Sony\'s Ultimate Plan for the X-Box on Launch day.....

Microsoft has the money to make sure gamers know exactly what an Xbox is before they lauch it.  Besides if it doesn\'t work, they\'ll just make it so all the copies of Windows/Word/Explorer open with a graphic page touting the Xbox!  [sarcasm]Long live evil monopolies![/sarcasm]

i heard they were going to lower the price when gt3 is released

I think Sony will launch the HDD and internetgames like counterstrike when the x-box comes out. Several AAA titels and a lot of Money will make the next winter the most interesting ever. Sony, Nintendo and XB against eachother.

Easy Sony Gives Microsoft ,3DO to do their launch titles .

But a question to ponder is how will sony advertise this price drop? There surely will be a couple of months without
any hardware sales as people will wait until the price drop is put in place. They would probably have to announce
it about 2 weeks before it comes into effect via television and other mediums. otherwise people will be pissed.
it\'s a little unnerving to hear that they will drop a staggering $100 or £100 pounds in a single step. Just think
how people will feel if they had just picked one up just outside the pricedrop date.... This has happened before.
Just something to think about...........

Nice thinkin Stanzo !
For example: where I live several shops did
have a PS2 price drop already.
It went down from the launch price of DFL 1149.-
to DFL 999.-
That\'s about $ 550 to $475
It came about March this year. When I went into
this shop just to check out some games this price
drop took me by surprise.
Knotter8

If you really want to think about stealing Microsoft\'s thunder, imagine if not only did Sony inititiate a price drop, put out one or two AAA titles within the week of, and swamp the world with a flurry of advertising ... but that also Nintendo had released its system with its own low price and its own AAA launch titles.

With a (so far) little hype to go on, and two gung-ho competitors like Nintendo and Sony, Microsoft could be in a bad way come the holidays.  

What\'s more, the younger market will have been taken away almost entirely by Nintendo, while Sony continues to claim the older gamer (something even Nintendo could be interested in now) and you see that along with all the business decisions from the competitors, Microsoft is up against a decreasing marketshare.

As it stands, Microsoft has its work cut out.  Anything can change from now til then, though, especially with the official hype set to start at E3.

-Eik