the hit sony is takin on ps3...

Wow. $100.  Do they really need to do that given that the PS3 is already more expensive?  I wouldn\'t put it past them, because as you said they have the money to do it.  That and they need to get as many 360\'s into homes as possible if they want to give Sony a run for their money.

A $300 premium...with Viva Pinata, Gears of War, and Forza 2 coming this Fall...yummy.

If MS screws up this opportunity they deserve to be openly rediculed IMO.

This is there chance, not lowering the price would be the ultimate boneheaded move. They could back Sony up against the ropes in the early going.

Something very very interesting I ve learned about recently.

I went to a videogame store two days ago and I asked about the PS3 and if it\'s going to be available in their store in November.

He told me the cheap version will be around 250 pounds, while they havent got any information on the pricing of the more expensive version yet.

The interesting part is that the premium version of the 360 also costs 250. The cheap PS3 can do much more than the premium 360 and is being sold at the same price.

Seems like a bargain

If MS screws up this opportunity they deserve to be openly rediculed IMO.

This is there chance, not lowering the price would be the ultimate boneheaded move. They could back Sony up against the ropes in the early going.

The question is if they need to.  They\'re still selling at a loss so I don\'t know how keen they are on increasing that loss, especially given the racking debt acquired from the first Xbox venture.  

I don\'t know the situation outside of the U.S., but here it\'s still doing quite well.  People will see a cheaper 360 with more games than the much more expensive PS3.  Not to mention that games like Gears of War look as good as anything on PS3.  Then there\'s the strong possibliity it\'s going to be hard as hell to find a PS3 this holiday.  Microsoft could do well by just looking pretty and being available.  

Also, going in to early 2007...Halo 3 is going move a lot of 360\'s regardless of the console\'s price.  I think they stand to make more money at the current price.

I think we\'ll see a price drop in late summer of 2007.  After the initial Halo 3 rush, and before Grand Theft Auto IV drops in October.

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here\'s another article by an analyst who feels ps3 could possibly come in last place this gen...it generally discusses everything we\'ve been talkin about here, and like me and a few others have stated, i think the price of this thing is going to hurt sony in the end...can sony really afford to come in third? it seems that they need to come in 1st just to break even...we\'ll see....


http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153458.html

I really have to call that article into question.  He compares consoles to coke, among other specious arguements.  The simple fact is, while very expensive, the PS3 is promising to deliver on that price point in a big way.  It\'s not marketed at the child, youth, or teen market, but at the adult market, and that\'s a market with lots of money and interest in the PS3.  Almost everyone I know who bought a PS2 is looking forward to the PS3 in a big way, and even though they are a bit pissed at the price, they have started saving already.

Almost everyone I know is pissed at the price and are now turning their attention towards the wii and 360.  Sony lost a lot of support by releasing that price tag. They gave people way too much time to dwell on the price point.  I still doubt they\'ll come in third...or even second for that matter.

Cute.

cute just like the idea of the Wii.....

is that seriously the best name you can come up with for a video game system?

He didn\'t come up with it.

I was going to preorder a PS3 but given the price, I\'ve changed my mind. I have an Xbox 360 I barely use, I don\'t need another. I\'ll go for the Wii and experiment with the new controller and ideas.

But that\'s me.

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cute just like the idea of the Wii.....

is that seriously the best name you can come up with for a video game system?

Yes...yes it is.

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I have no need for a PS3, if I want "next generation" graphics, I can go Xbox 360, as Sony only has two third party titles that are currently "exclusive" that I am even remotely interested in. If I want killer first party titles, I\'ll go Wii. Guess what? I can buy a core 360 and Wii for the price of a good PS3 and to me, that is insane.


Everyone is different, but I think after the new year , we\'ll see the sales slow down and people rethink the price tag of a PS3. Then again, I\'m not sold on Blu-Ray, just like I wasn\'t sold on UMD (which by the way, is on it\'s way out).

Sony is cutting back on new releases and adding to its comedy slate for PSP with Monty Python content and Not Another Teen Movie. The studio realized that comedy was the way to go when Napoleon Dynamite became their top selling UMD.

The studios and Sony also have to deal with the retail outlets that have been slowly cutting down shelf space for UMD movies.

In the end, all sides have become disappointed with the consumer demand at this point in time.

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I have no need for a PS3, if I want "next generation" graphics, I can go Xbox 360, as Sony only has two third party titles that are currently "exclusive" that I am even remotely interested in. If I want killer first party titles, I\'ll go Wii. Guess what? I can buy a core 360 and Wii for the price of a good PS3 and to me, that is insane.

you even think in the long run? Im kind of expecting PS3 and 360 to be the same for maybe a little over a year...since companies are still figuring out how to best use the systems.

Would think that after a while the companies could keep making games better(graphics, physics, etc) with the PS3 since, on paper, it\'s stronger..but i might be wrong.

can we please stop whining about the price?
get a better job if you are a gamer and want to play the latest games.

you\'re going to buy one eventually

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can we please stop whining about the price?
get a better job if you are a gamer and want to play the latest games.

you\'re going to buy one eventually

You\'re right, I will, I\'ll buy one USED, that way Sony makes no profit off of me. When the system is two years or so old, I\'ll walk down to the local pawn shop and pick one up for half that price.

can we please stop whining about the price?
get a better job if you are a gamer and want to play the latest games.

you\'re going to buy one eventually

 It\'s not about the price to me, it\'s about principal. Even if I had Bill Gates fortune 10 times over I still wouldn\'t buy a ps3 because consoles ARE NOT suposed to be that damn high. $ony will learn that. Just ask SNK who made the NEO Geo and 3DO about that.

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It\'s not about the price to me, it\'s about principal. Even if I had Bill Gates fortune 10 times over I still wouldn\'t buy a ps3 because consoles ARE NOT suposed to be that damn high. $ony will learn that. Just ask SNK who made the NEO Geo and 3DO about that.

Wow, you really don\'t know anything about why its so high, do you? Get your facts straight before you start posting stupid shit.