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wfz on 01 April 2009

My god, does no one know the sudoku joke? Is this turning into an inside joke between me, badgenome, and that crazy guy who made the youtube video?



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Orca_Azure on 01 April 2009

Ninten-dough would be laughing because wii doesn't need a price cut and they'll still be selling the same with just as much profit :d



Rpruett on 01 April 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Sony is so stupid sometimes. They cut the price of the already cheap PS2, making it easier for people to buy more PS2's and less PS3's. Way to go Sony!

 

Yawn.  

 

Name me one business that DOESN'T do this.   You sell your product for as long as it makes financial sense to do so. 

It's good advertising, Keeps the Playstation/Sony name in the limelight and gives people more reason to maybe purchase a PS2 over a 360/Wii.  (Mind you people who are buying a PS2, 9 years into it's lifecycle probably don't care nearly as much about graphics or controls,  More than likely price and price alone.

provides several different entry points into your brand, PS2 for $100 / PS3 for $400.  Which also allows people to potentially get hooked into PS2 exclusive games that have become PS3 exclusive games (Metal Gear Solid, God of War, etc).

facilitates an increased chance of the possible future evolution to another 'newer' product of the same type based on brand familiarity.   (For example,  I bought a PS1 and enjoyed it.  so I got a PS2 and I enjoyed it,  so I got a PS3 and I enjoyed it.)  Or (I bought a Samsung LCD monitor about 2 years ago was impressed with it's quality/price ratio.  Looked at TVs the other day and bought a Samsung TV for many of the same reasons but also because I knew they were reliable because of my personal experience with my monitor.)



ssj12 on 01 April 2009
wfz said:

I'm with you on this one, things would definitely be different. Dropping the PS3 by $100 is the equivalent of Sony performing public sudoku.

Sony will be losing so much money that it wouldn't have any funds to make a PS4, and the entire division will crash and drag the rest of Sony down like an anchor. Then the company will explode into billions of tiny pieces of candy for all the little children to run around cheerfully and gobble up.

Microsoft would then take over as the leading console maker. The 360 would definitely outsell the Wii if it had a huge price drop, and we all know Nintendo wouldn't ever think of lowering the Wii's price because they're all greedy bastards who only want your money. Iwata and co. are complete sellouts to the casuals and forgot about all of us amazing hardcore gamers who brought them to glory. Fanboy rage is definitely going to sky-rocket over this issue in the years to come, and it will only help Microsoft crush Nintendo under their feet.

Then we will all be playing new Halo games for the rest of our lives.

 

wrong word. lol

I think your meaning jisatsu



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wfz on 01 April 2009
ssj12 said:
wfz said:

I'm with you on this one, things would definitely be different. Dropping the PS3 by $100 is the equivalent of Sony performing public sudoku.

Sony will be losing so much money that it wouldn't have any funds to make a PS4, and the entire division will crash and drag the rest of Sony down like an anchor. Then the company will explode into billions of tiny pieces of candy for all the little children to run around cheerfully and gobble up.

Microsoft would then take over as the leading console maker. The 360 would definitely outsell the Wii if it had a huge price drop, and we all know Nintendo wouldn't ever think of lowering the Wii's price because they're all greedy bastards who only want your money. Iwata and co. are complete sellouts to the casuals and forgot about all of us amazing hardcore gamers who brought them to glory. Fanboy rage is definitely going to sky-rocket over this issue in the years to come, and it will only help Microsoft crush Nintendo under their feet.

Then we will all be playing new Halo games for the rest of our lives.

 

wrong word. lol

I think your meaning jisatsu

 

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Kantor on 01 April 2009
wfz said:
My god, does no one know the sudoku joke? Is this turning into an inside joke between me, badgenome, and that crazy guy who made the youtube video?

Yup.

So could you explain, please?



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wfz on 01 April 2009
Kantor said:
wfz said:
My god, does no one know the sudoku joke? Is this turning into an inside joke between me, badgenome, and that crazy guy who made the youtube video?

Yup.

So could you explain, please?

It originated in this video.



richardhutnik on 01 April 2009

Why does a sudden price cut, which will likely be matched by Microsoft, result in the PS3 selling better?



Rpruett on 01 April 2009
wfz said:
Kantor said:
wfz said:
My god, does no one know the sudoku joke? Is this turning into an inside joke between me, badgenome, and that crazy guy who made the youtube video?

Yup.

So could you explain, please?

It originated in this video.

 

Rofl.  Holy hell. 



Diablerie on 01 April 2009

If Sony made a price cut and Microsoft countered it...

 

I think PS3 sales would go up, by a lot,  360 sales on the other hand would go up quite a bit too and then PS3 sales would go down because of this and then they would remain even. 


Maybe though, 360 has seen it's peak and the drop in price wouldn't help for more than a few weeks and PS3 could run laps around the 360.  But that is just my hopes and dreams.  I'll lean towards the first.  It seems a bit more realistic and IMO is the only thing Microsoft has against Sony right now. 

See, even someone who a few people consider a Sony guy can give an unbiased answer (or is it?!?!).