The Epic vice president also threw in his own two cents regarding Sony's possible problems with getting such a high-spec device out to a broad audience. Sony has reiterated time and again that making the NGP affordable to the regular gaming public is one of their paramount considerations. Still, some analysts think the price, which a lot of people expect to be pretty high, will turn people off. Rein thinks that the device's specifications along with superb software support will negate that.

"Tell me, if they put Call of Duty on there – which they say they are - and World of Warcraft, don't you think it would sell like frickin' crazy? Of course it would," said Rein. "That's the thing that people are discounting. People happily pay $300 for each games console that comes out. I'd happily plonk down US$ 300 for an Xbox 360, or US$ 300 for a PS3, or US$ 500 for a frickin' iPad. If you're a gamer, a lot of the time you're willing to put that kind of investment into the experience."

"The ability to have another device that can now play these kinds of [console] games really well – I'm using my thumbs here - is huge," he continued. "Yeah, I'm going to buy one. All I can ever do is speculate on what I think. That's the trap people get caught in, saying 'Well, I'd like one, but nobody else is going to buy one.' No – you need to stop that sentence at 'I'd like one.'"

The NGP still has no specific release date but Sony plans to launch it late this year.

Via [Eurogamer]

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