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One thing unique to this generation of gaming is the fairly regular stream of new SKUs (models) of consoles. Sony has seven different versions of the PlayStation 3 (some are variations of variations), while the Xbox 360 has four, if I'm not mistaken (the Wii has a whopping one configuration).
Capcom and Gamecock think this is "just peachy", but Codemasters chief executive officer Rod Cousens says it's potentially confusing and excessive. What are your thoughts?
Capcom marketing boss Michael Pattison said: Apple has made several tweaks to their iPod system since its launch in 2001 driven by technological development, market forces and the needs of our consumers, and gaming first parties are no different.
Gamecock MD Graeme Struthers added: Changes in hardware offerings are pretty common in all other consumer manufacturing industries as each company seeks to gain a competitive advantage.
Both seem very good at getting their message out to the consumer and each of them are driving hardware sales. As a software publisher I think thats just peachy.
However, Codemasters chief executive officer Rod Cousens accused Microsoft and Nintendo of one-upmanship.
He said: It is ongoing one-upmanship between competitive hardware vendors and while it can be argued that it is the consumer who wins, this is at risk of creating confusion with too many SKUs and price points.
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I could understand replacing the 60GB with the 80GB model (sacrificing some BC for practical reasons), but they're cutting out features just because they feel people would buy more PS3 games if they knew they couldn't play older games (PS2 ones anyhow).....Logical, in a sense, but dumb in another sense.
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