ps3 $399

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Originally posted by mm
you just described any tray loading console ever made

:rolleyes:

oh, and please stick to trolling off-topic
thanks

yep, i described every made console in its beginnings..  


trolling, you\'d know all about that.

UMD\'s rock, don\'t know why you\'re so biased all of a sudden

bandwagon get a comfortable seat?

I like how $299 is fine and dandy, but $399 is just waaaay to expensive. I mean, it\'s a $100 difference, it\'s NOTHING. Unless you\'re working slave wage, but then you probably have more important issues to deal with than coughing up another 100 bucks.

And PS2 was $299 some five years ago. $299 today is less today than it was back then.

Since when is $299 fine and dandy?  I think it\'s at the extreme end of the price bracket for a console.

My Xbox and Playstation 2 are the only two consoles I\'ve ever paid more than $200 for, and I regret both purchases at that price point.  I won\'t be jumping on the next generation band wagon anytime soon, and if the PS3 really turns out to be $399 without price drops (as Kutaragi (sp?) suggests) then it will be a very long time before I get my hands on one.

Originally posted by Rikku
Since when is $299 fine and dandy?

Since every major console has launched at or beyond that price? Not counting various kiddy products of course.

As interesting as blu ray is, its not well known or well supported yet. By the time ps3 comes out im pretty sure that it still wont be heavily supported. To tac on another 100 dollars for blu ray isnt really the smartest thing in the world. Sure it gives you crazy storage capacity which is a plus for sure, but we just havent made it there yet.

Considering ps3 is the second console to come out, they, in some respects are at a huge dissadvantage since it seems like the gap in performance between ps3 and xb3600 isnt the same as ps2 and dreamcast. With a whole year to develop a library etc. the xb360 already has a leg up, and with ps3 already recieving some heat more than a year before it releases isnt that great.

If blu ray isnt a strong competitive aspect, then its not worth it.

Originally posted by Samwise
Since every major console has launched at or beyond that price? Not counting various kiddy products of course.

I might be wrong about this, but I believe that the Sega Saturn was the first major console to launch for more than $200.  Granted the price point was not Sega\'s only problem, but I can\'t help but think that the $100 difference may have swayed a consumer or two towards the cheaper Playstation.

Anyway, the core audience will buy the console at whatever price.  They just want the new tech from their favorite console maker.  The hardcore, as they\'re usually referred to, is a limited market though.  It\'s the mass market that Sony relies on, and it\'s been a trend that they don\'t jump on board until the $199 price point and below.

I find it hard to believe that Sony will launch it at $399 AND adopt a new policy of infrequent price drops.  If they do then I find it hard to imagine the PS3 becoming a mass market success.  That\'s only because I have yet to see it happen, and perhaps Sony will be the first?  

IDK, Kutaragi (sp?) is confident that "everyone will want one so bad."  I guess we\'ll just wait and see what happens...

noone remembers the 3DO launching at $699?

yeah $399 is a boatload of money
:rolleyes:

3DO was not from a major console maker.  Throw it in with the Turbo Duo and Neo Geo.  All over priced and all failures.  

Please, try to keep up.

were they released?  did people buy it?

the price had nothing to do with it
it was lack of software

nice try, but no points awarded

Were they received by the mass market?  Where are they now?

If price has nothing to do with it then why don\'t console makers release new systems at cost?  Why take the loss if price has nothing to do with it?

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it\'s the second time Sony win the console war, and though I was a bit disappointed from PS2(from XBox too), I have to admit that Sony seem to know how to win! They are not stupid, and we should wait at least one year after PS3 launch to know if blu-ray is ok or not...

Sony are forerunner, and this time PS3 really seems almost perfect, hardware speaking !  but it\'s just me...let\'s wait and see...

Were they received by the mass market? Where are they now?

no software?

I can already see this isn\'t going to go anywhere, but I\'ll entertain you for a while.

For what reason(s), in your opinion, didn\'t they get software support?

LIC your just a grumpy old man

*shakes fist*


Everyone is crying about 399 then when the system comes out theyre going to buy it.....yuo all want the games to be as nice looking and as good as they can be, but as soon as the prices go up you whine. Make up your mind.