Plaupius said:
Those are not bad ideas, IMO. Home could have potential for something much bigger, it just needs to allow two things: user created content and user-to-user microtransactions. I don't have a PS3 nor have I read up on Home, so I don't know if either of those two are possible, and if so to what extent. But regarding Second Life, the "killer feature" is your ability to make something and then sell it to other users. Very few things motivate people more than the possibility to earn money from what you like doing anyway. Once you get a few success stories of people making a level/clothes for avatars/whatever and earning a few thousand dollars from it, the floodgates will open. Since the PS3 is connceted to your TV, Home could become a new medium for all kinds of new content, and it might cross the boundary from "geeky computer stuff" to "everybody can enjoy it", something that even Second Life hasn't really managed to do. Regarding your two other points, it would be cool to have your Sackboy as a playable character in Tekken and the likes, and I'm pretty sure it would benefit Sony greatly if they indeed did all they can to push Sackboy into as many games as possible. I don't mean it has to be a playable character, but just make an appearance in one form or another. And about the bundles, IMO it would be a very smart move to bundle the first game in a series and thus get more people to buy the following parts. They could perhaps do it at cost so as to not actually lose any money. Which makes me wonder, how much would a PS3 bundled with, say, Motorstorm and Resistance 1 cost if Sony set the price at break even for them? |
Thanks for your opinion, alot of people have said that LittleBigPlanet should be bundled in with the playstation 3. I highly disagree, what we've both mentioned sounds like a better idea. For many reasons, the most obvious one is price. LittleBigPlanet currently retails at 59.99 where I am, I'm sure it varies from region to region. But since the price hasn't gone down any, it's still worth alot of money to sell at 59.99. Other games like Motorstorm, Resistance, Etc. have gone down in price. Thus its safer to bundle with the 399.99 playstation 3, not have to reduce the price to 349.99. But still experience a slight boost to sales. Thus, when they do feel safe enough to reduce the price, the impact will be even greater.
Thats my opinion on why Resistance, Motorstorm, other 07 titles should be bundled.
Why must JRPG female leads suck so bad?