gamingdevil on 21 March 2007
The development cost of the plays exploded, it becomes difficult to have exclusivenesses, except our own plays. But we will have as of launching 30 plays, of which Motorstorm, Resistance or Virtua Fighter. Moreover, we await 200 plays from here the end of 2007. Lastly, for Final Fantasy XIII, I can say to you that exclusiveness is under discussion
Source in French
And the full interview in English (using Babel Fish translation)
DNA: How is the launching of the PS3 announced? G.F.: For France, the meters are with the green. We recorded not far from 60 000 reservations against 40 000 Xbox 360 and 75 000 Wii sold at the time of the respective launching of these consoles. Those which said that the console is too expensive are for their expenses: in France, the PS3, it is already a success. And we intend to avoid the phenomena of shortage: we will put on the European market a million PS3, including more than 150 000 in France. - It is said that this console is sold with loss by Sony. It is a reality? - Yes. The official figures do not lie: we will lose 2 billion euros on a world level this year. But that is accepted, because it is a bet on the future, we intend to earn money on the plays and the accessories. We had lost 500 million euros, already, at the time of the launching of the PS2. - Sony removed on the European version of the PS3 the chipset allowing the retrocompatibility with plays PS2 and replaced by a software of emulation which will not read all the older plays. A reaction? - Attention, it will not act of a total and final incompatibility. We will put on line a site where the compatible plays will be listed. Now, if you ask to me whether it is a bad blow for launching, I would say that one would have done better to be sure that the console would be completely rétrocompatible before announcing it. But good, when the PS3 shows its capacities, the players will not want too any more to play to the PS2... - Remainder that you arrive on the market after the competition, and which it will be necessary to convince, quickly. You can count on strong plays, exclusivenesses? And quid of Final Fantasy XIII? - the development cost of the plays exploded, it becomes difficult to have exclusivenesses, except our own plays. But we will have as of launching 30 plays, of which Motorstorm, Resistance or Virtua Fighter. Moreover, we await 200 plays from here the end of 2007. Lastly, for Final Fantasy XIII, I can say to you that exclusiveness is under discussion. - is A the arrival, it a good year which is announced for SCE? - What is sure, for us, it is that 2007 will be one record year by cumulating sales PSP, PS2 and PS3. And that should continue to progress. Last year, the market of the video game climbed of 15 % whereas the music and video lowered it. According to our estimates, the market videoludic should double between 2005 and 2010. That wants to say that there is place for three... even if it is to always better do the race at the head.
IF FFXIII goes multiplatform what's next?
