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| ExTengoku | Jun 28 2009, 05:39 AM Post #1 |
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http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-57/1330001 I would chip in for a Ps3 if they dropped the 80GB to 300. I watched the one about Shia LeBeouf not lieking the Wii, and I feel glad about what he said. :p Edited by ExTengoku, Jun 28 2009, 05:41 AM.
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Jun 28 2009, 07:00 AM Post #2 |
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I don't see why people frown at the PS3 being $399 when people were more than glad to buy a $399 360 when it launched and the launch 360 didn't even have half of the hardware that the PS3 has in it(No HDMI Port, No Wifi, Much Smaller HDD, etc). $399 is a good deal for all that you get, but alas people just look at the initial sticker price and never consider the costs thereafter which is where the PS3 ends up being cheaper... It's not like it desperately needs it anyway. Worldwide on an annual basis the PS3 has sold more than the 360. After 2.5 years the 360 sold 21 million and after 2.5 years the PS3 sold 23 million at DOUBLE the price. I don't see why the media constantly bashes the price/sells of the PS3, making it look worse than it is. I see a price cut coming, but not now. It would be stupid for them to cut it now. They're probably going to announce a cut at TGS for the fall. There are rumors of a PS3 slim release this fall. Idk if it's true but undoubtedly a Slim PS3 will come out sometime in the future. Edited by Neo Metallix, Jun 28 2009, 07:13 AM.
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| Nail Strafer | Jun 28 2009, 08:45 AM Post #3 |
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At the time in 2005, the 360 was the only next gen system out and it was brand new, exciting technology. Nobody really cared it was missing all those features because there wasn't anything to compare it to back then. There will always be people who are glad to pay more to be the first to own cutting edge technology, and the people who manufacture such technology are banking on this. That's why new consoles always come out at what we later see as obscene prices for what we got. Edited by Nail Strafer, Jun 28 2009, 08:47 AM.
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| Sonic Paradise | Jun 28 2009, 09:38 AM Post #4 |
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I do not see the price droping. The PS3 is cheeper to own, when you buy a 299 xbox you may need to buy wifi adaptor and an hdmi (non elite). Edit also if you want to upscale your dvds you need to buy the xbox hd dvd player and you need to pay for your live gold membership (BUT I LOVE THE XBOX 360  ). But then again the online may be free but I like xbl more. They may drop the price when the ps3 slim comes out
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| Lord Bowie | Jun 29 2009, 04:39 PM Post #5 |
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You don't NEED to buy any of that junk... Live is really the only essential buy and it is more than worth the investment. |
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| Sonic Paradise | Jun 29 2009, 06:34 PM Post #6 |
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yea I know you dont need any of those extras but the ps3 has some of the extras you need to buy included (minus the hdmi). Sorry....geez I am starting to sound like a fanboy  . But my point is that I do not see a price drop coming for a while (mabe a few walmart/bestbuy bundles).
Edited by Sonic Paradise, Jun 29 2009, 06:35 PM.
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| Whisp | Jun 29 2009, 09:00 PM Post #7 |
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Yay! I welcome a price cut! I'd of baught one at christmas but i didn't have enough money. PS3's aren't as outrageously priced now as when they first came out. |
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| Lord Eileanach | Jun 30 2009, 08:24 AM Post #8 |
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Okay well, I don't own a PS3 but I am entitled to an opinion on this. If the PS3 dropped it's prices I would be encouraged more to buy one since I already have a Blu-Ray player I do not need to be paying over the odds for something I want to be playing games on and only games. Now, the PS3 at the moment is £299.99 where I work (that's the cheapest package) the cheapest package for a 60GB (I will exclude a 360 Arcade from this since it doesn't have a harddrive etc anyway) is £179.99. Now, correct me if I am wrong but unless you are a die hard Sony fan boy, if presented with the choice of buying a PS3 at three hundred or a 360 for one hundred and eighty I certainly know where my investment lies. You also don't need to buy any of that humph that has been listed (wireless receivers etc), I have wireless in my house all I did was build a REALLY crappy computer that could run internet explorer or firefox on it, ensured it was receiving wireless and ran a cable from the really crappy computer into the XBox, voilą, Xbox live ready. Not that I ever use Live, I am not a fan. But if the PS3 was 179.99 then yes, I would definitely buy it. But at it's current standing no. |
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Jun 30 2009, 08:55 AM Post #9 |
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Well Eileanach, I don't think you need to be a die hard Sony fan to buy a PS3, there are lots of people who aren't die hard fans who buy the system. People do buy them for the games you know? It has had the most hits of all the consoles for the first half of the year. Also in Europe the PS3 is doing extremely well, it's Sony's Success story for the PS3. Currently the 360 and PS3 are very close in Europe and the PS3 came out 1 year and 4 months later in Europe than the 360.
Funny how Xbox fans opinions change sooo sooo fast... Back when it was PS2 and Xbox the Xbox fans bragged about how the Xbox has everything built in and with the PS2 you need to buy a Network Adapter, Harddrive, Multitap, etc.... Now having everything sold in pieces is the way to go. Also who are you to determine to the world that they don't need to buy that? I would have needed a wifi adapter if I bought a 360. In my situation I added up the cost of the Arcade/Pro and every configuration added up to be more or equal to a PS3. I hate the Arcade with a passion, it's a piece of garbage. It also hinders Microsoft from not having standardized harddrives in their system. They can't have games with installs like on PS3/PC, they can't have huge file downloads on live, etc... Edited by Neo Metallix, Jun 30 2009, 08:59 AM.
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| Lord Eileanach | Jun 30 2009, 09:07 AM Post #10 |
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Metallix, I do not mean that only die hard Sony fans buy that but mostly the people I know who own PS3s are fanboys who refuse to even look at anything else. I like my XBox and my 360 but I loved my PS2 a lot and I would've happily bought a PS3 where it not for that damn price. If you could buy ones without a Blu-Ray player in-built I'd be more willing. What I mean is, most of the games come on out both 360 and PS3 apart from the occasional exclusive here and there I would much rather buy the cheaper of the two and be happy with the games than spend more money on a console who's games are mainly geared towards men anyway and don't have as much choice open to it. |
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Jun 30 2009, 09:16 AM Post #11 |
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Ok, all I'm saying is that it's not fair to peg everyone as a hardcore Sony fan which you did say in your first post. Your opinion is understandable though. Although I see things a bit differently. |
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| Lord Eileanach | Jun 30 2009, 09:23 AM Post #12 |
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^ And again this is why the world is so amazing, because we all have opinions of our own. |
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| ExTengoku | Jun 30 2009, 10:31 AM Post #13 |
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I have experience with the PS3 as my Uncle has one, and it's great console. Yes I own a 360, and actually have no Sony consoles as of now (I had a Ps1 and 2) but I've given every console a chance. (GTAIV and Sonic Unleashed are better on the Ps3.) They both are very alike when you think about it. They both overheat, they both are atrociously enormous, Their high capacity models cost 400 bucks, they both will kill the Wii, hopefully :3, you can download stuff for free with both (360=Silver membership, free Ps3=Nothing, free, however,) and they both have a great library. (unlike the wii, where Mario and Sonic are it's only hope. Xp) The only reason the Ps3 WAS in the bucket was because all the games that WERE on the Ps3, WERE on the 360. NOW, Ps3 has exclusives, which is why it's catching up, and fast. Edited by ExTengoku, Jun 30 2009, 10:32 AM.
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| Sonic Paradise | Jun 30 2009, 02:09 PM Post #14 |
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That sadly have been proven wrong  http://www.lensoftruth.com/?p=2741 (Edit: put your mouse over the image to change) thats off topic......... I agree with metallix on his last post Edited by Sonic Paradise, Jul 1 2009, 03:43 PM.
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| ExTengoku | Jul 1 2009, 04:44 AM Post #15 |
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Heh, side to side, I see it. I see it now. (Bad reference.) |
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