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steverhcp02 on 06 June 2011
ElGranCabeza said:
Lack of 3rd party titles should have Sony fans worried.....


You mean like COD and Bioshock? Lack of good reasons to bring down a solid conference seems like it has you worried....for some reason.




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M.U.G.E.N on 06 June 2011
NightDragon83 said:
greenmedic88 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Totally did not expect it to come in at $250... i expected a $299 base model / non 3G, and $349-$399 for a fully loaded 3G model.

3DS price drop to $199 by the fall CONFIRMED lol.

This should be a given, otherwise the heads at Nintendo have lost their minds if they think they can sell the 3DS on the merits of glassless 3D and the Nintendo brand name alone at the same price as the Vita.

Barring games, the capabilities aren't even on par with one another, and that's without even taking the discrepancies between hardware specs into consideration. 

Pretty much sums it up... and did I hear wrong during the conference, or did they announce that the Vita through the use of its cameras will be capable of the same "augmented reality" features that the 3DS can do? (minus the glasses-free 3D of course).

PSV will do it much better, we already heard that last week from the hands on previews from various sites



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ethomaz on 06 June 2011

The price is good.



M.U.G.E.N on 06 June 2011
steverhcp02 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Lack of 3rd party titles should have Sony fans worried.....


You mean like COD and Bioshock? Lack of good reasons to bring down a solid conference seems like it has you worried....for some reason.


don't forget a brand new Silen Hills game, sfvs tekken with cole AND Tenchu! and they didn't even bother mentioning the obvious FIFA and other games for the device



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XxXProphecyXxX on 06 June 2011

Just announce

*GTA for PSV
*COD(something)
*Monster hunter(sumthing)
*God of war.

And its set along with its price.



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radiantshadow92 on 06 June 2011

Seriously people need to stop buying the 3ds now, Wait for a price cut. The conference was amazing. Infamous 2 trailer was extra amazing =]



greenmedic88 on 06 June 2011
SpartenOmega117 said:
greenmedic88 said:
IamAwsome said:
Either the PSV's tech is oder then we thought, or Sony is selling this at a huge loss.

Neither. A lot of people just overestimated the BOM on the devices without actually sourcing comparable parts. 

Not made out of melted down gold bricks. Entry model probably has a BOM of about $200 and I'm willing to wait for iSuppli to do their breakdown for confirmation. 


Agreed. I think people dont realize how much of a ripoff the 3ds actually is. Sony will probably bringing in maybe a $5-$10 profit on PSV while nintendo is clearly bringing in at least $70 on 3ds.

I would hope everyone knows the BOM on the 3DS is just over $100. It's not exactly confidential information anymore than the BOM of virtually any consumer electronic device these days.

Nintendo is making a fair bit more than $70 per unit currently. SCE will be lucky to break even after factoring in all costs associated from BOM to packaging, shipping and retail cut. What they won't be doing however is taking a $200-300 bath on each unit like some have been stating and will continue to claim until iSuppli estimates end the debate. 



steverhcp02 on 06 June 2011
M.U.G.E.N said:
steverhcp02 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Lack of 3rd party titles should have Sony fans worried.....


You mean like COD and Bioshock? Lack of good reasons to bring down a solid conference seems like it has you worried....for some reason.


don't forget a brand new Silen Hills game, sfvs tekken with cole AND Tenchu! and they didn't even bother mentioning the obvious FIFA and other games for the device

Ahhh, forgot about silent hill. Im very impressed with the fluidity of the touch screen with dual analogues. Im totally won over with the price and functionality. I wont use it for social use like they will try to push so that $249 model is perfect for me, but if the future is me playing games on my Vita and carrying over at home im excited about the future of gaming.

Just when i thought i was going to splurge and buy an iPad, PSTV and PSVita, doh!




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Carl on 06 June 2011
ElGranCabeza said:
Lack of 3rd party titles should have Sony fans worried.....

Call of Duty, BioShock, Street Fighter X Tekken, Tenchu, Dynasty Warriors and 80 more currently unannounced games just took a shit on your cereal.



                            

M.U.G.E.N on 06 June 2011
greenmedic88 said:
SpartenOmega117 said:
greenmedic88 said:
IamAwsome said:
Either the PSV's tech is oder then we thought, or Sony is selling this at a huge loss.

Neither. A lot of people just overestimated the BOM on the devices without actually sourcing comparable parts. 

Not made out of melted down gold bricks. Entry model probably has a BOM of about $200 and I'm willing to wait for iSuppli to do their breakdown for confirmation. 


Agreed. I think people dont realize how much of a ripoff the 3ds actually is. Sony will probably bringing in maybe a $5-$10 profit on PSV while nintendo is clearly bringing in at least $70 on 3ds.

I would hope everyone knows the BOM on the 3DS is just over $100. It's not exactly confidential information anymore than the BOM of virtually any consumer electronic device these days.

Nintendo is making a fair bit more than $70 per unit currently. SCE will be lucky to break even after factoring in all costs associated from BOM to packaging, shipping and retail cut. What they won't be doing however is taking a $200-300 bath on each unit like some have been stating and will continue to claim until iSuppli estimates end the debate. 

when do you reckon those estimates will be in by? I'm clueless about the subject :D



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