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Lord Flashheart on 05 August 2009
Xoj said:
Lord Flashheart said:
Slim is overrated.
Ask Britney Spears.

actually she lost weight again >_o.

Really?

Well give it a week and that comment will be relevant again.



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Bitmap Frogs on 05 August 2009
Lord Flashheart said:
hellonearth said:
LOL@this entire thread. I Smell Fear

After reading all the threads you've started I think that smell is coming from you.

 

Your nose is fooling you, Flashheart.

There's this pungent, rotting stench coming out of him, the fear must be from someone else.





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Krusnik on 05 August 2009
Crashdown77 said:
Infinity said:
A $250 elite would help a little, but really for $50 more to get the new PS3 SKU I doubt it would help 360 sales that much this holiday. Microsoft's only hope is that Sony fumble and charge $350 for the new PS3 instead of $300.

I have to ask, and I'm not being a schmot-ashe, is it fairly well established and agreed upon by virtually everyone that the PS3 is more desirable than the Xbox360 and the ONLY factor that is causing people to buy the 360 is the price? I see this logic a lot, and I just realized that it seems like a huge assumption to me, but everyone puts it out there and nobody calls them on it. Edited to make a complete sentence. . .


Oh that...LOL  in here  it is apparently, elsewhere who knows.... >_>



Bitmap Frogs on 05 August 2009
Crashdown77 said:
Infinity said:
A $250 elite would help a little, but really for $50 more to get the new PS3 SKU I doubt it would help 360 sales that much this holiday. Microsoft's only hope is that Sony fumble and charge $350 for the new PS3 instead of $300.

I have to ask, and I'm not being a schmot-ashe, is it fairly well established and agreed upon by virtually everyone that the PS3 is more desirable than the Xbox360 and the ONLY factor that is causing people to buy the 360 is the price? I see this logic a lot, and I just realized that it seems like a huge assumption to me, but everyone puts it out there and nobody calls them on it. Edited to make a complete sentence. . .


Nah, it's just the excuse they've been using for the past year to put up a front and cope with the fact their favorite toy is being pummeled on the market.





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MidnightRider85 on 05 August 2009

MS is just going to have to take some blows this season. Nothing they have planned announced or unannounced is going to be able to derail the bump in console sales that the PS3 is going to get in Japan alone later this year from the releases of exclusive FFXIII and exclusive GT5.

(MS would have to be getting exclusive Monster Hunter or Kingdom Hearts 3 or something to counter those games, and imho I don't see 360 getting an exclusive on the next big games in either of those series or really on any huge Japanese titles in the coming years).



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Alby_da_Wolf on 05 August 2009

Besides MS and Sony fight, I'm curious about how Wii will fare compared with PS3 and XB360, next Xmas.
I guess that if PS3 starts doing really well, but without hurting XB360 as much as it suffered from it before, Wii will confirm its healthy and strong first place, but losing most chances of reaching 50% total WW sales...



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Zizzla_Rachet on 05 August 2009

I read the first line of your first point....Fail....



 



sguy78 on 05 August 2009

Damn it, I want my $300.00 Elite.



makingmusic476 on 06 August 2009

Microsoft doesn't care that much about Sony anymore. They're focused on Nintendo at the moment.

I believe they'll hold to the $199 price point until the end of next year, at which point they'll bundle Natal with all SKUs and market the hell out of package.

360+ is their shot at the Wii.



makingmusic476 on 06 August 2009
kitler53 said:
Dodece said:
Microsoft has done a fantastic job of lulling the media and the enthusiasts. After E3 Microsoft went into almost a silent running. Way below the radar. More to the point nobody has taken much notice of what Microsoft did not have at that show. Specifically most of their first party software. I think it is about conserving their resources and maximizing their impact.

Perhaps Natal is farther in development then many suspect. The peripheral seemed to be entirely functional at their show. That may be Microsoft's answer to a slim PS3. We all know Microsoft loves to be a year in front of its competition. I think everyone reads the comments of development kits having been sent out as meaning next year, but that hardly precludes Microsoft having made some games internally, or having given some developers kits earlier.

That may be what Microsoft is up to. Imagine the holy hell it would bring down in the press if out of nowhere in say September Microsoft announces the peripheral shipping with a game, and two more games announced for the holiday season.

i wouldn't doubt the hardware side of natal is complete,..i still doubt they will surprise announce natal for this holiday.  like you said, ms has done a good job of "maximizing their impact".  if they release natal this year and have only 3-5 game total for the first six months to a year natal is doomed to fail.  they need to build up a library so that can have 3-5 games at launch followed by at least a game or 2 a month for the rest of its life to keep consumers interested and motivated buyers.  the 2010 release date is really just MS waiting for third parties to join the bandwagon and maximize their impact.

I think Natal will release next Fall, and Microsoft will spend 6+ months drumming up massive hype for the device.

Just look at how many morning shows and stuff it appeared on after E3.  That's only the beginning.  They'll try to make Natal their Halo 3 for casual gamers.  I'm not sure how well it'll go over, though.  The Wii boat has long sailed.  Either way, sales will get a substantial boost based off the marketing.