Activision threatens to drop PS3, PSP

[Sexy Beast]

Activision, one of the largest game developers out there, has threatened to stop developing for Sony systems as early as 2010. Their explanation:

"I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don't make it easy for me to support the platform,"..."It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation."

Sony needs to wake up and find a way to sell units or it looks like Activision will drop them.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6212246.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

 

[Adam]

It shouldn't be that hard to sell PS3s. It plays Blue Ray and plays video games. Sony is obviously doing something wrong *coughpricecough*

 

[Ducttape]

Valve recently reiterated that they would not develop for the PS3 anymore. They did release the Orange Box for PS3, but according to Gabe, they will not develop anything else/port anything else for the PS3 because, "...it's just not worth it." So, with developers actively withdrawing from Sony's camp...we had the PS, PS2, PS3....no PS4...?

 

[acefisher1]

I had a class in Unreal 3 and while we were developing new levels for the game, we were told that it was too difficult and not worth the time to port it to PS3. We made our levels for everything except PS3. I think its a coming tide that new students aren't being taught to develop for it, soon there won't be enough developers able let alone willing to create content for the PS3.

I expect something a little more on par with the other systems from Sony within the next 3 years.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

I bought a PS3, then quickly traded it in during the console wars. Just sticking with the good ol' PC. The Ps2 was such a huge success with a ton of great games, how did they mess up 3.

 

[Destroy]

I bought a PS3, then quickly traded it in during the console wars. Just sticking with the good ol' PC. The Ps2 was such a huge success with a ton of great games, how did they mess up 3.

Big prices and not-so-much exclusive game.

 

[Zegz]

yeah if they lower the price about 100 bucks they will sell tons of units. Its just ridiculously over priced.

 

[Cervani]

I went to my local Gamestop.

Used PS3: 299$
Used Xbox 360: 169$

-.- Yeah, they need to do something.

 

[acefisher1]

One other thing I think you guys should know, Sony is losing $100 on every console sold. When they lowered the price, it was due to them finding a technology that was cheaper to create the microchip for the systems. They were planning on having the games make up for the loss, however due to the problem of the system being so difficult to create content for, that was a failure, thus making the PS3 the failure it is now.

 

[Cupcake]

I think one of the key problems here is that Sony doesn't support developers in the same way Microsoft does.

At the moment, Bethesda has JUST figured out how to bring Fallout 3 DLC to the PS3; previously, the system was so weird and unfriendly that they just couldn't figure out a way to launch it with the 360/PC DLC.

And they don't put the price that high to make money. They put it that high because that's how much it costs to sell that hardware; they don't want to try and make obscene profits this far in because no one would buy it.