Sony Claims Huge Momentum, Doesn't Worry About Activision's Threat

"PlayStation has tremendous momentum coming out of E3". Are these people completely out of their minds? Where is the momentum? In Pachter's comments about how Sony is "ripping off the consumer"? Or in the "amazing" number PS3 moved in May (131,000, tens of thousands behind 360 and hundred of thousands behind the Wii. Perhaps the tremendous momentum comes from the undeniably interesting project Natal (oh wait, that was Microsoft), or the Motion Plus (oh, wait, that was Nintendo). Or perhaps the momentum comes from the complains of almost every single software development about PS3's price.

Keep it up Sony executives. next year this time you will be so far behind, you wont be able to even see Microseoft's and Nintendo's back, let alone catch up. Oh, and by the way, that PSP Go of yours: I hope it comes with an automatic dust cleaner because it is going to stay on retailer's shelves for a long time ($250 for a PSP Go? Who is going to choose a PSP Go over a Wii, especially after fall when Nintendo will definitely drop the Wii's price).

You are going to "enjoy healthy business relationships with and greatly value our publishing partner" alright...

You are really comparing a wii to a psp? You do realize that one is meant to be portable and the other isn't, right?

If the developers want to sell more games they should reduce their own prices.

No my friend. I am not comparing the Wii to the PSP Go. All I am saying is that if you are a potential PSP Go buyer, chances are you might consider to buy a Wii instead a PSP Go due the fact that the price of a Wii is going to be the same, and according to some rumors lower, as that of the PSP Go. I understated that the two consoles are very different, but I think that many people (especially many parents) might find the social/family friendly option the Wii offers as more attractive for them / their child. Also, I agree with your comment about the reduced games prices. Games are unreasonably expensive.

Nikos - again, as Semi asked before, why would anybody looking for a portable gaming console then buy a Wii, surely they'd consider a DSi or DSLite before the Wii.

What's with all the Sony Doom & Gloom stories - that only ever quote the US figures - America isn't the centre of the known universe - the PS3 is actually doing pretty good elsewhere (you know, the other bits of the planet that aren't America).

It's all well & good being patriotic & buying Microsoft but maybe the rest of the world looks at what they are buying before forking out good money for a product, & have decided that generally they prefer the PS3. After all - worldwide PS3 sales figures have approximately matched the 360 since release - if it's doing so crap in the US then it must be outselling the 360 elsewhere to keep the status quo - maybe we should plaster those figures all over the internet & start predicting the death of the 360.

As for the worldwide games sales, they aren't as high as the 360 & one of the reasons for this is lack of sequels - Sony keep throwing out new IP's (Uncharted, LBP, Infamous, Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, etc) which are all awesome games, but sequels are what sells (look at Worldwide figures for MGS4 & this is a game with quite a narrow target audience) - when Gran Turismo 5 & God of War III hit the shelves we'll see a lot of sales (worldwide) - these two will sell PS3's, which will then go on to sell more games.

Bobby Kotik should keep his mouth shut - I bet he wasn't spouting this rubbish when the 360 had an install base of 24 million.

Also, I don't know how they've got the cheek to complain about the price of the PS3 when they sell cheap nasty plastic guitars & peripherals for ridiculous amounts of money.