EA back PS3 during troubled times

Mike Bantick
Wednesday, 04 March 2009 10:53

Your IT - Entertainment

But of course you can do anything with statistics, and the simple fact is, that the industry as a whole grew some 13 percent in revenue since January 2007.

It is also not really fair to compare pre Christmas figures with those of January, checking the figures for January 2008 in North America, the trend is still up.

* Nintendo Wii -- 274k
* PlayStation 3 - 269k
* PlayStation 2 - 264k
* Nintendo DS -- 251k
* Sony PSP ----- 230k
* Xbox 360 ----- 230k
 
But one brand trend is not up, that of the PlayStation, I guess that is why many in the industry see a price cut to the most expensive player in the market, the PS3, as an almost immediate inevitability.

Speaking with GamesIndustry.Biz , Electronic Arts executive and general manager of Redwood Shores (creators of Dead Space and the upcoming Dante’s Inferno) Glen Schofield, gave his thoughts on the PS3’s current place in the gaming ethos.

"I'm really not sure what's going on with Sony," he said. "They've been such a great, great partner and PlayStation 2 being such a great machine that, God, I hope they get out of this and they figure it out and they're around for a long time."

According to the report; he refused outright to call for a price cut, stating: "You know, I can't tell them what to do. I don't know their finances." But Schofield added that it was good for health of the whole industry to have three successful home consoles in the market. "I love having the three major machines like that."

And fair enough, the gaming industry is [still] thriving, and much of that success is on the driving innovation factors and price point positioning of having three successful platforms in the competition. 

With the Wii continuing to lead the pack,  if something has to give within the scope of the global financial situation, it is most likely not going to be Nintendo.  This only leaves Microsoft and Sony.