| slowmo said: I'll assume your ridiculous optimism for Bluray was just a joke, I already know the character of poster I'm dealing with when they automatically assume it will take over DVD. I'm sorry but you're only fooling yourself if you think Bluray as a clear march from here on in. I never mentioned reliability at all in reference to cheap parts, you seemed to assume that was my point for some mad reason. I'll accept your apology whenever you're ready on that point. My argument was they cannot reduce the cost further on many of the internal components anymore, there are no big savings left. The last time Sony cut the price by $100 they couldn't afford to cut again for 18 months, is it really so hard to believe that will not be the case again? The supposed price cut you mention was in actual fact a SKU adjustment more than anything else, very similar to the PS3 60GB to 40GB switch, but if you insist on this then we can accept the PS3 has had 3 price cuts already I guess then. I didn't watch a video of the slim being stripped, I did it myself (on 5 of them if you must know) and I don't see how any rational being could argue he could tell from a video how flimsy the parts felt in comparison to the fat models. Sorry but you're in seriously deluded territory on this front. Microsoft have stated there were not 1 million 360's banned, posting rumour as fact again I see. The simple reason the 360 sales accelerate when the arcade model is reduced is it increases the cost differential between the cheapest models, if you cant understand this concept then I'm talking to a brick wall.
Last but not least how about a wager, I'll bet you $1000 the PS3 gets beaten in overall sale from September 2010 to the last week of December 2010. I don't know why I bother offering you the bet though as you'll leave the site when the PS3 sales fall behind the 360, posters like you always do. |
You're ignoring the reality of what is happening in the format world. With every passing day, the DVD format becomes less and less enticing as people are beginning to think of it as outdated technology. Guess you're the kind who has to see something to believe it.
You'd be mad to think that Sony's never going to cut the price of the PS3 again. Why would you even want to use that as an argument? Sure, you might think the PS3's compenents look cheap, but the point of the slim was to cut production costs and that's what Sony's done. And you do realise that Sony can lower the production costs even further without changing any of it components, right? Those "cheap" parts will become even cheaper to produce over time, allowing room for a price cut. It's quite simple really.
Well good for you for taking a slim apart. You must be very proud of your accomplishment.
And the fact that a million (or close to) 360's have been banned from Live is no rumour. Take a look for yourself (this site really needs to add Firefox support): http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49304244,00.htm
You might as well look up so more info regarding the 360 while you're at it: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49304288,00.htm. That's shoking news, it might be even worse than in the US. I feel sorry for those who buy this product without knowing of its problems. Then there's this: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49304376,00.htm.
If you're willing to make that bet, then your devotion to Natal is much worse than I feared. I'm not going to take you up on that, because you provide no evidence to support your unbelievably bold claim. We shall see how this unfolds.
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