No PS3 Games From Atari In 2006
Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell said in a recent interview that they would not be releasing any PlayStation 3 games this year. Atari doesn’t have the financial recourses at the moment to develop PS3 games, they will wait and see if the new console is developing for. Bonnell says:
“It’s just that we’re lacking information about the PS3 at this stage, because we have basically a rough release date and a high retail price point. As far as the Wii and the Xbox360 go, we’ll be there for this season; for PS3, we’ll probably have to wait a little later in the year before we release some new titles.”
“I think that by deciding to put the PS3 at this price, Sony has chosen to really differentiate itself from the other consoles. The fact that you have Blu-ray, and the fact that it’s HD compatible — all this is driving me to think that Sony is picking up the high-end of the market, the hardcore, passionate fans. There will be a time they can reduce the price and access more people, but clearly that’s a technical choice that Sony has made to be selective on the field at stage one.”
It commonly known among developers and publishers that it’s far more costly to develop for the PS3 than for Xbox360 or Wii. This is a bigger problem for small time developers, or those in financial trouble, like Atari.