FinalEvangelion on 08 July 2007
shams said:
TheSource said:
For those of you that have a PS3... Aren't you a bit pissed that you could have waited a little while and then been able to get: 1) A bigger hard drive for the same price ($600) 2) A great game included 3) More games to choose from starting August anyway Whether or not it makes sense to Sony and is economically sound, I think the reaction to this move will be overwhelmingly negative. On top of that, how many interested consumers want the inferior version of a product at $500? If it was me I would just spring for the extra $100 for the storage space and Motorstorm. |
No doubt the new ones have the software emulation of PS2 titles - which may be a good or bad thing in the long run... I think this is overly negative from Sony, and a sign that they are desperate for more money... a) Some PS3 fans WILL go out and spend another $600 (just for the larger hdisk/new model!) b) As a result, will see a heap of PS3s on Ebay/2nd-hand market (good or bad?) c) Gives the impression that the PS3 hardware is a "moving target" - buy now, burnt later d) Boost sales by dropping the price of existing 60Gig models (for a while anyway?) e) Boost sales by offering a free game at the $599 price point (and a pretty weak game at that - if it was LAIR, Heavenly Sword or Uncharted might be different) ... Most of all, this would piss me off if I had bought a PS3 - big time. Not to mention generally "devalueing" the PS3, by saying that the Premium model wasn't really that premium at all. (and of course they look like copycats again, by following a similar strategy to MS with the Elite...). ... If this is the best Sony can do, they might not have a very fun year... |
Wait a minute, didn't the 360 Elite technically copy the PS3 in the HDMI port and extra hard drive space to begin with?
Also, didn't Nintendo do the DS and then the DS Lite? Isn't the Wii supposed to get DVD support, maybe even upconversion in the future?
I have a PS3 and I'm very happy with the price drop news. I was planning on getting a 160 gig hard drive anyway sometime.
I guess all the Anti-Sony people are trying to find reasons to be hating.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
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