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HanzoTheRazor on 15 May 2009

@ Soundwave

"You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now." I do give M$ credit. They had a bumper 2nd half in 08 because of their big price drops accross the board. Now, in the game of tennis, u hit back, yes. It is SONY's turn to FINALLY retaliate. Lets see who kicks whose butt if all this from SONY comes true. And, no M$ hasn't "kicked SONY's butt for 3 yaers". When the PS3 had it's only price cut back in 07/08 it "kicked the 360's butt" for quite some time, just with a price cut, too!

I don't really respect a VGC user who doesn't even set up a real account. It sounds to me that u are a little scared of this comming true, no? Fanboy not? U could add at least 1 detail to your account, maybe then people will think u are not a liar and a troll...



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finalsquall on 15 May 2009
Soundwave said:
HanzoTheRazor said:
The people saying it won't change much and it won't sell more than the 360 are delusional, (fanboys make me laugh)! It would more than likely be priced at $299, (which is enough for it to out sell the 360 alone, once again). That, combined with the slim will be a sure win, win. Don't kid yourself.

 

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. Why would it be a $100 drop? Since when do hardware makers doll out $100 drops, especailly when they are bleeding money as is? 

Did the PSP and PS2 redesigns come with price cuts? 

Also what stops Microsoft from simply adding a 60GB HDD to their existing $199.99 360 model and undercutting Sony yet again? 

Or releasing their own slim 360?

You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now. 

 

All MS did was buy a little time.  It hasn't sold amazingly than it should of to gain a great lead.  The overall lead is about an extra 2 mil on top of the 6 mil lead it had over Sony - to which Sony caught up to under a year and a bit.

A Sony price cut will have a greater impact on sales than that on the 360.  Price is the main factor that stops people from purchasing a PS3.  With HDTV adoption/digital broadcasting and Blu Ray, we can expect to see an increase in people looking to buy a PS3 for those features and gaming. I'm seeing interest among my work mates and as they have/starting to consider a PS3 as console of choice; some of which are dedicated 360 fans (not no more).

The purpose of a redesign is to make it cheaper to make and more affordable to purchase. Therefore, a price cut with a redesign is plausible.  I can't imagine a slim 360 :P they could make the box slim  - but I guarantee the friggen power brick would be bigger than the 360 itself.  MS and hardware = crap and unreliable.  MS can't reduce price much further - Sony can reduce their price more times over and that can be periodically within their projected 10yrs.

 



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Sardauk on 15 May 2009
finalsquall said:
Soundwave said:
HanzoTheRazor said:
The people saying it won't change much and it won't sell more than the 360 are delusional, (fanboys make me laugh)! It would more than likely be priced at $299, (which is enough for it to out sell the 360 alone, once again). That, combined with the slim will be a sure win, win. Don't kid yourself.

 

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. Why would it be a $100 drop? Since when do hardware makers doll out $100 drops, especailly when they are bleeding money as is? 

Did the PSP and PS2 redesigns come with price cuts? 

Also what stops Microsoft from simply adding a 60GB HDD to their existing $199.99 360 model and undercutting Sony yet again? 

Or releasing their own slim 360?

You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now. 

 

All MS did was buy a little time.  It hasn't sold amazingly than it should of to gain a great lead.  The overall lead is about an extra 2 mil on top of the 6 mil lead it had over Sony - to which Sony caught up to under a year and a bit.

A Sony price cut will have a greater impact on sales than that on the 360.  Price is the main factor that stops people from purchasing a PS3.  With HDTV adoption/digital broadcasting and Blu Ray, we can expect to see an increase in people looking to buy a PS3 for those features and gaming. I'm seeing interest among my work mates and as they have/starting to consider a PS3 as console of choice; some of which are dedicated 360 fans (not no more).

The purpose of a redesign is to make it cheaper to make and more affordable to purchase. Therefore, a price cut with a redesign is plausible.  I can't imagine a slim 360 :P they could make the box slim  - but I guarantee the friggen power brick would be bigger than the 360 itself.  MS and hardware = crap and unreliable.  MS can't reduce price much further - Sony can reduce their price more times over and that can be periodically within their projected 10yrs.

 

 

Indeed, 2 millions units is almost nothing... pfffiuu



 

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finalsquall on 15 May 2009
Sardauk said:
finalsquall said:
Soundwave said:
HanzoTheRazor said:
The people saying it won't change much and it won't sell more than the 360 are delusional, (fanboys make me laugh)! It would more than likely be priced at $299, (which is enough for it to out sell the 360 alone, once again). That, combined with the slim will be a sure win, win. Don't kid yourself.

 

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. Why would it be a $100 drop? Since when do hardware makers doll out $100 drops, especailly when they are bleeding money as is? 

Did the PSP and PS2 redesigns come with price cuts? 

Also what stops Microsoft from simply adding a 60GB HDD to their existing $199.99 360 model and undercutting Sony yet again? 

Or releasing their own slim 360?

You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now. 

 

All MS did was buy a little time.  It hasn't sold amazingly than it should of to gain a great lead.  The overall lead is about an extra 2 mil on top of the 6 mil lead it had over Sony - to which Sony caught up to under a year and a bit.

A Sony price cut will have a greater impact on sales than that on the 360.  Price is the main factor that stops people from purchasing a PS3.  With HDTV adoption/digital broadcasting and Blu Ray, we can expect to see an increase in people looking to buy a PS3 for those features and gaming. I'm seeing interest among my work mates and as they have/starting to consider a PS3 as console of choice; some of which are dedicated 360 fans (not no more).

The purpose of a redesign is to make it cheaper to make and more affordable to purchase. Therefore, a price cut with a redesign is plausible.  I can't imagine a slim 360 :P they could make the box slim  - but I guarantee the friggen power brick would be bigger than the 360 itself.  MS and hardware = crap and unreliable.  MS can't reduce price much further - Sony can reduce their price more times over and that can be periodically within their projected 10yrs.

 

 

Indeed, 2 millions units is almost nothing... pfffiuu

 

2 mil is a lot, but the gap is still achieveable for the ps3 to close in on.  You expect the 360 with the lowest price to sell at least 5 mil on top of their lead.  IMO, FF13 (PS3) alone will bridge a lot of that gap :D



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HanzoTheRazor on 15 May 2009

FF13 will kill it here in Japan when released. The HW boost alone for that will be the strongest Japan has seen till date.

Me thinks there will be plenty of 360 fanboys shaking at the knees now over this rumour. Silly, but true.



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NoCtiS_NoX on 15 May 2009
Carl2291 said:
phnguyen89 said:
There will NOT be a price but or slimer design soon. If that happens, Sony will go further into lost and the Playstation Brand will collapse. Why would they do that? All of you hoping to get a cheaper PS3 should get a job and stop bitching. Stop with the threads jeez. If you don't have the money, don't play video games or get cheap consoles like Wii and 360. You get what you pay for people. At most Sony is going to introduce the 45nm unannounced.

Hey, take anger management.

Then once you're back from that... care to explain how else SONY are gonna do 13Million in the next year? 

 

FF13, GT 5 and lots of great exclusives that's all I can think of because that would be too low if there is a price cut and a PS3 slim.



SOLIDSNAKE08 on 15 May 2009

lol did you all see npd 360 sales? 360 better run when ps3 getsa price cut and to the 360 fanboys, adding a 292102029gb hard drive to the arcade wont make a difference OK!



sly777 on 15 May 2009
Graves said:
It would destroy the Wii and 360. Is that what you want to hear?

 

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Megadude on 15 May 2009

I was at gamestop th other day and nearly shit in my pants when I looked over an saw that the 60 GB HD for the 360 was $100! $25 more then I paid for my 350 GB PS3 HD. I don't think MS will add a HD to the arcade or do a counter pricecut. I think they will market the shit outta OSDT and try a win over some Wii share with the new eye toy, see how sales go and drop the price and the 720 in 2010.



cleaner475 on 15 May 2009

Sony needs to show more people what the PS3 has got coming.
I live in the UK, theres lots of 360 adverts here but no PS3 ones



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