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URNotE on 13 July 2008

ms pulled a sony.. except sony got critized by some vg members



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LOL MATURE on 13 July 2008
URNotE said:
ms pulled a sony.. except sony got critized by some vg members

 

 LOL so true.

"Sony introducing another sku. Psh they are sooo desperate with 4 skus and 2 price cuts"

So what does that say about the core/arcade pro/premium  elite and now this new one. And their price drop last year. Their price drop in europe. Their price drop on the 20 gigs, and most likely another one this year....



arsenal009 on 13 July 2008

Can anyone tell me how much the arcade & elite go for?



reptile168 on 13 July 2008

Just like PS3 last year, they will probably sell the 60GB at 300$ once the 20GBs are gone. The temporary price drop for PS3 60GB became a permanent price for 80GB after 60GB was no more.



starcraft on 14 July 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
Munkeh111 said:
starcraft said:
Yojimbo said:
starcraft said:
This way they'll quickly clear a few tens of thousands of stock, get a new model boost, and save the price cut for later in the year

Good strategy by Microsoft. I remember that Sony got alot of shit when they did this last year :P

They did.  But it worked for a few months.  For them anyway, this sort of thing screws gamers sometimes.  This time its a bit different because Microsoft specifically stated its a clearance sale.

Well, they have said it as much as Sony did

no,no,no, it's different this time, because it's Microsoft. I mean last time SC made fun of it, but that was Sony, this time it's much better because it's Microsoft. Don't you get it?

There are two major differences between Sony's actions and Microsoft's:

- Sony were cancelling one SKU to put an inferior SKU on the market, Microsoft is putting a better one out.

- Sony didn't tell consumers a new model was coming out and they were having a clearance sale, Microsoft did.

end thread/

 



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misterd on 14 July 2008

In the US, the Arcade goes for $280, Premium for $350 (temporarily $300), and the Elite for $450.



LOL MATURE on 14 July 2008
starcraft said:
TheRealMafoo said:

no,no,no, it's different this time, because it's Microsoft. I mean last time SC made fun of it, but that was Sony, this time it's much better because it's Microsoft. Don't you get it?

There are two major differences between Sony's actions and Microsoft's:

- Sony were cancelling one SKU to put an inferior SKU on the market, Microsoft is putting a better one out.

- Sony didn't tell consumers a new model was coming out and they were having a clearance sale, Microsoft did.

end thread/

 

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6173806.html

What a quick google search can do....

 http://ps3.ign.com/articles/825/825861p1.html

Both a month before the models were being released.... whens this 360 being released.... August... when is that exactly? Let me check my calendar... HOLY SHIT IT'S NEXT MONTH!



starcraft on 14 July 2008
LOL MATURE said:
starcraft said:
TheRealMafoo said:

no,no,no, it's different this time, because it's Microsoft. I mean last time SC made fun of it, but that was Sony, this time it's much better because it's Microsoft. Don't you get it?

There are two major differences between Sony's actions and Microsoft's:

- Sony were cancelling one SKU to put an inferior SKU on the market, Microsoft is putting a better one out.

- Sony didn't tell consumers a new model was coming out and they were having a clearance sale, Microsoft did.

end thread/

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6173806.html

What a quick google search can do....

Thats some of the nicest spin I've ever seen.  Unfortunately the original price drop and new SKU announcements were made SEPERATELY, with a reasonable amount of time in between.

 



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LOL MATURE on 14 July 2008
starcraft said:
LOL MATURE said:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6173806.html

What a quick google search can do....

Thats some of the nicest spin I've ever seen.  Unfortunately the original price drop and new SKU announcements were made SEPERATELY, with a reasonable amount of time in between.

 

 

 You obviously don't read your posts then.



LOL MATURE on 14 July 2008

Oh look what I found....

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/e3-no-more-60gb-playstation-3-in-us-after-july-says-reeves

Date... July 13th

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6173806.html

Announcement of price drop.... July 8th...

WAIT A MINUTE THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT! SONY DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE DISCOUNTINING THE PS3 60GIG!!!!

ARGH ROAR RARWER FKEdtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I love google)