Bushnell: Sony to be PWNED
Nolan Bushnell is one of those odd figures in the geek cannon. On one hand he is revered as the man who created Atari. On the other we cringe at the animatronic monstrosities he unleashed with his follow-up, Chuck-E-Cheese. Despite no longer being at the helm of the since tarnished gaming legend he still keeps close tabs on what he wrought. And he predicts upcoming failure for Sony’s PS3 video game console.
I think Sony shot themselves in the foot… there is a high probability [they] will fail. The price point is probably unsustainable. For years and years Sony has been a very difficult company to deal with from a developer standpoint. They could get away with their arrogance and capriciousness because they had an installed base. They have also historically had horrible software tools. You compare that to the Xbox 360 with really great authoring tools [and] additional revenue streams from Xbox live… a first party developer would be an idiot to develop for Sony first and not the 360. People don’t buy hardware, they buy software.
What??? Does he not realize all the fanboys that want to spend $599 for….wait. Is the PS3 really selling for six hundred dollars? Ack! Pwnage to ensue!
