Sony speaks out on Ps3 India Launch : SRK may become the brand ambassador

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40K wont work in INDIA....and that too for gaming or Home entertainment.....they have to strategize according to Indian Market.....

They should atleast target around 30k{I know dat's also too expensive} but they have to start somewhere high then come down...also they'll have to tie up with a bank to provide EMI's (GE MONEY, CITIFINANCE, ETC) lets see when it rolls out in India....SRK would be a good choice, cos he too is a Playstation gamer....Also they should be bundled with few good BluRay movies....hehehe...too much for Sony to ask i guess!!!!
 
Keep in mind, sony did mention that the PS3 is more than just a game console, its also a 'computer'...so that may make people think twice about just the price of the console
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For me no device is a computer unless and until it can run windows without any issues.I don't give a damn about linux.

Now coming to the price of this console, i strongly belive that the price will stabilise around Rs 34k within 2-3 months time. That price is high but if you compare with PC gaming it's not that high.After all a single 8800GTX gfx card costs that much.

but what pisses me off is the price these companies charge for titles.I don't mind spending 34k or even 40 k for a console but what i cannot do is spend 2.5 - 3k for each titles that would barely last a week. Now i can understand why hardware prices in developing countries are higher than those in developed but what i fail to understand is why the game titles are priced so high?? Why can't they just charge around Rs.800 per titles ?? After all it's only a piece of software and you can put any price on it and still make a profit.You can price it Rs.800 or even 700 and still make a profit.And that will stop piracy too.i believe it's about time to have different pricing schemes---one for the developed world and other for the developing one( I know that blu ray discs cost too much these days but their price would eventually come down)
 
Seriously...also its fine if they charge around 1200 bucks....its ok with me(i hope with everyone too)....Just to print the name Playstation3/XBOX360 on the DVD the company (M$ or Sony) charge huge royalties....therefore the distributors charge such exorbitant price...whereas for PC games...the publisher doesn't have to pay any royalties to any company cos its general...do you know how much "Games for Windows" trademark would cost for the publisher.....thats the problem here.....Also M$ & Sony earn profits on these royalties only..hehehe
 
For me no device is a computer unless and until it can run windows without any issues.I don't give a damn about linux.
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lol, poor Apple.

I don't mind spending 34k or even 40 k for a console but what i cannot do is spend 2.5 - 3k for each titles that would barely last a week.
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Where'd you get the fact that it'll barely last a week?

On the price point, they can't just sell the game at rs.800 and expect profits. A lot of investment goes into a development of a videogame, the budget nearly equals Hollywood B-movie budgets, for the investment to bloom into profits, they need to sell it at a high price.

But in India, this high price is much more higher, which is totally unfair. In the US and developed countries, its not much of a big deal, a kid working at Mcdonalds earns 5-8$ an hour, by the end of two days he earns enough to got out there and buy a new next-gen title for PS3/X360 priced at 59.99$.

While in India, its not the same at all, but at least M$ is trying their best to sell their titles in the same price in India as they do originally in America.

59.99$ = Rs.2502.

X360's avg price in shops is around Rs.2600-2800 - a couple hundred rupees? Fair Enough!

But that's only M$. PSP games sell for an avg of 29.99$ in US, that's Rs.1250, while PSP games in stores here sell for Rs.2000. Same for PS2 games. The only good in Sony's department has been the "Best Hits" titles that Milestone brought to India for Rs.999. God Of War and Gran Turismo 4 made an excellent deal then, but still they only brought some very few games.

Now the fact that Rs.2600 seems a lot to spend on a game in India while its just a simple two days work for a kid in US is a different thing, you can't blame the developers for this. What would be fair on our side to ask from the companies is to sell the games in India for the same price it sells in US.
 
Where'd you get the fact that it'll barely last a week?
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I didn't mean that the game discs go kaput in a week's time.What i meant was i complete a game in about a week's time and after that it becomes useless(unless you can play online which MS currently doesn't support in india).
On the price point, they can't just sell the game at rs.800 and expect profits. A lot of investment goes into a development of a videogame, the budget nearly equals Hollywood B-movie budgets, for the investment to bloom into profits, they need to sell it at a high price.
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I am not asking them to sell the games everywhere around the world for Rs.800.I know they can't do that since they won't make a profit that way(like you said they speand a huge amount for making those games). That's why i said there should be different pricing schemes--one for developed countries like america and other for poor countries like india,china,africa,etc,etc. So they can still sell their games at ard. 60$$ in america,europe,japan and elsewhere in the developed world. And they should sell those same games for like Rs.800-1000 in developing countries like india.That way they will end up making more profits than they currently do. I mean if you price it at Rs.2600-3000 in countries like india, how many people do you think will buy those consoles or games?? The end result is weak console sales and widespread piracy. So they end up making far less profits than they should. On the other hand if they price it at rs.800 or so, they will make a profit since the sales will be much higher than what it currently is.Although profits won't be as huge as they make in developed nations, they will atleast be making some profit(after all a dvd only costs 10-20 bucks and even after you account for all the taxes imposed by the govt. you will still end up with a profit.) If you still disagree , tell me how much profit MS has managed to make in india selling games at that price point!!
 
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I didn't mean that the game discs go kaput in a week's time.What i meant was i complete a game in about a week's time and after that it becomes useless(unless you can play online which MS currently doesn't support in india).
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Yeah, I meant that too...I don't think I know any game that would only last a week on Xbox360/Ps3 (except maybe NFS Carbon). it takes a week to get a hold of the fighting system in Virtua Fighter, and then to master the moves.

If you buy your games right, they should last at least 3-4 weeks.

I am not asking them to sell the games everywhere around the world for Rs.800.I know they can't do that since they won't make a profit that way(like you said they speand a huge amount for making those games). That's why i said there should be different pricing schemes--one for developed countries like america and other for poor countries like india,china,africa,etc,etc. So they can still sell their games at ard. 60$$ in america,europe,japan and elsewhere in the developed world. And they should sell those same games for like Rs.800-1000 in developing countries like india.That way they will end up making more profits than they currently do. I mean if you price it at Rs.2600-3000 in countries like india, how many people do you think will buy those consoles or games?? The end result is weak console sales and widespread piracy. So they end up making far less profits than they should. On the other hand if they price it at rs.800 or so, they will make a profit since the sales will be much higher than what it currently is.Although profits won't be as huge as they make in developed nations, they will atleast be making some profit(after all a dvd only costs 10-20 bucks and even after you account for all the taxes imposed by the govt. you will still end up with a profit.) If you still disagree , tell me how much profit MS has managed to make in india selling games at that price point!!
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I thought you were trying to say that, its a good point. It would make sense if they sell the pieces for cheap, say Rs.800, and then proceed on to sell 1000 copies than to sell a game at 2500, and sell some 50-100 copies. In the end, how much of a difference will it make? Will people really abandon piracy and start buying the original games?

I think so, yes. Games need to sell here for cheap, with lots of advertisement support, and individual shops for only games alone.

But it isn't as easy as it sound. If games start selling in here for Rs.800, people in America will start rioting, they'll think they are the ones being "ripped off".

This could still perhaps be done with a little watered down version when it come to selling in India. They could sell the games in India with a single page instruction page in covers that would just explain how to control the game when compared to instruction booklets that explain each and every modes of the game, and what else?

But then that would suck too...

Point being, they can't sell the same thing in developed countries for higher price and in developing countries for lower price just because they happen to be much poorer...the way the whole thing works just won't allow them to.
 
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