Sony- what price cut??

[madskillz]

windbane said:

madskillz said:
I hear you, but just look at the big sellers on the VGChartz for the PS2 and the Xbox. Notice a trend? Yeah ... guess what game series for the PS2 was tops ... GTA. Yeah ... and now, it's coming on both systems, with M$ buying 2 extra episodes. The only game listed that was in the PS2's top 5 is ... Gran Turismo ... and the rest of the games, while they *may* move a few systems, history is a great teacher and Halo series has moved close to 15 million games total.

Time will tell - but based on ... a price cut, 2 SKUs deleted and a lack of sick games right now ... there absolutely no compelling reason to pay over $499 for a PS3. And I like a choice. I don't like folks shoving things down my throat. I could care less about a card reader - a Blu-Ray player and the like. I want to play cool games right now ... not in a few months. You can spend $299 for a 360 that still can play games ...

Just look at the facts - the Wii has proven in less than 8 months, they are just inches from taking the lead. SONY has to do three things to win this - they have to compell folks to buy a PS3 and not a Wii or 360 ... they have to permanently cut prices to $399 for the 60gb or 80gb model ... AND ... they have to have great games NOW.

Just because the PS2 won the last-gen wars doesn't mean the PS3 will win this. There are tons of reasons why it's failing. It's in 3rd overall. Yeah, it is selling in other areas ... but overall - it's trailing far, far behind everything else. Don't believe me ... look at the charts on this site ...

I just want to point out that unless you don't save games you can't just spend $300 on a 360. Also, if you want to do anything online (like, I dunno, patch games, DLC, demos, etc) you'll need the $180 120GB HD (or the "cheap" 20GB HD at $100).

Also, the PS3 has great games now as well. That argument is outdated.

*FACT - you can still play games. Buy a $20 memory card and save your games. It's still a lot cheaper than spending $600 on an overhyped, undercooked machine that can find a cure for cancer, but for the life of it can't find out how to boost sales unless you have a $100 price cut.

Check this ... the PS3 has been out since ... November, 2006. How many games have hit the million mark? Just Resistance. Nice ... and check out the Wii, which came out the same time the B$3 came out ...

	Wii Sports	Nintendo	1.79	3.64	2.42	7.85
	Wii Play	Nintendo	1.42	1.47	0.95	3.84
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	0.56	1.76	1.09	3.41
	Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	Nintendo	0.47	0.59	0.60	1.66
	Super Paper Mario	Nintendo	0.48	0.62	0.00	1.10
	Rayman Raving Rabbids	Ubisoft	0.02	0.58	0.42	1.02
	Red Steel	Ubisoft	0.04	0.45	0.52	1.01

Wow ... 3.69 million PS3s sold ... and only 1 game has cracked the mark. Look at the Wii ... and the 360. Yes, you may not have a hard drive, or Blu Ray, or built-in HDMI or wifi, but you do have the ability to play a lot of cool games and not waste time playing 'Calling all cars' or running the GT demo into a coma ...

 As far as the 360 Core, you have a choice - add an HD and stuff or not. But it's your choice. Sony has made that choice for gamers. That's sad - but regardless, you have a choice - and it starts at $299, not $499.