Sony Europe.

[Stewart]

So, why do the strange Japanese people at Sony, treat the good, honest people of Europe like cretins?

Sony’s European pitch is basically this - Hello silly European people! We've got a special deal for you! If you wait months longer than everyone else did, you can pay much more than everyone else did, for less than everyone else got! Isn't that amazing?! High five!

It’s like they are conducting an experiment on the European gamer psyche. How many times can we slap the gamers of this vast consumer market around the face, before they refused to buy our console?

So what are the reasons behind such an approach? Simply incompetence on Sony’s behalf, a lack of interest or perceived lack of importance of the Euro market?

The software situation is ok, nothing more, so it’s not like they can just rely on the lure of big titles. MotorStorm is getting good reviews and generating a fair bit of excitement, and Fall of Man looks good and plays ok... not that much else going on.

So, people of HEXUS - why the self-destructive approach to the PS3 launch in Europe? What’s the thinking behind offering a striped down, late console, with a jumped up price tag?

People in Europe (UK especially) are so used to getting a raw deal, they might not notice how raw the deal is?

For me, as far as backwards campatability is concerned, if FF7 works, thats all I'm interested in; but its got to be more of an issue for the 20 trillion people with a box full of PS2 games.

Shame Nintendo went for the 'don't release any games worth playing apart from Zelda during the honeymoon period' approach for their Wii console really, or it would be a good purchase.

[dangel]

They're complacent.

Job done. Next?

[menthel]

I am shocked at the difference in quality and stuff available from the US and european PSP sites. There has been no new stuff on the europe one for ages, whereas the US one is packed with goodies!

[Syd]

gonna cancel both my pre-orders, just not happy with Sonys attitude, shame really, I WAS really excited bout the PS3

[Blademrk]

They're complacent.

Job done. Next?

My thoughts exactly.

I lost interest in purchasing a PS3 long before the debacle that forced Lik Sang to close (that just cemented the deal).

The only interest I've got left in a PS3 is seeing what Sony is going to come out with next (i.e. "X amount of $ if you can find a PS3 on a store shelf!").

[MadduckUK]

the debacle that forced Lik Sang to close (that just cemented the deal).

i had forgotten about that aswell, theres just been SO MANY things theyve done wrong recently

The only interest I've got left in a PS3 is seeing what Sony is going to come out with next (i.e. "X amount of $ if you can find a PS3 on a store shelf!").

you fool! can you not see that sales have been unprecidented?

[Tom Scott]

Everywhere still has guaranteed delivery on pre-orders, I have a feeling its just not selling well... Apart from Play.com saying they've had X times the amount of pre-orders for the PS3 as they did the 360.
I swear you had NO chance of preordering a Wii or 360 with guaranteed delivery 15 days before their launches.

X is most likely a variable that was decided by marketing people trying to get play.com into the media.

[azrael1]

I'm not fussed about PS3 atm. Ill wait till a killer title.

Hmmm mind you with the $500 saved i could upgarde a pc to dual core with a 8800 GTS, hmmm decisions..