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The PS3 price drop, part 2
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Genji..... they can't even give it away 
But an extra controller & 2 games is not too shabby. But like Jimmi said, this most shops are bundling one or two of those launch games in now anyway becuase Summer is notorious time for selling hardware.
Let's see what they come up with for Xmas.
But an extra controller & 2 games is not too shabby. But like Jimmi said, this most shops are bundling one or two of those launch games in now anyway becuase Summer is notorious time for selling hardware.
Let's see what they come up with for Xmas.
My point was, if you buy a 499$ PS3 without nothing... you HAVE to buy games for it that is just a given, most people will buy at least 2 games initially and tons more in the long run...
So tell me why a $499 + 2 $60 games (total $619) is a better value than a 599$ PS3 with 2 games AND a controller, things you just NEED for your PlayStation 3 and were gonna buy anyway? It would just mean people are in a false pretense that Sony's price drop was temporary.
But if stores were already bundling games with the system then yes, the whole $599 upfront thing would make sense. (I bold this in an attempt to prevent going a step backwards in the argument)
To be honest I've always thought people were really pushing the whole "PS3 overpriced" thing out of the limit, especially considering that for most people who complain, the real issue is not an actual economic problem but a matter of principles where they feel its an outrage to pay X amount for a certain object even if it isn't really overpriced or out of their price range.
To me, the real problem of the PS3 is that it doesn't have too many games that guarantee a purchase... that is it, if the PS3 had Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4 as exclusives to buy right now then they would be flying of shelves and no one would be complaining about the price tag.
It is a fact that human beings can never be truly satisfied.
Stores have begun back-pedalling? In GAME today there was no Resistance or Motorstorm in the bundle options, same for Gamestation.
This is all very mad!
Oh, I haven't seen the E3 MGS trailer yet... They were running a video of MGS4 and I couldn't tell if it was very old or the new one. But the graphics were a huge leap back. There was so little texturing and the wheels on vehicles were good ol' hexagons.
This is all very mad!
Oh, I haven't seen the E3 MGS trailer yet... They were running a video of MGS4 and I couldn't tell if it was very old or the new one. But the graphics were a huge leap back. There was so little texturing and the wheels on vehicles were good ol' hexagons.
The characters looked quite good, but nothing else did. I can't see how that would take up so much room. Short of the sloppiest of sloppy coding or HD FMV's.
Long story short. We weren't the only ones looking at it with a bemused "It looked better" expression on our faces.
Was the original trailer (the one I've seen, where Snake's putting that gun in his mouth) CG or something? It looked a world better than the shop trailer.
Long story short. We weren't the only ones looking at it with a bemused "It looked better" expression on our faces.
Was the original trailer (the one I've seen, where Snake's putting that gun in his mouth) CG or something? It looked a world better than the shop trailer.
theyre just clearing the 60gig inventory so they can drop the single sku 80 gig price down before christmas. does this not make sense to anybody else?
I'm kinda confused.
So, what do they do with all those PS3s in Europe? Repack em all? Or is the Starter Pack box just a box that the store places the wanted items by the customer into.
So, what do they do with all those PS3s in Europe? Repack em all? Or is the Starter Pack box just a box that the store places the wanted items by the customer into.
Yeah I assume its a box 'overwrap' so you just slide it over the normal ps3 box, and the actual games are just given to you and not technically 'in the box' if you like.
Especially if there is a choice of titles available.
I imagine the extra controller too is just a standard packaged extra controler and the shop just give it to you with your games in a normal store carrier bag.
later the same day it was rumored the 60gig was being discontinued somebody from sony put out that they wont be discontinuing it.
Also i reserved the special edition version of the new grand theft auto. comes with a authentic safety deposit box and duffle bag i cant wait
Also i reserved the special edition version of the new grand theft auto. comes with a authentic safety deposit box and duffle bag
i cant wait
^That was Haz that said it so if he did then thats whats going to happen. that two controller 2 game thing is not bad at all but since some of the stores offer that in that region already...it will have no effect.
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Sony just isn't listening to consumers. Most people don't care how much is bundled with a console, if its $600, its just too much.
Sony saw their sales on the 60 GB explode when they lowered the price $100, shouldn't that clue them in?
Sony saw their sales on the 60 GB explode when they lowered the price $100, shouldn't that clue them in?
Didn't he also say something about 4D and all that nonsense.
What about the new PSP that "wasn't happening".
Global launch?
Konami exec said MGS4 is going multi platform
So what else is new? Has Sony EVER listened to consumers?Sony just isn't listening to consumers. Most people don't care how much is bundled with a console, if its $600, its just too much.
Sony saw their sales on the 60 GB explode when they lowered the price $100, shouldn't that clue them in?
Well if you want to put it that way...he also said next gen gaming don't start until we say it does
That package is still a good deal though.
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After reading this thread I can only come up with one question:
WTF is Sony doing???!!!
I say, If Sony doesn't lower the price to around 300 they're screwed!
Xbox already has a lot of games and installed user-base, the Wii is breaking sales records everyday, the only thing that Sony has to compete is the price point, and they're still making the PS3 even more expensive than the other choices?
If Sony doesn't catch up NOW I say, there will be no PS4, Sony console's division is going down in the next 2/3 years.
I own a PS, PS2 and PSP.
The next console I'll be buying won't be from Sony.
What a bunch of retards those execs...
WTF is Sony doing???!!!
I say, If Sony doesn't lower the price to around 300 they're screwed!
Xbox already has a lot of games and installed user-base, the Wii is breaking sales records everyday, the only thing that Sony has to compete is the price point, and they're still making the PS3 even more expensive than the other choices?
If Sony doesn't catch up NOW I say, there will be no PS4, Sony console's division is going down in the next 2/3 years.
I own a PS, PS2 and PSP.
The next console I'll be buying won't be from Sony.
What a bunch of retards those execs...
I cant think of a good reason to pay $499-$599 for a console that doesnt even have a hand full of decent games out for it. I mean the PS3 is cool but for that much money there should be more games. Games can make consoles or break them...
^ This is exactly what we've been saying CodedDude.
Stores like Play.com have already been packaging those games with the HDMI cable and a Movie at less than the £425 RRP for a long while now.
Well before the Sony bundle pack was announced. I'm guessing Sony have been throwing retailers a load of games and movies as incentive to shift stock for a long while now.
The point remains - if they've been doing it for weeks because stock isn't moving, making bundles official without a significant price cut means pretty much sweet FA.
However I doubt any of us will see a proper price cut until Christmas 07