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BladeOfGod on 19 August 2009
psrock said:
I don't see the big deal.

The Xbox 360 is still cheaper, has more games and Sony is almost bankrupt. They have nothing to worry about.

Gamers will go for the 360 because of LIVE, better 3rd party games, and Sony fans are horrible.

I see no change at all, the 360 will continue to increase their leads, and pricecut have never made a difference anyway.


should i take this as sarcastic post from a guy with play b3yond sig?



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trashleg on 19 August 2009
Seece said:
trashleg said:
wait, the PS3 had a price cut? :o how much is it these days? i still dont have either ;_;

PS3 SLim (and phat now) is £249, 360 is £159 now (gone up!)

thanks

woooww! where the hell have i been? £249 is so much more appealing than £424.99 and the slim was made official? gawd, i musta been hidin under a rock or summin.



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hatmoza on 19 August 2009

That's the interwebz for ya. I wonder who said what to provoke you into making this thread?



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daiyumn on 19 August 2009
BladeOfGod said:
psrock said:
I don't see the big deal.

The Xbox 360 is still cheaper, has more games and Sony is almost bankrupt. They have nothing to worry about.

Gamers will go for the 360 because of LIVE, better 3rd party games, and Sony fans are horrible.

I see no change at all, the 360 will continue to increase their leads, and pricecut have never made a difference anyway.


should i take this as sarcastic post from a guy with play b3yond sig?


I know rite i was just going to quote him and say the same thing.



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hatmoza on 19 August 2009
trashleg said:
Seece said:
trashleg said:
wait, the PS3 had a price cut? :o how much is it these days? i still dont have either ;_;

PS3 SLim (and phat now) is £249, 360 is £159 now (gone up!)

thanks

woooww! where the hell have i been? £249 is so much more appealing than £424.99 and the slim was made official? gawd, i musta been hidin under a rock or summin.

Don't feel bad, I missed the party yesterday as well.



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Glover on 19 August 2009

So much failing nerdy humour in this thread.



Stan85 on 19 August 2009
psrock said:
I predict $150 Arcade version this winter.

So true...combined with 299$ Elite,the 360 will be a Mass Effect this Xmass.

Halo 3 ODST,Forza 3,GTA 4 Episodes,MW 2,L4D 2...not a bad lineup at all.



Domicinator on 20 August 2009

Guys, guys, guys........

Microsoft did not raise the price of the 360. In Europe, it had to be raised to adjust to the ever changing exchange rate. This had absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft, it had to do with the laws of economics as well as the still struggling economy. The people SELLING the 360 had to raise the price, but this was not under a directive from Microsoft.




Garnett on 20 August 2009
Squilliam said:

Recap:


Last year in early 2008 Microsoft for some untold reason became desperate. It hasn't been determined how people determined they were desperate and it hasn't been determined how it was decided they were no longer desperate, but it seems to have been determined that they have become desperate again.

Signs of desperation:

1. Raising the price.

Its pretty obvious that Microsoft are in such shock at the unexpected and obviously uncounterable PS3 price cut that they got all confused and muddled and in total desperation and shock they took the price of the Xbox 360 the wrong way. To counter the 250 pound PS3 they raised the price of the Xbox 360 arcade to 150 pounds and discontinued the 160 pound Premium model effectively raising the price of the HDD model to 230 pounds. 

2. Predicting the PS3 cut.

They were in such shock and awe, that resonance of their despair carried back through time to earlier this year or late 2008, letting them know that the PS3 price cut was coming.

3. The design of the Xbox 360.

They always knew the Xbox 360 empire was going to come crashing down. If they didn't believe such an event was forthcoming, then why did they craft the Xbox 360 to be concave? AKA caved in design! Its designed with the proportion of a woman and it bleeds red every month or discharges green at any other time.

4. Not announcing games too far into the future.

If they truely believed the Xbox 360 would be around for 2011 they would have announced games for 2011 at this years E3. The one console owner who truely had the balls to announce games 3+ years out from release was Sony, and they have a 10 year plan silly. Nintendo and Microsoft both believe they are truely temporary in this generation.

5. They just know they haven't got the performance.


 

 

 

 

I could of swore that this was Seece. 

 



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Kantor on 20 August 2009

The C64 will kill the 360!!!!!!! >=)



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