Ps 3 price cut coming soon ?

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albionus said:

 

"According to Sony they weren't going to sell the PS3 for $600 until they did.  According to Sony they weren't going to kill the 20gig version until they did.  According to Sony they weren't going to consider a bigger hard drive version of the PS3 until they did.  Sony has a long track record of flat out lying right up until they announce whatever it is so I wouldn't believe them until they officially announce something (even then it's iffy)."

I certainly wouldn't but just because I would or wouldn't do something doesn't mean everyone would or wouldn't. Is 3 million sold with such a "weak game selection" unexpected? Yes it is for something with PLAYSTATION stamped on it. It was after all supposed to sell 5 million with a no game selection. Sony projected 6 million sales with the current selection in mind so I would say 3 million is very unexpected. At any rate, since when is the PS3's game selection so weak? Until the recent batch of games failed to move any systems all I've heard from Sony fanboys is how great its game selection was and that was why it was going to beat the Wii in the Spring. Now it's become apparent to everyone that the PS3 hasn't sold despite these games all of a sudden these games are "weak"? At any rate, yes it is dire for a company division that is losing $500 million a quarter to be saddled with another $100-200 million in per quarter losses just to stay in the game.

 

Wow! angst much? I didn't say the games were weak I said the library was weak. Meaning that titles like Resistance and motorstorm can only do so much to sway people considering almost every other title is multi. And what if you don't like FPS's or offroading? Whats the incentive? Would you buy an item just because it has a name stamped on it? If not, where are your expectations coming from.

And as far as expecting titles to move consoles, you can do that without any opinion about the quality of a game. I imagined that musou would move PS3 titles because gundam titles sell very well in japan. I do not care that much about gundam because the last one I played was on the dreamcast and it was just ok (imo).

Sony made 1 billion in profit in 2006 while "losing millions". Saying the lost millions in comparison to last year earnings really do not mean much.  Not to mentioned they meant 6 million sold to retailers it is rare when MS and Sony mention amounts sold to consumers ( funny how people get that right only when it supports their arguement huh).

So a company that changes their mind on a subject is always a lair. Because companies are not supposed to adopt to trends, markets or their own fluctuating situations? Similar to MS saying 1080p was impossible (Scott Henson's interview with kikizo), didn't they say hdmi wasn't needed as well? how about their BC. Y'now since Sony "lied" with thier 80% bc rate (overe 1,100) what does that make microsoft with their BC? On launch were all of the top selling XBOX titles will be playable like they said at E3 05 http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/rbach/05-16-05E3.mspx ?  From target renders (such as raven for the xbox,  to madden which even had penny arcade coin the term bullshot)  to  games looking like toy story  http://news.com.com/2100-1040-250632.html , to not admitting problems with their 360's then recanting. Then about their customer service then playing nice by sending checks out. The list can go on and on.

It is a stupid thing.