Sure, we've heard Sony
fib about a
forthcoming PS3 price drop before, but we're inclined to believe Mr. Nobuyuki Oneda on this one. The aforesaid chief financial officer told a forum in Singapore that "this year, [Sony's] strategy is not to sell more quantity for PS3 but to concentrate on profitability." He outrightly added that Sony's "plan is not to reduce the price." Yeah, we all know the Xbox 360 will be getting
a little easier on the wallet, but with the public's newfound interest in the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray abilities, we too see no reason for Sony to take an even bigger hit. After all, this console is still widely regarded as the
best deal going for those interested in a Blu-ray deck, and we don't see that changing in the very near term.
Update: In somewhat unrelated news, Sony will be
fixing consoles bricked by firmware update 2.40 for free.
posted Jul 11th 2008 at 9:50AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
CUBSWILLWIN @ Jul 11th 2008 9:55AM
When Sony denies rumors, don't those rumors end up being true?
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 10:02AM
I'm trying to hide any subconcious fanboy ties (I own a Wii and a 360), but until there's a price drop I won't even consider buying one.
HD is important to me, or else I wouldn't have bought an HDTV to go along with my 360 (too bad Halo 3 didn't follow suit with the HD). But in a time where half my TV channels are still in SD, outnumbering HD counterparts about 3:1 (here at least), it's not the end of the world to sit back. But Sony will, undeniably, show me something that will prompt me to pick up the system (netting GTA exclusively as they had it before might've done it). Until that day comes, I can sit pretty.
And if I were chomping at the bit to get a BR player, I wouldn't grab Sony hardware anyway, from what I've heard. (Not PS3 hate, Sony hate, and it's not as if they're not the only shady company when it comes to hardware reliability.)
If Toshiba didn't bungle HD-DVD so bad, Sony would be in a world of hurt. Hopyfully Mr. Nobuyuki Oneda thanks his lucky stars for that each night before going to sleep in his Scrooge McDuck-like vault-pool of coins.
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 11:10AM
"I wouldn't grab Sony hardware anyway, from what I've heard."
Yeah, you never know, the PS3 could RROD on you.
BTW, my 16 year old Trinitron 17" CRT is still kicking out a stellar picture, great color with some great inky black contrast.
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 11:45AM
^ This is the type of fanboyism I was trying to avoid in my comment. Thanks for a great example. You can stop doing your Sony-salute now.
If you read just about 7 more words, you'll see me saying how other companies have shady hardware. Like... hmm... Microsoft? I've had RROD, and another separate 360 issue that ruined the system.
I've also had countless friends who have had broken or burnt out PS2s. I also still own a Gameboy fat brick that survived getting run over by a car. Nintendo makes the most durable hardware of any gaming company I've ever seen. I dare you to argue.
All I was saying was that lots of companies make less than stellar hardware, and Sony is one of them. Clearly, so is Microsoft. No one was saying that, despite your fur-standing-up-on-back defensiveness, xcrunk.
Resume drinking your kool-aid now.
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 1:21PM
Just to correct my previous post, that was a 27" Trinitron.
Bohsucks, I just think you're flat out wrong. Sony's high end gear, PS3 being in that league, is some of the best quality stuff in the industry. And it's been that way for years. Now if you're talking about their low end shit, what, clock radio's? Well, I would agree some of the stuff is schlocky, but it's not Jensen craptastic.
That was my only disagreement with your comment.
How's that Haterade you're drinking?
MasterCKO @ Jul 11th 2008 1:24PM
@bohshocks:
actually, this generation of video gaming, I'm pretty sure that Sony (along with Nintendo) is pretty widely regarded as making the most solid hardware of the big three. I personally would give Sony the edge over the Big N based solely on the relative complexities of the two devices in question.
You MIGHT possibly have a point about overall quality of all Sony products (though, your examples about the PS2 are a little too anecdotal. Case in point: my five or six year old PS2 is still running as smoothly as the day I bought it), but the PS3 is definitely right up there with the best (based on personal experience with mine, anecdotal knowledge of my friends' experiences and studies done on the quality of these machines that I've read and read about).
SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jul 11th 2008 1:28PM
My 12 year old "First Discman" still works great today. My Microsoft computers and os's have had their fair share of breakdowns.
MasterCKO @ Jul 11th 2008 1:45PM
@bohshocks:
Another reason you might want to rethink your "Sony quality is questionable" stance, a recent-ish study (early 2006) that made it's way around the wires saying that Sony is the world's most popular brand:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Jan_5/ai_n26717922
sure, popularity != quality, but it can usually be a pretty good indicator, especially when the survey asks the respondents about the perceived quality to judge said popularity. Anyway, I'm sure if you dig, you can find more.
Lars @ Jul 11th 2008 2:34PM
Sony's first-gen PS2 had a manufacturing defect that caused it to have trouble reading discs, but other than that their hardware is pretty damn solid. Two of my DVD players have died recently, while my PS2 is still going (and I've played more hours of PS2 games than I have watched DVD's). I know a lot of engineers and they all say that 'Sony' is synonymous with 'quality'.
Sorry boshocks, your argument just doesn't hold up. You claim not to be spouting fanboyism, but if that's the case then you are spouting ignorance instead.
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 2:45PM
xcrunk:
1. Oh, bohsucks, haven't heard that one before.
2. I still don't understand your defensiveness. You begin your comment by misquoting me, then assuming I took a pro-Microsoft stance on hardware, which couldn't be further from the truth. I have no issues with someone disagreeing with me, you're just an asshole about it.
3. My "freq" walkman I got in like 6th grade is still alive and kicking. My experiences with Sony products has been stellar, but have heard and seen horror stories, and have gotten the impression that Sony products are a bit overpriced for how vulnerable. (Again, basing this on friend's issues with PS2's and from what I've heard about Vaio's.) Sorry if that wasn't clear enough.
4. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid, a fanboy faceoff where I'm suddenly defending a company I don't stand behind. This is because you got your panties in a tuffle over and took offense to anything anti-Sony... jesus. I don't have any Sony flavored Haterade in stock, just hate for company-line fanboys like yourself, and your willingness to hit the front lines at any signs of what you feel is bashing..... you sound like a Scientology for christ's sake.
Master:
Since I have no personal experience with the consoles, and know no one who owns a PS3, I'm not much of an authority on the topic I suppose. Knowing what I know now, I probably wouldn't have bought an Xbox 360 as early as I did (without the super duper cover my ass warranty), and I by no means stand behind their crap 1/3+ fail rate.
Anecdotal is my favorite type of evidence, and to each their own. That's why my original comment was in the first person. I wasn't speaking for, nor advising anyone else. Just the same way I wouldn't buy a VW or a Nissan due to what I've seen my family go through with them, or a Subaru because of what I went through with them. And because I own a Toyota, and simply say that I own one, doesn't mean that I am suddenly their spokesperson.
mmmm Haterade
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 2:52PM
Lars:
I didn't say anything about not being a fanboy, I said I was trying not to be one. If I failed in that, I apologize. I'll say for the 20th time that I don't stand behind Microsoft hardware, though I do stand behind Nintendo hardware.... but that isn't ver germaine to this conversation.
Having trouble reading discs is a pretty major problem..... trust me, I went through it with my Xbox 360. Yet another reason why I was not nor am I standing by or defending Microsoft.
I wasn't making any argument, I (me) was saying that I (me) would not buy a Sony BR player because of what I've seen people around me go through with their hardware. I was not on my soapbox proclaiming that no one should go out and buy Sony hardware, or that they should buy Microsoft hardware. I was talking about what I would personally do or not do.
I see your "spouting ignorance" and I raise you a "you need to work on reading comprehension." Read my comment before you continue to berate me for simply saying based on what I've seen I wouldn't personally buy one myself. Jesus Christ.
And the funny part of it is, I got onto that topic because all I said was that I could live without a crisper DVD player at the moment anyway. Care to crucify me for that too?
NobleArc, The Lazy Canadian @ Jul 11th 2008 3:55PM
I love the internet, because if anyone tries to share their point of view, they immediately get harangued for it.
diode3diode @ Jul 11th 2008 4:07PM
I also have my first PS2 (the fat one) and it won't just quit. I was planning to get 360 for the games but the RROD thing makes me think twice. I mean if a firm can make a product last then I won't mind paying a half a grand. But if a firm puts out a less-than-perfect product and expect me to shell out my hard earned dollar as well as my time (not to mention the STRESS of having to deal with customer service as their status quo), then it is not worth it for me.
If I do need a BR player then I would go for the best value for me, unfortunately, I don't think it would be a Sony. I would like to get 360 games and probably a BR player so if the need is great enough that I would need both, I may forgo the gaming consoles this iteration and get myself a gaming desktop.
SimbaDogg @ Jul 11th 2008 4:17PM
bohshuckie...
you're either someone that has low reading comprehension, or you really dont know how to put into words what you really mean/are thinking. lemme break this down for you, because i dont know why you are telling other other people they are fanboys, and you are a non sony hater
in your original post
paragraph 1) you state that you want to write w/out coming off as a fanboy
paragraph 2) you say that you really like HD, but there isn't enough HD channels out to really make you jump behind it blindly. Furthermore, if Sony was able to lock up GTA exclusively you would have gone with it, but right now you deem its ok to "sit back and wait"
paragraph 3) if you were going to get a blu ray player, you wouldn't get a sony or a ps3, not cuz you hate either....but because they dont make you feel warm n' fuzzy inside when you open the boxes?
paragraph 4) Sony is now lucky that toshiba bungled hd-dvd so bad. and the CFO is lucky to swim in his giant vault of money with huey, dewey and louie.
sorry, you're as fanboy as it gets...loser
sinjinn @ Jul 11th 2008 4:27PM
if you want to have a quality product dont buy a 360. mine rrrod'd and my friends rrod'd . it isnt even just about the rrod , the drive noise is terrible.
xbox live is great . i think thats where microsfofts expertise lies, whereas sonys hardware is excellent and provides great value.
i really want a 360 because i like the controller , the games , and the price. but i wont buy another one unless they fix the dvd drive and make xbox live a lot cheaper (or free).
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 5:46PM
Noble:
Exactly
diode3diode:
You put it perfectly. Thank you very much. As I said, if I had known what I know now, I don't get a 360. I didn't enjoy shelling out $120 when my Xbox broke the 2nd time, and I didn't enjoy waiting either time I had to send it in. Going 2 months without an Xbox with a free 1 month of their online service as compensation. You said almost exactly what I said -- when I get a BR player, it wouldn't be a PS3. But since you prefaced it by saying you own a PS2, you'll be spared from the hungry wolves.
Simba:
1. Creative title, haven't heard it before... probably for a reason.
2. I don't hate Sony, just as I don't hate VW or Subaru or Hyandai, or Nissan, or Yamaha. Because I wouldn't buy a Vaio or a PS3 as my BR player (just as I wouldn't touch a Yamaha vehicle... but their keyboards? fo-getta-bout-it), does not mean I hate the company. You've found way to burn that into your brain.
3. NO, that isn't that I said at all. I said that since many of the channels I watch aren't in HD, it's not as if owning a BR player suddenly makes my life entirely HD. Since much of my TV is SD, what's the rush to get a BR player now? SD will still be part of my life. You should read more closely.
4. .....Sure. They don't make me feel warm and fuzzy inside like when I voice my personal opinion about what brand I'd prefer to buy when I do someday buy a BR player and get mauled for it.
5. Now try and follow me here. Sony's sales picked up when HD-DVD failed, making BR the standard AND making the PS3 one of the best deals on the market for a BR player. I wasn't sitting in my Ivory Tower rubbing my curled mustache and yelling "curses" while comiserating with my other Microsoft-Nazi brethren. But trying to deny that that boosted PS3's sales would make you sound (futher) like an idiot. Just because I made a reference to Duck Tales and wealth (how dare I) clearly it meant I despite them..... No.
1. Nintendo has lost touch with its fanbase years ago and now works to make a dollar and find their own place in the market. They won't go out of our way and take risks to wow us, but will make a profit. Many want graphics and petite online play. That isn't what's most profitable to them, therefore we don't get it.
2. Sony is full of themselves, and assume that they dictate the market, because of the successes of their previous two home consoles. When their titles start to get even sweeter than what they currently are, they are probably going to claim the lead in this generation, and reclaim domination over the home console market.
3. Microsoft rushed a console that wasn't ready for a particular launch window, and is paying for it in spades. While it is costing them out the ass ($1B I think I heard) they did even more to piss off and alienate much of their fanbase with this blunder that they had knowledge about. While they have the best online system right now, they also have the only one that charges to play. Even though they charge, they still run ads on the XBL service, which is pretty ass-y. Their customer support blows, and their turnaround service is brutal, agonizing, and leaves much to be desired.
Here's the post that I didn't write but many of you "read" for my first comment:
"I own a Wii and a 360, and not a PS3 because it's overpriced garbage. Until it stops being overpriced garbage and puts out a game that anyone actually cares about, I will never even consider buying one.
HD is no big deal, so Sony can eff off. I mean, HD is cool, but only cool on my 360. Even Wii's graphics are better than the PS3's. PS3 looks like goddamn Colecovision. Sony blew it by not getting GTA exclusive, because their stupid and don't know how to run a corporation. That makes me soooo happy.
I expect HD-DVD to make a full recovery and reign supreme, but if that doesn't happen, I guess I'll buy a Blu-Ray player. And by Blu-Ray player, I mean a decent one. Everyone knows that PS3's lock up after 15 minutes of use, and you won't even get past the opening credits in "The Island" if it's that bad. I only like the movie "The Island" because it has Xbox product placement in it. Sony is probably the worst company EVER.
Toshiba got screwed and it was a conspiracy. I hate Sony. Sonylent Green is people!"
Final score:
xcrunk = oversensitive Sony loyalist
bohsocks = makes opinions about Sony via anecdotal evidence, draws conclusions too quickly without some well-needed research, and gets crucified for personal preferences
bohsucks = lame insult, for the 500th time
MasterCKO = coherent, civil
SOOPERGOOMAN = Gimmick poster like Steffen Jobs, will likely abandon his account in the next week or so
Lars = knows a lot of engineers (COOL!)
NobleArc = hits nail on head
diode = said it the way I should've in the beginning
Simba = imbecile
I'll try my best to keep my crazy, radical opinions from you guys from now on
Andir3.0 @ Jul 11th 2008 10:03PM
For trying to "avoid fanboyism" you sure are dishing out the goods.
diode3diode @ Jul 12th 2008 1:59AM
@ bohsocks
+1 for standing up to the nae-sayers. Radical opinions sometimes creates change so without people voicing them, we (as consumers) all lose.
Garst @ Jul 12th 2008 2:21AM
Yeah, it does. I wouldn't be surprised to hear about a price drop Monday at 10:30 am PST. PDT? Ah, you know what I mean.
David M @ Jul 11th 2008 9:59AM
Ahh I shoulda bought the PS3 when it included a $100 Walmart Gift Card. :( Now I'm torn whether I should buy an Xbox360 when the price drops, wait for the new 360 60gb, or just wait until the holidays to see if the PS3 drops.
I'm a casual gamer (don't own any current systems right now) and BlueRay isnt' a must have for me (I own tons of regular DVDs). The fact that PS3 includes wireless for free is nice though.
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 10:04AM
Truthfully, unless you're going to be downloading oodles of TV shows, Music videos, and movies on your system, 20GB is pretty sufficient. (Though I still curse the folks with 120GB who are sitting on like 105gb of it.)
Yes, PS3 online is free, but truthfully, for what you get, XBL is worth every penny. For most games, anyway. The main complaint with XBL is that since I'm paying $50/yr for it, why am I still bombarded with ads?
David M @ Jul 11th 2008 10:17AM
Yeah I know I don't need more than 20gb just not sure if the new 60gb model will include other changes (like free wi-fi) or now that capacities are getting bigger that all the new games would require hard drive installs (which would start to make the 20gb not usable).
I probably wouldn't pay for Xbox Live - not sure what it really does and would not be an avid online gamer - PS3 is free though which is nice. Just looking to get some good arcadish games like driving games and play. That's why it's a toss-up for me between the PS3 and 360 - I'd probably prefer the PS3 but at $1-200 more money that's 3-4 games that I could buy. Also, I would want PS2 backwards compatibility and the 40gb doesn't have it.
BSTKiller @ Jul 11th 2008 10:13AM
re: free wireless
I took it to mean that wireless was built in on the PS3 where for the Xbox the common solution is a $50-$90 add-on to get the same functionality. Makes the price diff for those that want wireless moot.
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 10:20AM
Oh, okay. Yeah, I should've seen that. I had a gripe about that when I learned it. Depending on your surroundings, playing on WiFi may not be the best thing anyway. I like how it's standard on PS3. I hate how it's mandatory on the Wii. And I despise how Xbox 360 shafts you:
1. No third party wireless controllers.
2. Have to buy an extra device for WiFi playing, which uses up an oh-so-precious USB slot.
3. Wired controllers cost about $10 less, and work when connected to PCs. Wireless controllers, $10 more, require an extra ($25?) receiver to plug into your PC to work with PCs. If I could do it all over again, I'd go wired from the start.
Davedrastic @ Jul 11th 2008 10:56AM
yeah tough aint it. I'm a diehard PS3 supporter but I won't be getting one until the price comes down. It does make the xbox appealing all of a sudden - i know if i were to get one i'd feel dirty inside but still i'd get to play Halo (at last) and Gears on the cheap. I wish Sony would just drop the price allready so I can go buy the damn thing
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 10:59AM
This comment has been rated "TLDR" by the comment evaluators society, and will more than likely receive a Low Ranking because of it.
The more I think about it.... sounds like the Wii might be more up your alley.... and I mean no disrespect in that statement, being a Wii owner. Since I don't have a PS3, there's little I can comment on beyond the price. The reasons I haven't splurged are purely title-related. I didn't own a PS2 (or an XB1) so backwards compatibility means little to me. If they got GTA exclusively or if I cared about Kingdom Hearts or MGS or something.... maybe I would've bought one.
Don't hold your breath with the Xbox touting free WiFi in the next console upgrade, they have no incentive. They do tend to do things like that to shaft early adopters, like adding HDMI to the newer consoles. So as I sit here with barren HDMI inputs on my TV and 13/20gb used, my girlfriend sits on her Halo 3 console I got her with about 115gb free and her HDMI slot unused on her crappy TV. But that's nothing new.... I also have an iPod Touch, and am feeling pretty shafted when it came to AppStore and the iPhone apps released a week after I got a Touch.
But yeah.... if you're that casual, Wii with Virtual Console might be up your alley. But if PS2 backwards compatibility is important, go for the PS3. Right now, until dethroned, Xbox 360 is doing the best job whacking all the moles this generation.
What I mean by that is... they're doing the best job covering all needs. Wii's got a good price and good first-party titles, but is lacking in graphics and online. PS3 has the online for free and is a graphics powerhouse, but is short on great titles (so far, which also makes their free online a irrelevant) and is still pretty pricey.
While the 360 is pricey, yet working on it... they're pumping out some awesome titles, with good graphics (PS3 being better), they've almost cornered the market on how to do online, even with a pricetag attached to it..... I don't know. I don't want my bias to creep in too much.
The number of titles that span both consoles is pretty significant, and MGS is a huge help to PS3, yet I'm a huge Halo fan so that ends the debate for me. If there's no Zelda or Halo, I may have no console this generation.... so yeah.
luzzio @ Jul 11th 2008 9:57AM
omg fresh air.
DramaQueen101 @ Jul 11th 2008 9:58AM
PSP"S ARE WAY UNDERATED!!!
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 10:16AM
OBJECTION!
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 10:46AM
The PSP is the number one selling system in Japan this year. It's outselling the Wii and DS, in Japan. Crazy.
I loves me PSP, but I wish the screen had a higher refresh rate. It has a wee bit of blur. Most people wouldn't notice it. But I do.
bohsocks @ Jul 11th 2008 11:49AM
Considering 1-in-5 in Japan already own a DS, that isn't surprising. There comes a point where the law of diminishing returns goes into effect.... hopefully PSP can make up that 14-million unit gap.
But yeah, the PSP is quite the capable device. I got burnt out with handhelds years ago... but if I were to go for one, PSP would be it.
Tony @ Jul 11th 2008 12:54PM
Diminishing returns? I think you mean market saturation.
SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jul 11th 2008 1:29PM
I HAVE THREE PSPs.
tekdroid @ Jul 12th 2008 7:26AM
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 10:46AM
I loves me PSP, but I wish the screen had a higher refresh rate. It has a wee bit of blur. Most people wouldn't notice it. But I do.
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The ghosting is annoying and seems to be worse the colder the temp is (a characteristic of LCDs).
Joe @ Jul 11th 2008 10:04AM
Closest thing to a confirmed price cut we're going to get from Sony.
I'm holding off on my purchase until this thing gets a little cheaper. I know, it's still the cheapest way to get a blu-ray player, but I am not interested in it for the blu-ray. Maybe they painted themselves into a corner by including such a new technology, but I'm not going to go ahead and share in the drawbacks of that decision until I want to share in the benefits - and my guess is that they'll decrease the drawbacks (with a price cut) before my desire to share the benefits increases. If this Xbox price cut doesn't do it, then I guess I'll wait until January and see what happens.
BSTKiller @ Jul 11th 2008 10:09AM
Was he speaking to their Global strategy or just their Singapore/Japan/Aus strategy?
So far price drops on X haven't hurst SONY (much) in Aus and EU but they need to do something about Japan and North America imo. Even though I agree that the PS3 is the better value over X the $100 price point difference will matter in NA.
PS3 will be minimum $50 cheaper in NA by Thanksgiving (US) imo.
GhettoBanjo @ Jul 11th 2008 10:43AM
no price cut needed UNTIL you see Blu-Ray players drop in price a decent amount. the fact remains, that the PS3 is a great bargain for entertainment system that includes blu-ray.
too bad my 360 is sans blu-ray :(
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 10:42AM
With the weak dollar, I don't see a price drop. Maybe they can throw in a game, say Resistance or Ratchet and Clank? Plus teh rumblz...
Now it makes sense why Microsoft only dropped their box by $50. That's all they could afford with the weak dollar. Had the dollar been stronger, perhaps that $250 premium would have been a reality.
By the way, I'm rocking with my 20GB PS3 and loving it. It now has a 250GB hard drive. Yeah, 250GB. I have 130GB free now. But now worries about shuffling data. And the 250GB drive cost me $80. Yeah, $80.
p3gamer @ Jul 11th 2008 12:39PM
I don't see how having more people own a PS3 would not turn into more profit in the long run. The more PS3s sold, the more movies and games that will bought (1 person usually does not buy 10 copies of MGS4 or SpiderMan box set (for example)) Get it in more people's hands, then worry about a significant profit. Blu-ray isn't going anywhere, so it's not likely Sony will go broke because of their Playstation division. Oh well, I guess I should buy an iPhone instead (sorta kidding).
uristocrat @ Jul 11th 2008 11:19AM
i have a 360 that has broken three times in the last 2 years. Its currently sitting here next to the tv as a work of art... i think a price drop on the ps3 will get some money outta my wallet... actually i think ill get a ps3 anyway....
http://www.uristocrat.com/Dispatch/
uristocrat @ Jul 11th 2008 11:21AM
i have a 360 that has broken three times in the last 2 years. Its currently sitting here next to the tv as a work of art... i think a price drop on the ps3 will get some money outta my wallet... actually i think ill get a ps3 anyway....
http://www.uristocrat.com/Dispatch/
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 1:27PM
That's just flat out SAD....Microsoft will never get my money.
I love their keyboards and mouse combo's....I'm rocking the Multimedia Natural Wireless combo. It's solid and feels great. I also use the 360 wired I got for $10, thanks eBay, on my pc.
Now, rebuild the 360, slap a new form factor on that baby, and let me haz it for $249. I'm in like Flynn.
bull3964 @ Jul 11th 2008 11:34AM
The longer it takes before a PS3 price cut, the more likely that there will be competitive standalones coming into the market that under-cut the price.
If a $199 fully featured blu-ray player ends up on the market while the PS3 is still languishes around $399, then I'm likely going to get the standalone and pass on the PS3 altogether (or at least until it reaches a far later point in it's lifecycle.)
My main interest in the PS3 is in a blu-ray player first and a console for a handful of PS3 exclusive games second. If I can get my HD movie fix cheaper, I'm going to go that route and hold back on the game console purcahse.
Nitecrawlah2 @ Jul 11th 2008 1:47PM
I think more people feel like you and Sith Lord 24 than others may realize. Sony has that ability to corner the market like that and keep PS# prices where they are simply because most other Blu-Ray player options are just as much or even more expensive. While I don't think it's the ONLY reason people are buying PS3s, it's a considerably sized group of PS3 consumers.
Karl Viklund @ Jul 11th 2008 11:42AM
I would not want to be a share holder of Sony. This is crap.
LT @ Jul 11th 2008 12:14PM
Why? Because they won't price drop on the PS3?
If I was a shareholder I would want them to make as much money as possible from it for as long as possible, so price dropping isn't necessarily the best way to do that.
Besides, you have no idea what is coming.
hfm @ Jul 11th 2008 11:47AM
I wouldn't buy an X360 until I could verify that I was getting a Jasper somehow. Too much trouble returning bricked units. I'm on my 4th.
xcrunk @ Jul 11th 2008 1:31PM
Oh my....that's just unbelievable. It's unimaginable.
Robby Bach thinks that people love the 360 so much that they continue to put up with burned out systems. I think it's because by the time it RROD's, you already invested a good amount of money on games and DLC. To walk away would be foolish.
jonyb @ Jul 11th 2008 12:01PM
well i think Sony's making a mistake if they don't capitalize on GTA IV & MGS IV and initiate a price drop, i know at least 10-15 people that will immediately get a PS 3 if a price cut were given.
I own a 360 and personally i'm just waiting for a price cut, Sony's line up at E3 just looks soooooo much better than Microsoft's.
spahn @ Jul 11th 2008 12:22PM
well, i was holding out on getting a PS3 thinking a price drop would come after E3. heh, even my wife got me a PS3 dual shock controller for our anniversary and told me that as soon as the PS3 dropped in price we would go get one.
guess, ill be returning that dual shock controller now.