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Sony's big March 31 announcement: not a PS3 pricecut |
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A few days ago, Sony revealed that they'll be announcing something huge tomorrow, March 31. But what is it? According to a recent statement from a SCEA PR manager, we now know what it is not.
Ever since the news hit that Sony would be dropping some big news tomorrow, a bunch of people have been singing about a PS3 price cut. Commenting on this line of speculation, SCEA's Al De Leon said:
As we have stated previously, we do not have plans for a PS3 price drop, and any rumors to that effect are false and are the result of speculation. SCEA remains focused on the long-term momentum of PS3. With the industry's best software lineup this year, combined with our most aggressive marketing campaign to date, we remain confident in our approach and the value we're delivering with PS3.
If it's not a price cut, then what could it be? The PSP2/PSP-4000? Could it be PS3 FW 2.7? PS2 backwards compatibility? Or what about a PS2 price drop? Well, whatever it is, we've only got a couple hours left before they announce it tomorrow, so just keep those bets coming - the ball is still on anyone's court (well, except the PS3-pricecut team, of course).
My guess is a US$ 99 PlayStation 2.
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More people are just gonna get a 360 or wait it out, and that's not what they should want.
But what do I know? I'm just the consumer, the guy who determines how well your product does and contribute to your entire company.
Anyone remember the big Steam price cut weekend?
7000+% in total sales. People could learn from this example.
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stop posting RUMORS of price drops your just adding to people making them to get publicity.
also we have read the previous post about what it "could be"
lets see some real news!
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my guess is FW 2.70 with PS2 backward Compatibility
In-game Web browser
More cache for web browser or some fix for web pages with a lot of images
All PS Stores with the same conten
Cross-game chat
"I got fragged! Where were you? I needed backup!"
"Dude, I'm on LittleBigPlanet ."
"Oh."
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And Sony never said it was going to be a big announcement, that was just the media blowing things out of proportion. It might be something so minor that everyone will facepalm when they read it tomorrow.
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i believe its software but then again it could be marketing figures and who gives a damn
hopefully a new FW,
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In effect: PS2.5. A PS2, with PSN network capability and all the necessary GPU/CPU firepower to run PS3 games, just without a Blu-ray drive (which would be an optional add-on).
*And* a PS2 price-drop to $99.
Imagine: a PS2 that could also run downloadable PS3 games for about $200-$250 with solid-state memory options (like Memory Stick Duo), and that could be upgraded to Blu-ray for $200 more.
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What would you do with a PS3 with no blu-ray ?
It's a ridiculous idea and will never happen...not to mention someone at Sony already said they would NEVER EVER get rid of the blu-ray....
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Even though Halo 3 was Bungie's and they are now a separate entity from Microsoft. In order for Bungie to separate from MS they agreed to hand over the IP to MS.
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And people, as much as a price cut would be great for PS3's sales, Sony's losing enough money as it is. The system is worth way more than it is, so save up your money and just buy it.
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No Price cut... that's fine. I've already gotten 3 PS3's anyway (1 bedroom, 1 Living room and one at girlfriend's). It's true, if people wanted a PS3, the price would not have been an issue. Even at 599 there was still plenty of bang for the buck (a PS1, PS2, PS3, CD, DVD, Bluray Player, Internet, Music photo and video player).
My thought is it won't be FW related because they do that on the blog and they always release bits of info in spurts. Definitely not FW related. I'd laugh if it were something like Skype coming soon. That or if Sony announced something like "Bandstar" to compliment the "Singstar" line or "Rockstar". With EA and Activision BOTH crossing 1 billion download dollars in sales it wouldn't be surprising to see Sony throw their hat into the music craze. Let it be known, I coined "BandStar" and "RockStar", LOL!
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new firmware for ps3 with cross-game chat?
can't think of anything else so i'll stop now!
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PS2 backwards compatibility with PSP remote play for all PS2 Games;)
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Whoop-di-flaming doo!
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even if they werent it would still be the best
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"the next firmware is going to contain a partial fix for a feature nobody uses and it's only applicable for PS3 owners in Guam, but YOU have to download the update too!"
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