Thread: Gaming Legend Accuses Sony Of Arrogance

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British games industry veteran Jeff Minter has accused Sony of adopting an "incredibly arrogant" attitude with regard to the PlayStation 3's high price point, warning: "Nobody likes smug."

Writing in the new issue of Edge magazine, Minter said that Sony seems "absolutely certain that even when they say that it's going to be considerably more expensive than existing consoles, and that maybe there won't be that many titles actually available at launch, nonetheless us eager customers will rush out in droves to buy it because, hey, it's a new PlayStation."

But this approach is misguided, according to Minter: "Just making the shiniest, most expensive harware doesn't cut it these days."

"Sure the PSP was beautiful, shining, pretty and posh, whereas the DS was definitely the ugly sister. But hey, the ugly sister is better in the sack."

The answer to Sony's problems, Minter believes, lies in the software that will be available for the PS3. "We need games, not smugness, games that will make me want to get hold of the PS3 rather than a bunch of stuff either identical or broadly similar to what I'll be playing on my 360," he wrote.

"I want sweet Feisar temptation, not a bit of snotty attitude."

Minter concluded by warning Sony: "Yeah, you've got the lion's share of the current market, but don't get smug... Nobody likes smug, and it's not an attitude that has served companies well in the videogames industry."

Minter has developed games for more than two decades, and his most famous titles include Llamatron and Gridrunner. He established his own company, Llamasoft, in 1982, and recent projects include Neon, a light synthesiser that comes installed on the Xbox 360 hard drive.

Seems Like this Minter has a connection with Xbox360, I think he is taking things too far, I don't think Sony are Smug at all I think they are more worried about meeting there schedule and release dates...

We will have to wait and see but I don't think the PS3 will let anyone down...

The Wii is top of my list now though (all those gadgets)

Originally Posted by Drunken_Ninja

Seems Like this Minter has a connection with Xbox360, I think he is taking things too far, I don't think Sony are Smug at all I think they are more worried about meeting there schedule and release dates...

We will have to wait and see but I don't think the PS3 will let anyone down...

The Wii is top of my list now though (all those gadgets)

I agree my friend, Sony seem to be getting alot of stick at the moment regarding PS3.

ONLINE store PLAY.COM have them for pre order at a massive price of ...

our price: £549.99 Delivered

availability: Due for release on 17/11/2006

really expensive .....

It is very expensive and a gamble putting their hopes on the new media BLUERAY (Which is why it is so expensive) it will be interesting to see how the BLUERAY media pans out,

Will all DVD media eventually convert to BLURAY?

Remember also that the original Playstation was about £500 for an inport machine from Japan and eventually was released in Europe for £300 so maybe Sony has got it right?

we will have to wait and see but remember that the Playstion has always been targeted at a more mature gamer that can afford these luxurys whereas Ninteno & Sega always targeted children...

I believe Microsoft target the P.C. game market which is somewhere in-between the two...

Cheers,