Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Games industry: PSN failure: The trade reacts

Supply and demand determine the price. This old market law applies to Sony, for a show: The prices for PS3 games to fall since the Playstation Network (PSN) out of service. At the same time increasing the price of Xbox 360 titles. Why is that? Presumably, the relationship as follows: The multiplayer mode has a game for many gamers is very important.

The PSN failure makes multiplayer games impossible. The result: A PS3 game loses its appeal for gamers who demand - and thus the price - is reduced. At the same time, the demand for Xbox 360 games. There are buyers the desired multi-player mode. So are titles for the Microsoft console substitution property.


The effect in Numbers: The sale price for the main multi-player games is the time of measurement for the PS3 7.4 percent below the level before the break-PSN, the same titles for X360 cost 0.7 percent more. The Internet makes abstinence the PS3 is also evident elsewhere: Who Online-smashers like "Call of Duty - Black Ops" wants to play, "Fifa 11" or "Red Dead Redemption" on console needs, currently a Xbox 360 From the need of gamers knits the dealer a quote: Who does his PS3 Slim, in turn, increases with an Xbox 360 S along with 250-gigabyte hard drive, 800 Microsoft points and three months of Xbox Live Gold membership.

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