Saturday, October 6, 2007

40 GB PS3: Will No PS2 Backwards Compatibilty Hinder Sales?


It was officially announced yesterday that a new low priced 40GB PS3 would be hitting overseas next week. A U.S. announcement has not been made at this time. See HERE for RDG's thoughts on that. The only complaint about this new model seems to be the lack of backwards compatibility with the PS2 game library. So lets take a look at whether this would truly hinder many sales.

With this model it seems as Sony is going primarily for PS2 owners who have not chosen to purchase the PS3 yet, whether it be due to price or due to the PS3 game library. With over 120 million PS2 owners out there why wouldn't they target this demographic?

Will the loss of b. c. be a big reason for people opting not to purchase this lower priced model? RDG does not think so and here is why.

The most obvious one is well PS2 owners own a PS2. So when they see that this model does not have b. c. with their existing library the next thought that will go through their mind will be whether or not they want to have 2 consoles in their entertainment system. Having both consoles to play your gaming library really isn't going to matter to the majority of people out there. Parents doing holiday shopping that are aware of the lack of b. c. are going to think, well "little johnny" has a PS2 for his PS2 games anyway or "little johnny" wants a PS3 to play PS3 games. Also note that this new PS3 sku can play PS1 games.

Now RDG has taken into consideration those PS2 owners that want to trade in their PS2 towards a PS3 in order to save more money. Well i have some bad news for those people. If you go through GameStop the trade in value for the "big PS2" is only $20 and the "slim PS2" is only $30 so as you can see someone wanting to go that route would only be saving a maximum of $30 towards the PS3 anyway.

So PS2 owners that can afford this new sku at the lower price will have really one decision to make and thats if they are alright with having two consoles to play their games. I think its safe to say that this is an easy decision and that the majority will go ahead with the purchase.

Now for the non PS2 owners that want a PS3, RDG thinks that we can all agree that if they are going to purchase a PS3 then they are doing it to play PS3 games and aren't worried about PS2 games or they would have purchased a PS2 by now.

The demographic that this lower priced PS3 will really appeal to is those wanting it for its blu-ray and media capabilities. The only complaint we can see about this is the 40GB hard drive but thanks to the PS3 this is easily solved by upgrading to a larger hard drive which Sony has made an easy option for the PS3.

Now their have been people saying that this can also be solved by Sony releasing a firmware update in the future which could be possible but one major thing that people also forget is the PlayStation Store and though it has been awhile since Sony has released a PS1 or PS2 game on the store this option is still available. Sony could begin to release their PS2 library through the PlayStation Store more aggressively if the lack of b. c. becomes an issue. As we've seen the price of these releases have been affordable but those not wanting to pay again can just play it on their PS2 or pay a fee to have a disc less upscaled version.

So as you can see for the most part lack of b. c. should not hinder many sales and that Sony does have the option to improve this by releasing a firmware update or tapping into the extensive PS2 library and releasing them over the PlayStation Store. The only people we can see not purchasing this lower priced model are those that still can not afford it at this price so to those we say "start saving your money now" because with the holiday lineup looking great and next years looking even better with Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and more your not going to want to miss out!

For those that can not live without the b. c. in the new PS3 you still do have the option of the 20GB, 60GB, or 80GB version.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree to a large extent. But I do think it will prevent some sales.

felman said...

I don't know why they cut it out. It'll probably be the most retarded or the smartest move Sony's made. guess we'll have to just wait and see.

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In my opinion Sony has lost their way. Yes Removing the USB ports & ALL IN ONE Memory Card Reader is not all that bad as the USB ports can be replaced by buying a USB Hub and you can then buy a ALL IN ONE USB Memory Card Reader. The lowering of the HD is also ok since that is also easily Upgradeable. The one thing that cannot be put back is the B/C luckly I am glad I already got my 60GB in July. It is really I guess a convinence factor so you don't have to unhook and rehook your PS2 when you want to play but how much could they really be saving by removing the Features well let's see removing 2 USB Ports that saves what $15.00 and How about the ALL IN ONE Memory Card Reader ohh about $30.00 more dollars. Now that so far is about $45.00 and what 40GB Hard Drive are about what $30.00 so that is $75.00 total saved. I don't know how much they are saving by removing the PS3 B/C but it can't be that much.

The way I see it is that the people who are educated about the product will see yes you are getting a cheaper price but you are also losing one key feature. Sony should have had 1 SKU the whole time. They should have had the 60GB SKU and just lowered it down to $499.99 or $449.99 people would have snapped it up. People in General like to feel like they are getting more for their money but instead they aren't if I hadn't already bought a PS3 and they did this I would be furious.

The one thing that is starting to bother me though is that Sony had said that Blu-ray was choosen so that game developers would have more space and while that is true that has taken a backseat it was always just to get people to get blu-ray players so that they win the HD Format War & while that is good and all I believe that is why so many things such as Home are delayed. IMHO the PS3 is first a game Machine and then a blu-ray player so Sony should start focusing on there games and a little less on trying to sell it as a blu-ray player.

Anonymous said...

So your basically stating the exact opposite argument to the one you put forward for "PS3 Has No Games? Putting An End To The Myth". So with the lack of B.C., how does the "ps3 has no games" argument hold up now?

Anonymous said...

Well I just bought the 40gb model, and I have a PS2. If I had realized I would not be able to play my older games, without question I would have waited for the 80gb model.

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