There are no news items in this podcast. Instead, it’s just post-E3 discussion. Everything is E3. What the crew liked, what the crew didn’t, and T.J.’s reports from doing the show floor. The episode is almost 2 hours long, so there was a lot to talk about.
Episode 541: E3 Reaction 2019
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Episode 675: Cancel CultureEpisode 675: Cancel Culture
Aside from a news blip taking about Final Fantasy 7 DLC coming to PowerWash Simulator, all of the news seems to talk about cancellations of one kind or another.
The items include:
- Epic kills Battle Royale game less than six months after release
- CRIMESIGHT to end service on May 1
- EA is shutting down Apex Legends Mobile and not giving refunds
- EA reportedly cancels new Titanfall single-player game
- Sony, Xbox and Nintendo are reportedly skipping E3 2023
Anything other games you wanted to play but can’t anymore? Let us know.
Gaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation FailGaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation Fail
This week’s gaming podcast paints its face with your blood. Okay, not quite, but we’re definitely hitting up some news, reading community comments and looking back at Sinistar and the history of the Power Pad. This weeks news includes:
- Metroid Prime Trilogy Dead
- 2K Boston Once Again Irrational Games
- Microsoft focusing on unique experience for Natal
- Fable 3 to be unveiled soon
We’re also asking the question, are you looking forward to a LEGO mmo?
PlayStation 3: Not About Quantity, About ProfitabilityPlayStation 3: Not About Quantity, About Profitability
The Xbox 360 price drop rumors flow like water and it’s all but officially been announced at this point. What about PlayStation 3 and their price? No.
Nobuyuki Oneda, the Sony’s chief financial officer said, “our plan is not to reduce the price. Our strategy is not to sell more quantity for PS3 but to concentrate on profitability.” (gamespot) This makes complete sense coming from their chief financial officer, as their motivation is to make money, not lose it.
The question remains, how will they actually make money if they’re no longer in the race for competitive market prices? Considering game licensing must Net them some amount of profit Sony’s idea seems to be the exact opposite of their original PlayStation method: saturate the market and sell them all games.
So far we’ve seen very few “need to have” games for the PlayStation 3 console while Xbox 360 continues to build a substantial library and Wii continues to break sales records for apparently no reason. When a game publisher has to decide on a platform to launch a new game, why would they choose the one that doesn’t care to be competitively priced in the market? The one that doesn’t care about quantity of sales?
Sony intends to reverse the entire razor blade philosophy where one sells a cheap razor and charges users for the blades over and over again. Their take on this concept is to sell really expensive razors and put out small half-quality blades. Is that a good market strategy at this point?