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Post by Munkie91087 on Jul 13, 2007 13:27:10 GMT -5
www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704That seems like a very stupid decision, considering they just dropped the price on the dang thing. Oh well doesn't really effect me as I am a Wii-Man. Still though why would end the 60GB's run when it was just starting to sell well? Pretty soon you'll only be able to buy t he 80GB one which is at the normal price of 600 dollars. Smart move Sony.
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Jul 13, 2007 13:29:31 GMT -5
The PS3 is gonna wind up being the biggest bomb since the Dreamcast. If not bigger.
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Post by gsguy on Jul 13, 2007 13:31:22 GMT -5
Wow...they have no clue what to do with that thing.
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Jul 13, 2007 13:33:49 GMT -5
If anyone still questions why Sony is looked at so poorly this generation in comparison to Microsoft, THIS IS THE EVIDENCE RIGHT HERE. They introduce two versions of a system, kill one, announce a third version, then drop the price of the second one and kill it a week later, which means the price of a PS3 is right back where it started. I've never seen a company actively HATE their potential consumer base before; it's a bold business move.
And this quote is amazing:
By the end of the month, eh? Sure, you keep thinking that, Dave. Will we get $1200 for every system we see on store shelves in August?
Jed Shaffer ~I saw the MGS4 trailer yesterday, and that piqued my interest. This killed it.
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Post by Black Hammer Rocks the AssWhip on Jul 13, 2007 13:36:18 GMT -5
All the more reason to get the 360. If only my older brother saw the picture like I do. He says "We're Sony faithful" and yet all he plays is Madden. I'm not waiting 2 years more for a f***ing price drop when there's a better system out there.
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Post by Mr. Backlund on Jul 13, 2007 13:45:10 GMT -5
Wow, they had me sold with their press conference yesterday and then they go and do this. I wondered why they got so much hate, but they've got idiots in every position of power.
However, I have read that some are now denying it, but who knows anymore....
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 13, 2007 13:46:52 GMT -5
Sony doesn't know what they are doing......SCEE says this is true, then SCEA comes out and says it is false, then Kaz Hirai said that they plan on only one SKU in the US, and more or less confirmed what the SCEE said......
No one knows what is going on, basically.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 13, 2007 13:49:52 GMT -5
These guys are geniuses. Drive up their talk about their system by dropping the price of their system, get people to buy it, then pull it off the shelves less than a week later.
F you, Sony. F. You.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jul 13, 2007 13:50:05 GMT -5
RIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 13, 2007 13:51:58 GMT -5
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Post by gsguy on Jul 13, 2007 13:52:50 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say that nobody won E3. What a terrible showing by all 3 companies.
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Jul 13, 2007 13:54:14 GMT -5
And they act as if people will come running to them now with checkbooks in hand because they threw in a game and upped the hard drive 20 gig.
It wasn't a free game or the HD size that kept people from buying your system. It was you trying to butt-surf the customers with an overhyped, overpriced system without a single AAA game, Sony.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 13, 2007 13:56:22 GMT -5
Actually that Starter Pack for Europe/Australia > the 80GB bundle, as 2 free games and a free controller saves you $170.
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Post by Stu on Jul 13, 2007 14:04:31 GMT -5
Wait, I'm confused as I haven't been following the most current gaming wars. How many versions of the PS3 are there?
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jul 13, 2007 14:05:43 GMT -5
Im Still gonna by a PS3 any ways, so i do not care. And If anything happens to the system, I will get a 360, becsuse there is no way in hell im buying the little 8 year old kiddie system
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 13, 2007 14:09:00 GMT -5
Wait, I'm confused as I haven't been following the most current gaming wars. How many versions of the PS3 are there? 20GB 60GB 80GB 60GB Starter Kit - Europe & Australia only 4 models so far.
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Post by Stu on Jul 13, 2007 14:10:14 GMT -5
Wait, I'm confused as I haven't been following the most current gaming wars. How many versions of the PS3 are there? 20GB 60GB 80GB 60GB Starter Kit - Europe & Australia only 4 models so far. WTF?
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 13, 2007 14:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jul 13, 2007 14:10:49 GMT -5
HOW f***ING STUPID IS SONY!!!!!
seriously, it's like there never was a price cut. Sure you're getting more, but the system's STILL $600 WHICH IS TOO HIGH OF A PRICE POINT. PERIOD.
And they won't sell out by the end of the month. I was just at Gamestop, and they were talking about the PS3. The company, on a whole nationally, is selling .5 PS3's per week. That's right, a half a PS3 per week. That means that a store sells about 2 PS3's a month. That's sad.
I'm betting everyone who jumped on the PS3 bandwagon is regretting it now.
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Jul 13, 2007 14:11:04 GMT -5
Wow. At least they still have RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACER.
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