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largedarryl on 31 July 2008
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EdGuila said:
superchunk said:
EdGuila said:
A new XBox with Bluray(finally) released early is good for MS?
Developers will have to choose between making Bluray games for a system with 60million install base(PS3) or BD games for new system with a 0 install base.

Of course when you're down 50 million units, you can't exactly resort to the old ways of bribing people. That only works when you're ahead by 5 million.

This makes no sense.

Were devs having a hard time choosing between making new games on the PS2 that has 120m+ vs the 360 in 2005/6? No, when a new gen starts, it starts. New bigger games are pushed to the new machines.

Also, at the time a new Xbox is release, PS4 will either be out or heavily talked about, just like the PS3 when 360 released. Sony is not going to let MS have too much of a head start this time.

 

The PS2 wasn't HD.  The PS3 is and already has BD games, a big step MS still has to make.  Plenty of space for devs to push PS3 games once MS finally catches up and comes out with a console with BD games, WiFi and everything else that's already standard on PS3.

Also PS3 has first party games.  MS needs to bribe 3rd parties for games.  PS3 will be $249 by the time the new XBox comes out which will be costing a lot more and finally offer BD and WiFi, something the less pricy PS3 comes with and also be behind by 50-60 million consoles.

 

 

So your saying that the PS3 is going to be $250 when the new xbox and new Wii release.  Chances are the Wii2 will release at $250, and I doubt Microsoft will release too much over $399.  I don't see the point in your PS3 price point when the new consoles release, since the new consoles will offer far more than the PS3 for only a little more money.  This means all the bleeding edge techies will be getting a new system, and the Wii's will be cleaning up the lower price point buyers and any casuals that are left.