Why Pyramid Head wants to see the 8 million system gap disappear.

[Reasonable]

badgenome said:

Pyramid Head said:

3.  The 'On Demand' games service pricing model (GRAW = 40 dollars on xbox live, or 10 new across the street from my house).  Theoretically games with no manufacturing costs are not 4 times the price.

Sony isn't doing too much better with the few retail games they have on PSN. PSP Go looks pretty awful, too, I think.

I basically agree with the rest.

I think they all struggle with overly upsetting retail sales, as that's where the bulk of their revenue comes from, and keep their digital offerings essentially at RRP apart from the odd promo.

I actually hope the PSP Go succeds simply because it is, I think the most open move by any of the players to offer a real digitial focus.  Of course, there's no evidence yet that Sony will offer games at lower prices, but I'd hope they would, as the device is clearly reliant on digital vs retail sales (unless they start selling boxes with a download code, which would be just silly IMHO).