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This will "flop" initially - but will have very long legs (if minimal sales / week). Overall, its a lot of money to pay for what should be a simple card game.

(The whole reason card games came about, is that they are supposed to be CHEAP (initially) to purchase/play).

I agree that if it had a strong brand name behind it (Pokemon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh), it could have been a sleeper hit.

I also can't see this selling a lot of systems. Sony/tech fans might be interested - but they would already have a PS3. Its not branded, or backed up by a matching TV show (etc..) to drive the card brand itself. So most card game players would probably skip it (PS3 + game is a lot of money...).

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But what is evil, is that it falls into Sony's strategy of developing "multiple streams of income". They will keep releasing card packs, such that if anyone wants to play this seriously (competitively) they will have to spend a heap more money to buy cards.

I'm also curious about the "piracy" component of the game. Since its designed to be played remotely (online?), what stops people from photocopying, or printing out copies of cards using a colour printer? As long as the "markers" are there for the camera - it will detect the card - and there is no way for someone remotely to know that you are cheating?

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Regardless, kudos to Sony for trying something different. At the very least its innovative - something the PS3 hasn't done enough of IMO. Maybe in 3 or 4 years when the PS3 is very affordable - a sequel to this could take off.