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It's not that bad! PS3 price negatively overhyped |
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Stan Beer over at iTWire reminds us that when the PS2 was released, people complained about the price. But the PS2 still sold very well. Of course, it's different this time around: there's competition from the Xbox 360 (which "has a respectable range of titles") and the Nintendo Wii ("a novel gaming experience"). But Beer believes that it'll all turn out OK.We tend to agree with his vision of the future:
- The PS3 will launch in Japan and the U.S. then Australia and Europe. The West is a rich market, and there will be buyers who won't mind the price of the PS3.
- Some will buy it right away. It has Blu-ray and it can play PS2 games.
- Some will wait. They expect that the PS3's price will eventually drop (like it did with the PS2; read the articles I mentioned above). Some may buy a Wii while they wait for the PS3's price to come down and for more games to be released for the PS3.
- Eventually, people will buy the PS3.
A number of market analysts are saying that the first year of sales does not determine the success of a console. The sales cycles of the PS1 and PS2 have already demonstrated that. ... If the PS3 follows the path of the PS2, and Sony gets its way, the cycle of successive price cuts and an ever growing library of PS3 games will continue for about five years until PS3 is a fraction the price it is today.
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microsoft have put out a decent console which is perhaps comparable to the snes or the megadrive of its day it not cutting edge its just the most economically viable console the could have made because they are unsure of how well the will do. Sony on the other hand are putting in as much technology as possible because the want the sstem to be at or near the cutting edge in even 3 or 4 years when the price will drop to half what it is now and people will still be impressed with the system and even more so because of the huge amount of games available on it at that time . and the games will be cheaper and affordable for all .
in the meantime , before the poor people get on the sony ps3 rollercoaster there are the illions of gaming enthusiasts that will bu the system because its been 6 years since the last one and buing a console after 6 years is a prett long time . is the ps3 worth $500 ? try asking if its worth about $80 a year and u will realise it is.people spemd more on footwear than that.
lets no forget he far east . noone is buing the 360 . what console o u hink they are going o buy ? the wii is a great product bu people arent waiting for he wii . it not current gen , its already lagging by half a gen , its good but its not on the bleeding edge of whats possible. its different .
he ps3 however is .....well... i ill stop here because ive lost intrest.
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yes ps3 price is VERY overhyped but im $200 short so im depending on a price drop cuz im poor unlike the rich cheap ass *****s who can buy like 5 ps3's and are still complaining about the price
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Too little, too late.
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every other console next gen console is cheaper as well, and some people like the sound of blueray, but alot of people don't care about it at all, it isn't even the standard, and if it fails, you spent an extra 0+ on a console that has blueray which doesn't help you at all, if it doesn't win the media war. mind you dozens of media's from sony over the last 20 years have come out, and not a single one has won, it wasn't because there media's weren't superior, they pretty much always where, but it was the fact that they weren't a ton better, and the price point has always been way to high on there media's.
early reviews of the PS3 controller are very negative, it has no good launch titles and the president of sony said that the PS3 will not have over 20 launch titles on release day, plus there aren't any good games coming out for a long while. also companies are jumping ship, including companies like square enix and said that they are going to put out games on all consoles and not support the PS3 to much because they think it could lose.
sony has an uphill battle, and they have never had so much go wrong, i really don't think they will come out on top this time, if they do it will be close, none of this 80 million more consoles sold than competitors, maybe 1 or 2 million max.
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The System will sell millions more then the Xbox360 or the Wii. Theres no stopping it. More people want the PS3 no matter what the cost and those ebay buyers who spend 1000+ just for the console have proven that.
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Xbox 360 will have a big weapon HALO3
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nintendo is back in the game, even if the Wii's graphics aren't that great, and it will rack up sales in japan, the 360 will continue to sell in the US because all that american gamers seem to care about is fps's, which the 360 has and is getting more of.
when the Wii comes out it has zelda, something nintendo has never had available at the launch of one of there consoles. the Wii will sell. and so will the 360.
there will be a strong initial showing of sales for the PS3, those are the people that have to have it when it comes out, after that i really think that the sales will slow down dramaticly unless there is a price drop, something every video game developer says has to happen early in 2007 if the PS3 is to stay in the race.
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I don't think the price is over hyped, I just hope this isn't a Dreamcast. Too ahead of it's time.
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And yea...FPS is like the only game Microsoft can understand. But it's only understandable to come from a computer company where PC gaming (if not a MMO) is FPS.
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imho, bluray will be used primary for games and secondary for movies. you won't feel it right now, but year after year SONY will push developers to create games greater than DVD9. developers have been in their comfort zone for so long (example: EA), they need to think outside the box. and we will see this result first in a RPG and Action Adventure game. and how would you know that people don't care about bluray? can you show us some surveys? majority of XBOX 360 owners might not need a new media player. but after 3 years, you guys will realize that once consumers start adapting what media is the right for them (bluray or hd-dvd)....bluray will have a major lead because millions of PS3 owners owns it.
PS3 controller negative? it might be true, still i need to get it in my hands to give out my verdict. about not good launch titles? hmmm...most of the people who say this owns a XBOX 360. but if you haven't bought any next gen system just like me...this line up is way better than any next gen launch in history. and sorry to disappoint you but i look for games that i have grown and love like MGS and Final Fantasy series and Japanese games. PS3 wont lose, majority of these companies will still develop for the PS3, and a lot of FPS games are being ported now to the PS3.
heck, microsoft is so scared right now that they are the one who's doing the catch up (example: hd-dvd add on and 1080p games). i won't be suprised if they don't hit the 10 millions mark until 2008. PS3 and Wii will make the most noise this year and the years to come.
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Anyways, back to the subject. I think the price is high but I believe it's justified through what I've seen from TGS. Before TGS I was a bit iffy about the PS3 as many were, but after the great showing at TGS many have come around and changed their mind. Of couse its all up to preference. I'm not even going to try to attempt to get one at launch. I'll probably wait until next year when its more readily available, any hardware problems fixed, and hopefully a price drop by then.
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I hope hes right cause 6 Million xbox's sold in a year worldwide... Cmon that ain't *****.
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