No Atari Titles On PS3 Until 2007

Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell has confirmed that there will be no Atari titles for the PS3 before 2007. While the publisher expressed its support for all three next-gen consoles, rough release date and a high retail price point of the PS3 got Atari thinking. Bonnell said, “It’s just that we’re lacking information about the PS3 at this stage…As far as the Wii and the Xbox 360 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.”

Though the high price point is what made Atari step on the brakes, Bonnell believes that it does not put the PS3 at any risk of failure. He said, “I think that by deciding to put the PS3 at this price, Sony has chosen to really differentiate itself from the other consoles.”

Bonnell thinks that Sony has set its eyes on the high-end market – targetting the hardcore fans. He added, “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.”

Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell has confirmed that there will be no Atari titles for the PS3 before 2007. While the publisher expressed its support for all three next-gen consoles, rough release date and a high retail price point of the PS3 got Atari thinking. Bonnell said, “It’s just that we’re lacking information about the PS3 at this stage…As far as the Wii and the Xbox 360 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.”

Though the high price point is what made Atari step on the brakes, Bonnell believes that it does not put the PS3 at any risk of failure. He said, “I think that by deciding to put the PS3 at this price, Sony has chosen to really differentiate itself from the other consoles.”

Bonnell thinks that Sony has set its eyes on the high-end market – targetting the hardcore fans. He added, “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.”