Game Developers Conference 2008

Drexlerfan22 · Feb 23, 2008

RC Cola said:

Or better yet, just scrap the SKU w/o a HDD and start requiring it for future projects.
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But how many pissed off customers would they have if they did that?

RC Cola · Feb 23, 2008

<10%, unless trends for the Core SKU sales have changed since I last looked (of course, some people that bought Cores may have also bought a HDD).

edit: Of course, ~30% of 360s have RRoD'ed, and that hasn't really hurt them too bad apparently.

Coach AI · Feb 23, 2008

I always thought the 360 without the HDD was a stupid idea, and still do.

I really can't imagine bothering without any sort of storage.

RC Cola · Feb 23, 2008

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the replacement for Dave Karakker (the major SCEA PR guy) got to finally run his mouth during GDC this week. Let's see what sort of great quotes he has in store for us this year:
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9264&Itemid=2

Sony marketing bigwig Scott Steinberg has set the tone for Hardware Wars 2008 confidently predicting that consoles competing with PlayStation 3 are effectively doomed to also-ran status.

In an interview with Next-Gen, Steinberg said that the resolution of the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war had brought an end to any doubt that PlayStation 3 would emerge triumphant. The full interview will be published here in a few days, but here are a couple of snippets.

"Third party publishers and developers are moving away from using Xbox 360 as their primary development platform. They understand that developing on PlayStation 3 first makes more sense and, in fact, will make the Xbox 360 version look better."

"In three years, the Wii will really start to look its age graphically and, will seem to consumers, pretty long in the tooth."

"Since CES there's been some high fives, in the office, sure. But we're not ready to say it (the hardware war) is over. Perhaps in a year we'll be able to look back at this time and recognize that it was our Berlin Wall moment; the moment when consumers made their choice."

"Microsoft have had their window to build up a lead, but when we track sales of Xbox 360 against comparable time since launch sales of the original Xbox, there isn't much difference, so I think that opportunity has passed for them, and it looks like they haven't expanded beyond their core of shooter players."
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And apparently there's more to this interview that will be posted later.

Coach AI · Feb 24, 2008

Sony needs to stop hiring message board fanboys as PR people.

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