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Microsoft: selling add-ons is the winning strategy, Sony responds

Posted Jan 17, 2009 at 3:51AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, NPD, Sony
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Microsoft Stands By Add-On Strategy - Image 1 Remember that "add-on peddler" comment Sony threw at Microsoft? Sony hissed, Microsoft hissed back.

Now that the NPD numbers are in, showing the PlayStation 3 selling little more than just half the Xbox 360 did, Microsoft's PR dude took the opportunity to officially reply to Sony, saying that they're just fine with sticking to selling add-ons:

The strategy of having a console that is US$ 200 more expensive that has features that people don't potentially need or want but have to pay for--looking at [Sony's] sales numbers--I'd say it's probably not the winning strategy at this point, especially given the current economic situation.


At the price point we're at and the content that we've got, we feel like we have a lot of momentum going into 2009.


Sony, of course, wouldn't take that lying down, and responded with their own PR:

Where we differ from the competition is that we're committed to delivering the best gaming and entertainment experience with a system that not only has the latest technology like Blu-ray and Wi-Fi built-in, but is a reliable device with a 10-year lifecycle.


There's not much point to these PR exchanges, since we already know the individual strengths and weaknesses of each console. The only real purpose for them to bi***slap each other is to drum up publicity. Take the high road guys, shed the fanboyism. I'm only posting this coz it's totally hilarious.



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# ROFLAceboogz 2009-01-17 04:54
XBOX360 > ps3



/win





gf Sony better luck next time.

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# ROFLspartan18 2009-01-17 05:00
XBOX360 > ps3



/broken



better luck with your next broken 360.

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# Weekend QJ is back.DannyDanger 2009-01-17 05:26
I remember you guys posting, a little while ago, that you would start giving us news on the weekend again. At first I thought u guys lied, but according to my(not so high) standards, THE WEEKEND QJ IS BACK. Only thing I beg for now is the SCIENCE section back, then It'd be just like old times...memories.

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# SighGuest 2009-01-17 05:44
Boy I wish I can grant that. I miss writing for the science blog too. The decision's up to the powers that be though.

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# ...Justingraziano 2009-01-17 06:15
The sad thing is Microsoft could easily afford to make a system more powerful than the PS3 and sell it for $99 bucks and STILL make a profit from game and accessory sales but they choose not too.

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# you my friendsycoblast 2009-01-17 07:53
in this day and in the past and future are what we call an idiot

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# .logicbomb.de 2009-01-17 08:01
As long as Sony keeps selling PS2s and having new games released for it, more people will continue to buy them instead of a PS3.

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# @Justingraziano vannk 2009-01-17 08:23
you sir are a true Idiot

that doesn't even make sense

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# In theoryjrsmaster411 2009-01-17 08:37
Microsofts cheaper console with additional add ons sounds nice and sounds like they actually care about the 360 owners, but then you look at how ridiculously over priced those add ons are

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# wowblkthunda 2009-01-17 09:04
People at microsoft are really weird. First that aaron dude said they don't force consumer to buy thing that they don't need and now there this article saying that add on makes money.

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# TruePower_Surge 2009-01-17 10:07
That's true - but only if they hire Chuck Norris for their R+D...

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# yeah...rollypoly 2009-01-17 12:05
those are not contradictory statements.



it's like aluminum rims for a car, they save weight and in turn gas... car makers offer different "trim" levels for the people that want them...



if they would sell a ps3 with no hdd they could move alot more, especially to techs like me.

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# In the last sentence...greymist04 2009-01-17 12:14
You posted "coz" instead of "cause" or "because", so much for being professional..

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# O bOysesa 2009-01-17 12:42
Here comes the fanboys

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# ...Shatterdome 2009-01-17 13:10
Even Fanboys have to admit this is dumb...



I don't know one person that bought a 360 and liked having to buy batteries or having to buy the play and charge kit for it...



NTM 3 out of 4 of the batteries you get with the play and charge kit die after a year. (I know 4 ppl including myself, 3 of em died 1 didn't...and that one is probably dead by now)



It's funny, because MS acts like the 360 was cheap from the day of it's release....it was not. To get one in the first year, even the most bare bones one was quite expensive. Then adding on the mandatory "optional" add-ons (like play and charge kit, wireless controller if you got the early arcade) made it quite ridiculous.....



Also you now something is up when the cost of the system has come down so much over the years, but the accesories are all the same price......it'd be no biggie if the wi-fi was $30 by now, but it's still 80-100, and play an charge kits are still $25 and crappy wired headsets are still $30....

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# UNREGISTERD USERskate4life 2009-01-17 13:54
when i got the xbox360 i though i was saving money



lmao but by the time i knew it



it had ranked up to 4XX$ in spending to have what i needed



100$ for external wifi

50$ for the all year Xboxlive



no im trying to sell myxbox



gamestop wants



80$ for it



lmao yea... sure buddyyy

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# LOLOLOOLOOLOLOL OLOLhush404 2009-01-17 17:38
I love how Sony ripped on the 360's hardware failure with the "reliable device" comment.



LOL.

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# profit anyone ?narutosaiyan 2009-01-17 19:04
when will evryone realize its not about the customer? all MS wants is da profit... i bet that it costs them 40$ to build a 360... now they are doing the whole add on deal because it will make more money. Here is the thing, MS could put all the add ons into their system, and they could make it easier for a gamer to start playing the moment they open the box, but WHY WOULD THEY. when instead they will sell a system that is probably worthless for 200$ and then all the addons for an extra 200-300$. That way all the idiots go out and buy the"cheap system" and then end up having to buy all the add ons. And dont tell me those add ons are not needed becuz they are...unless ur a 8 yr old and u dont need online or even a hdd. Thats business people, and thats how Ms mooches off of people

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# ...MikeyMike01 2009-01-17 19:29
I'd rather have an extremely fun console that has a slightly raised chance of breaking, than a boring console.

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# sureyoh 2009-01-17 19:38
And they will do it with floppy disc and a Celeron processor

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# Science tid bitGUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-01-17 20:24
Have you guys googled April 13, 2029?

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# Good pointGUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-01-17 20:26
It came before the original XBOX and the PS2 is still kicking ass.

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# SoGUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-01-17 20:28
Don't waste my time reading what you posted and make me now reply to you.

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# @ yoh93pauott 2009-01-18 00:21
you mean those "floppy" floppy discs at max 2 megs?



if so, i'll buy it, lol!

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# double newsletterNakedFaerie 2009-01-18 00:21
Its nice the weekend newsletter is back but it would be good if it wasnt a double. Sat and Sun are usually the same. Today is the first time in a while that its actually different.



Now, about the artical...

I own all the consoles. I have had 3RROD twice on the 360 and I now have a dead laser on the PS3 so both consoles break but the way it gets repaired is better by Micro$oft as $ony love to rip people off.

Here's my thing about them.

I brought a 360 2 weeks ago for $250aud and $ony want me to pay them $315 to repair the PS3. In my calculations its cheaper to buy another 360 than it is to repair the PS3.

To me it looks like $ony dont want to win the console war but like to BS people into giving them more money.



Anyway, its funny the way both M$ and $ony BS everyone into thinking they are better than the other. It all comes down to price and personal preference.

As the 360 is cheaper it will always win until the PS3 is the same price OR the PS3 can play backups then it will win.

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# hey93pauott 2009-01-18 00:26
microsoft is known for not giving a shi­t about customers.



and if you want all (not even close) the the features the ps3 has on a 360, it would cost you much more.

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# PS3 is Fun AND Reliabledamonous 2009-01-18 05:39
@MikeyMike01: I agree, the PS3 is an extremely fun console. I don't understand your comment about a "slightly raised chance of breaking", though: that seems to be a Microsoft 'feature'. But, I would agree that 360 is a "boring console". Mine sits collecting dust while my PS3's are constantly in use. ;-)

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# yupDVD_Sandwich 2009-01-18 06:16
exactly. $100 for a 20gb hard drive is ridiculously overpriced. I spent less than that to buy a 320gb hard drive for my PS3. SIXTEEN TIMES the amount of storage space, for about the same price, slightly less. And selling you a wireless controller, and battery seperately? wtf? I buy a DualShock3 and it has a battery built in...

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# lolmr420toki 2009-01-18 06:59
hdd is a must in the 360 if u want to go online cuz the nxe needs it... lame ass m$....

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# MIkeyMike is an XbotStingBlah 2009-01-18 09:40
Wait, so your telling me that the Xbox's 33 percent chance of breaking is only "slightly" higher than the ps3's .03%?



Huh. Where I come from 1000 times more likely to break means something is seriously wrong.

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# X-Box Vs. Ps3.........PS3 WINS!!!!!!gohan 2009-01-18 10:39
yea my cousin has an x-box 360 and i think it sucks honestly, the first day he got it the hd system burned out in his lol it was constantly burning out and freezing. And on top of all that mess you have to pay to do any online stuff, and just in case ur system burns out thay have a cooling system for a hundred dollars!, I went out and bought my own ps3 80 gb and im on it every chance i get, i love the FREE online features and the youtube is nice, i've had no problems with my ps3

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# it just business and at the moment ms has the better marketing stradegy...marich06 2009-01-18 15:29
now i'm no fan boy of either but i own the ps3 simply because i prefer play station. in short it was a decision i made when i play my first ever rpg, final fantasy ix ( sry folks i played vii first and haven't played eight yet..) at that time playstation was the console to have if u wanted to play a decent rpg on console. when ps2 and xbox can out i stuck with Sony and move on to ps2 and enjoyed playing ffx and even got a buzz from ffxii ( im sure now you've all gathered that i'm a final fantasy fan, at least vii-xii fan anyhow minus the sequel and the online crap.) the point i'm trying to make tho is that is in the end its about preference.... and finding the bargain does influence your preference believe it or not. MS strategy is the give u the cheaper compatible console but completely butt rape u later one while Sony's is the give it to u all at once but cripple u until next pay check ( although if your smart you save your money or better yet trade in your ps2 along with games and get your ps3 for 169$ like i did at game stop, now that's called bargain shopping). Apparently a lot of people like to be butt raped and that's cool, to each his own i guess but never the less ms is raking in serious profit because they're obviously very adept in the skill of but raping. seriously tho silly analogies aside ms knows what they're doing and its paying off and i can't be too mad at them for doing what they intentionally set out to do and that is make money, not make costumers happy but to make lots of money and cripple competition. i applaud them only because they've set a goal and they're succeeding. the end. there ya go xbox fanboys, there's your cookie but that's all ya get from me. to my brethren, also known as people with money fret not cause the ps3 will pick up more momentum, like all good things this will take time. the ps2 is the perfect example, because no matter what analyst , fanboy or anyone says the one thing that cant be disputed is the ps2 success cause when you look around, you can't help but to ask where are the gamcubes or the xboxs, despite the fact that the previous generation has a trend of being integrated into the next sony has been able to keep both of their previous generations on the shelf along the next generation in succession. i would assume that its their backup or safe net so to speak so they don't get completely wiped out of the console competition. the fact of the matter is that sony isn't going anywhere anytime soon and despite what so called analyst say ps3 is still building momentum slowly but surely. So chin up folks cause it'll be and interesting year by far. the ffxiii isn't half bad idea considering that both actually have had a considerable amount of time sent on them hint hint ;) we finally get to see a game ported from blue ray to hd disks. seriously i cant wait to see the results and the wake faces of people that start to realize the the greatness of ps3. also on the plus side developers are in fact finally solving that mystery that is the blue ray, which means finally we can get decent reviews from our third party games. apparently its easier to port down from the superior blue ray than it is to port from the hd disk. anywho kudos to ms for the biggest gang bang butt rape ever and hang in there sony cause we don't all like it rough.

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# Those XBOTs are living in the pastDr_Olaf 2009-01-18 20:02
I've heard enough stupid comments like "The 360 is so much more fun" or "has the better games" Wake up, Bots! That might have been true in 2007, maybe even in early 2008, but since MGS4, LBP, WipeoutHD, a whole bunch of PSN exclusives and not to forget HOME came out and kickass exclusives like Killzone 2, Heavy Rain, The Agency etc are coming up, that statement simply is BS. Some people might PREFER the XBOX exclusives over the PS ones, but thats a matter of personal taste, so stop trolling, fanboys!

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# Its really aboutDCX6000 2009-01-23 11:44
I own a PS3, but i think that Sony is just pissy the 360 is kicking it's lower posterior. (But this is all opinion: better controllers, better games, better sale prices etc,.) because I [KNOW] the PS3 is more powerful and reliable than the Xbox 360.

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# r4i sdhc revolutionCarlose 2010-08-04 22:47
hi ,good friends.I have had a r4itt upgrade before and fell in love with the games.
and recently my dad got a good website r4itt upgrade and he said that it was cheaper and can provide you a complete after-sale service.I was extremely happy.

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