Acclaim says PS3 = flop

Acclaim boss David Perry

"Because of the cost of making the PlayStation 3 and because they sold it at a loss, Sony basically has pretty much no chance of making money on the PS3, because it's lost more money than they made during the entire peak of the PlayStation 2 - it's not going to happen again for Sony," said Perry during his GCDC keynote speech yesterday.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=218719

We all knew PS3 was a disaster, now devs are saying it too.

Acclaim boss David Perry

"Because of the cost of making the PlayStation 3 and because they sold it at a loss, Sony basically has pretty much no chance of making money on the PS3, because it's lost more money than they made during the entire peak of the PlayStation 2 - it's not going to happen again for Sony," said Perry during his GCDC keynote speech yesterday.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=218719

We all knew PS3 was a disaster, now devs are saying it too.

AlieNick

Someone's opinion that the PS3 is not going to be as successful as the PS2 means it's a flop?

Think a dev is worried about Sony losing money when there is bascially 15million users out there? And what has Acclaim done for me lately lol? Sony sold me a great machine with some great games coming to it at a loss to themselves :) Maybe some devs should look into how to make great games before commenting on someone else's business descion, that would be wise for them to worry about.

P.S. Why is it Eurogamer always bad mouths the ps3. And when was the last board meeting of Sony was David Perry invited to to know anything about Sony's plans and their finicial status lol. One more oppionionate useless threads.

ACCLAIM??

damn haven't heard anything about them since....Turok: Rage Wars lmao

The PS3 isnt a flop, it's just losing Sony money. It's selling fine, especially considering it's price. Besides, I dont think Sony was counting so much on making money off of the PS3 (selling it at a 200 dollar loss at the beginning of this gen) but rather that they were counting on making money off of Blu Ray winning the format war. We'll see how that pans out for them.

But anyway, the PS3 is still a precious tool for Sony. There are lots of ways for them to make money off of the system to help recover costs, like the downloadable movie/tv show thing they have now. Not to mention when Home hits they will probably charge for micro transactions and have ads posted all over the place to help recover.

Yeah, they've lost alot, but the Playstation brand is too powerful for Sony to let go or whatever. It's a tool that helped them when the format war against a cheaper competitor, HDDVD. Not too many companies could come out a little later than HDDVD, with higher costs and still win the format war. I think Sony will keep the Playstation brand around as long as they can.

David Perry is still making games?

Jesus I thought he retired (or went to management), haven't heard about him since the good ole earthworm jim days.

Sony won't care about the loss, they'll make it up other ways unlike acclaim they don't just relay on there playstation for profits.

The startup costs for the 360 and PS3 are generally the same as well(only a few thousand dollars difference), so he must be talking about the extended dev time required to make a PS3 title to increase costs, tech licenses they have to pay for no matter what they develop on so he can't pull that out his butt. Personally he's probably just enjoying the relative ease when compared to the PS3 to make games for but then again who wouldn't, to say a consoles failed on his basis of opinion = stupid quite frankly.

The PS3 isnt a flop, it's just losing Sony money. It's selling fine, especially considering it's price. Besides, I dont think Sony was counting so much on making money off of the PS3 (selling it at a 200 dollar loss at the beginning of this gen) but rather that they were counting on making money off of Blu Ray winning the format war. We'll see how that pans out for them.

But anyway, the PS3 is still a precious tool for Sony. There are lots of ways for them to make money off of the system to help recover costs, like the downloadable movie/tv show thing they have now. Not to mention when Home hits they will probably charge for micro transactions and have ads posted all over the place to help recover.

Yeah, they've lost alot, but the Playstation brand is too powerful for Sony to let go or whatever. It's a tool that helped them when the format war against a cheaper competitor, HDDVD. Not too many companies could come out a little later than HDDVD, with higher costs and still win the format war. I think Sony will keep the Playstation brand around as long as they can.

carljohnson3456

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

omgimba

Wait.

Isn't Acclaim dead?

[QUOTE="omgimba"]

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

Czenkus

The format was meaningless look at the pathetic Blu-ray numbers. Itune movies outsold Blu-ray thus proving digital download will inevitably be the next step.

[QUOTE="Czenkus"][QUOTE="omgimba"]

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

Khansoul

The format was meaningless look at the pathetic Blu-ray numbers. Itune movies outsold Blu-ray thus proving digital download will inevitably be the next step.

Maybe when Apple release the I-TV.

I think most people would rather watch movies on their TV rather than on their PC. I know I would.

lmao Acclaim flopped a long time agoSolidGame_basic

[QUOTE="Czenkus"][QUOTE="omgimba"]

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

Khansoul

The format was meaningless look at the pathetic Blu-ray numbers. Itune movies outsold Blu-ray thus proving digital download will inevitably be the next step.

So then everyone can stop claiming that the PS3 is selling well for "teh Blu Ray player onlyz!!!"

[QUOTE="Khansoul"][QUOTE="Czenkus"][QUOTE="omgimba"]

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

Czenkus

The format was meaningless look at the pathetic Blu-ray numbers. Itune movies outsold Blu-ray thus proving digital download will inevitably be the next step.

Either that or CHEAPER movies are the next step. Spending anywhere from $16-35 for a single feature length film on blu-ray is just ridiculous, especially considering you can find used DVDs for under $10 easily, and they're usually $5 or less (if you're shopping Amazon). The sad part is that most the blu rays don't even take advantage of the extra space, aside from the hi-def version of the flicks. Some blu-rays even have LESS bonus features than their DVD counterparts. Personally, it's these reasons why I haven't purchased a single blu-ray movie yet.

And since everyone is stating that Acclaim is dead... I'm pretty sure the last Acclaim game I bought was WWF (not WWE) Warzone on the PS1. Man that game was awesome. Stone Cold Steve Austin FTW! Right, right, circle for the Stunner! :lol:carljohnson3456

:lol: it was so horrible, bad memories.

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"]And since everyone is stating that Acclaim is dead... I'm pretty sure the last Acclaim game I bought was WWF (not WWE) Warzone on the PS1. Man that game was awesome. Stone Cold Steve Austin FTW! Right, right, circle for the Stunner! :lol:HAZE-Unit

:lol: it was so horrible, bad memories.

That's why all the new turok games suck pretty much though they arent made by acclaim the original developers only the name exist still Iguana Entertainment is actually the developers...i think was acclaim development studio both are dead.

That boss is not a good boss if he let his company die..that's sad a bunch of good development studios died....even data east is dead they made some good games back in the day also.

Wait.

Isn't Acclaim dead?

KhanhAgE

Thats what I thought:|

So... success means making the most profit; i.e. putting out 8 year old hardware and charging $250 for it? Or charging exhorbitant prices for proprietary accessories like hard drives and wi-fi?

Sony sold their hardware to us at a loss. That means, as consumers, we get more features for the money. I respect that.

acclaim is a flop company years now , and David perry souldnt talk about flops.... Very flop thing to say imo...

Btw , i agree that PS3 made Sony to lose money , so the RRoD of X360 for MS. Does it matter in the end? NO ,why? Because simply great games coming , one after the other. Is not that any of this giants gonan die because of some loses... Great David.

So... success means making the most profit;

Itinerant_Voice

In this, and most business...I'd say so yes.

We all knew PS3 was a disaster, now devs are saying it too.

AlieNick

Ok, go and say that to all PS3 owners that are ENJOYING their console. :roll:

Wait.

Isn't Acclaim dead?

KhanhAgE

What they must be zombies now :(

lmao Acclaim flopped a long time agoSolidGame_basic

Lol true that

lmao Acclaim flopped a long time agoSolidGame_basic

which means they know something about flopping. totally agree with everything he said.

Who's Acclaim?sam280992

[QUOTE="Czenkus"][QUOTE="Khansoul"][QUOTE="Czenkus"][QUOTE="omgimba"]

Cause the PS3 didnt win them the Format war... That isn't worth anything for Sony.... Right...

Acclaim fails at intelligence.

plagueseason

The format was meaningless look at the pathetic Blu-ray numbers. Itune movies outsold Blu-ray thus proving digital download will inevitably be the next step.

Either that or CHEAPER movies are the next step. Spending anywhere from $16-35 for a single feature length film on blu-ray is just ridiculous, especially considering you can find used DVDs for under $10 easily, and they're usually $5 or less (if you're shopping Amazon). The sad part is that most the blu rays don't even take advantage of the extra space, aside from the hi-def version of the flicks. Some blu-rays even have LESS bonus features than their DVD counterparts. Personally, it's these reasons why I haven't purchased a single blu-ray movie yet.

vhs was 80 bucks a movie when it came out if you remember did that stop it from being 5 bucks in a few years later.

sony lose in the gaming division was not only a loss for that it also a loss for sony in the movie industry

once the stand alone blu-ray players becomes say 100 to 200 bucks price range = more ps3,hdtv's,blu-ray movies, ect. sales.

i like you to download a hd movie and see how long it takes before you can watch your movie.

ukiiiii...

lets see, the old Acclaim made like 5 good games in almost 20 years.
The new Acclaim makes free online mmorpgs.
Tell me again why I should consider listening to this guy?

And as far as I know they arn't selling it at a loss any more. Sure they won't be making much profit in the end but they will break even. MS still hasn't made back their5 billion$ loss from the last xbox and its no more then half a year ago since they startet breaking even with the 360.

The only ones that realy make money in the gameing bizz is Nintendo and the only reason for that is because they make cheap, low tech consoles.

Didn't Acclaim make that crappy Olsen twin driving game?

please PS3 not a flop or a disaster