games (I know they don't have 1000 games to put in there) in there and I still wouldn't be able to afford it.

secret @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:32PM

Keep em coming one at a time baby. I need to time to fully enjoy, mull over, and savor the current games I own like savoring and mulling over fine wine. When I'm done with those and have more money by that time, send the next one, baby.

secret @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:33PM

KAPOW...!!! SHAZAAAAM...!!!! KAZOOOM...!!!

secret @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:34PM

Here's a tip to enjoy your games and movies more. By the way, 360 people will have to consider buying a PS3 or a Wii or a Bluray player or HD-DVD player at some point. PS3 people could move on to other things.

That's why the PS3 was made black in the first place. The black color absorbs light. So when you're watching a movie, you don't get distracted by anything but the movie. You don't see the console at all, unlike consoles that are white. It helps to immerse you in the media if you see nothing but the picture on screen.

Oh, please use the THX Optimizers. But you'll need to order the free THX BLUE FILTER GLASS from their website to get the color right (it's worth effort to actually find it hidden in their website somewhere through several links). I have my contrast setting way below 50%, the sharpness setting on my plasma is at the lowest setting and it does improve the image. But on my other screen, it looks best at negative two. But I do not have a tv set at a sharp setting in the positive range. It adds noise to the picture. With the sharpness setting down, you get the "pure" video feed to the tv. With the sharpness up, the pure video signal is then tampered with to make it look "sharper." But who wants tampered pictures over pure ones? Like everyone, you'll feel uncomfortable at first. But after two week and especially after a month, you're eyes will love it.

Also, set your color temperature setting to the lowest temeperture possible, like warm or 64000k. That's the standard most game developers and movie people use in their studio when they're making and looking at the games. You want to be on the same page as they are.

And turn off all noise reduction, color enhancers,or any other "picture or audio" enhancing features. Again,you ideally should want to have the video and audio as "pure" as possible without your television tampering with it at all. You have a choice. Get a pure signal directly from the game or movie or get a tampered one by raising the sharpnesss setting, the DNR, the color enhancer features, and so on.

ZONGERS...!!!! YOW...!!!

kingofwale @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:35PM

I have no problem with them NOT announcing any new games, my problem lies with the games they DID announce and not COMING OUT!

Frankly, I much rather they just announce release date, than announcing games that might not even come out in 08

Darko @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:04PM

You want a discount? Try ebay...

Thomas @ Aug 24th 2007 2:33AM

This is why people aren't buying PS3s.. people don't want more high priced value bundles... cheaper PS3s.... Cheaper PS3s... people need something cheap just to get them in the door. People will buy things they can afford... 500/600 is not good... 499.. was pretty good.. but that's not the magic I can afford it price...