Tuesday 23 June 2009

Activision may stop making video games for the PS3


The makers of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero says that poor sales and high cost of the Sony PlayStation 3 console could see it sever ties with the platform.

Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard, said that the £299.99 entry price of the PS3 was too high.

“I'm getting concerned about Sony,” he said. “The PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don't make it easy for me to support the platform. It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation.”

Responding to Mr Kotick’s comments, Sony said: “We enjoy healthy business relationships with and greatly value our publishing partners and are working closely with them to deliver the best entertainment experience."

[mobiletone] via The Sunday Telegraph

3 comments:

  1. I wish i could care

    'It's expensive to develop for the console' - considering EVERY activision game is a port and not exclusive/catered to the ps3 I can't see why this matters. It's like the inevitable ps2 port of a PSP game, easy money.

    Activision have become the EA of old, where a new medal of honor (call of duty) and quick cash in (wolverine origins) are favoured in place of originality. And who honestly needs a new guitar hero? The idea is you download the tracks you want and play them, not buy a new set of instruments every 9 months...at least Rock band has the right idea by not announcing a rock band 3 yet (fingers crossed)

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  2. yeah, the guy is talking out of his arse. i mean how much does an in-house port job cost anyway? like you say Mittens, it's not like they are developing games with the PS3 as the lead console.

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  3. Hmmm, me thinks this won't be the end for Call of Duty on PS3. Surely the developer can offer the PS3 version of the game to another publisher (I'm looking at you Infinity Ward, not so much the other guys!)

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