ps3 rant (work related)

Okay, working at any video game store will teach you a lot of things about the industry. One of the things that I personally would like to address is the LACK of knowledge that we have about the playstation 3. I recieved I dont know HOW many calls yesterday ranging from "do you have it in stock" to "what are the launch titles". Sony hasnt announced ANYTHING! The PSM magazine that stated that it was coming out in november at xxx dollars? Sony heads have already come forward and stated publicly that, and I quote

http://joystiq.com/2006/04/26/psm-reveals-ps3-release-date-price

"Sony hasnt actually decided on a firm price yet. Theyre in the process of shrinking down everything to try to fit it in the box, getting together all the manufacturing partners for some of the miscellaneous chips, ordering parts, etc. This is the time when Sony themselves are trying to figure out exactly how much its going to cost to build and ship, try to get that cost down, and ultimately come up with a price for consumers.

Theres little chance that Sony even had a real price internally for PSM to catch wind of (remember, the print mags are produced usually a few weeks before readers get them).

Theres potential that Sony would announce a price at E3, but if they do, itll be debated internally probably up to the last minute.

Dont believe anything you see or hear about the PS3 price until Sony officially announces it. Nothing even remotely reliable is going to leak out in just a single magazine or website."

We are gamers no different than yourselves, we dont have that much in the way of insider information. We dont know when halo 3 is coming out. We can only tell you things about a month in advance. If you want to ask for example exactly how far out we can project, we can go safely to about august. Just because we told you that a game was going to be released on such and such a date, doesnt mean that it isnt subject to change.

We dont have control over the developers of software or hardware. If something gets pushed back, all that we can do in a worst case scenario is to refund your deposit, or let you know that it has been pushed back and we will still contact you when your product has come in. Congratulations, youve just yelled at the LOWEST possible person in the pecking order that has the LEAST amount of control over what goes on in these corporations. If you want to yell, yell at the corporations that actually make the games.

I apologise for the rant, but some little peon in a retail outlet store that just happens to be standing in front of you is not the person to go off on. We are gamers just like yourself, the only difference is we have a minimum wage job working minimum hours to sell what we enjoy. For maximum information, that is ACCURATE, talk to the actual developer. If you do not hear it DIRECTLY from the developer, then it is literally nothing more than "he said, she said".