Mensen die binnenkort een PSP voor nog 250 euro aanschaffen zouden wel eens goed genaaid kunnen worden. De portable console zou namelijk (volgens geruchten op het GA-forum) danig in prijs verlaagd worden. Op het forum werd het volgende gevonden:
GETTING ZAPPED – by Dorothy Pomerantz, 10.31.05 – Forbes Magazine
“Videogame makers suffer every time there’s a shift in platforms. Customers are holding off buying new games for the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, likely to debut around the holidays. So game giant ELECTRONIC ARTS (56, ERTS) is having a dreadful time. The fiscal year ended in March was subpar, and in the first quarter EA suffered a loss–something it hadn’t had since fiscal year 2001, amid the changeover from PlayStation 1 to 2. The stock has slumped 19% since March, prompting at least eight shareholder lawsuits.
To Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter, these circumstances present a buying opportunity. Pachter points out that this Christmas EA will have little competition for its popular Madden NFLgame. Last year Madden was up against Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Microsoft’s Halo 2.
Also helping: Pachter expects Sony to drop the price of its PSP portable game system from $250 to $99. More people would then be on the prowl for PSP games, which currently account for 9% of EA’s revenues.”
