Probst: PS3 won't emulate PS2's success

E.A. chief executive Larry Probst predicts that the PS3 will not live up the same degree of success as its forerunner, the PS2.

By Frederick Cannon

Former Electronic Arts CEO Larry Probst, recently appointed executive chairman of EA's board of directors, aired his thoughts in an investor conference this week on how he sees this generation's console war playing out. According to a report of the conference by Reuters, Probst believes that Sony will see a decline in its share of the console market for this generation, but might still come out on top.

"We expect that there will be a more level playing field this time around than last time," Probst said, referring to the larger customer base that Sony held during the last console generation that began in 1999.

Probst was also quick to point out how people had gasped when the price of the high-end PS3 was announced at Sony's E3 press conference last year, emphasizing this factor as a key problem facing the console's future.

Despite his assured belief that the PS3 will be unable to repeat the same success as the PS2, Probst was still confident that Sony may still be able to "win" the console war, but by a much smaller margin than the PS2 or PS1 one did.

"No one should count Sony out at this point in the game," he commented. "This is going to be a long race."

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