A Look at 2008

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DongHungLong said:

cool48 said:

Harvey Birdman said:
I think Sony needs to make a new version of the PSP with a second control stick and offer a slimmed PS3 in late 2008.

Two analog sticks on the PSP would mean a new system since games made for the PSP with two sticks would not be supported by the other PSPs.

Not true, simply allow button mapping to the analog stick. Keep making the games how they have been. So for those FPS psp games allow the 2nd analog stick to map the D-Pad when you have the D-Pad as your aiming setup. Would be an awesome new redesign if you ask me. Would make a lot of the games that are out far more interesting to play. The current design more or less kills FPS games for the PSP.

thx1138 said:

Hmmm you post this for XBOX 360.

9) If Sony drops price again will 360 be outsold - routinely - by PS3 worldwide?

Why no post for PS3

 9) If MS drops 360 price will PS3 again be grossly oversold by the 360?

In all likelyhood MS is in a far better position to cut the price of the 360 to boost sales. There is a good chance that the 360 Arcade will be $199 when GTA IV releases.

 I am glad you didnt bring up Killzone 2. It is nuts to me how much that game which is a sequel to a game that did not create a big following is thought of as a system seller.

In all likelihood MS is not in a better position to lower price.  They are still more or less in the same boat as Sony as far as losing money.  Halo 3 was the only reason they broke the negative last time and it was from Software sales.  Not to mention the ever falling costs of Blu-ray drives and the Cell because of mass manufacturing I seriously doubt Sony as losing as much as people believe on the current PS3 models.

 And Killzone 1 wasn't a bad game.  It was honestly just over ambitious for what the PS2 was actually capable of doing.  And do you really believe with the massive amount of coverage its gotten as far as the graphics that if the game even manages to average 8~9's from reviewers that this game won't sell systems??  

 

Do people realize that the 360 in over 2 years has dropped the price

$20 on the lowest price model

$50 on the mid priced model

$30 on the highest price model

What console has ever done that? The only reason the 360 was reduced that little was how poor the PS3 was doing. MS surely planned on dropping more, but didnt have to. They will make a strategic price drop in 2008.

As for KZ2 graphics alone will not make it a system seller. By the time it comes out how many great looking games will there be? How much an improvement will KZ be (If any)?