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CommonMan on 25 November 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
You'd be surprised how accurate this thing is. Yesterday I sold 4 PS3s, 2 Wiis and 0 360s. I had a bunch of parents coming in to buy a console for their children and asked the difference between the Arcade, Elites and PS3s. A lot of them thinks MS is ripping people off on the price point for their accessories, and truthfully I can't say that I don't agree. Customers are a lot more informed then we all think and when it comes to spending hundreds of dollars they want more bang for their buck. Oddly enough we sold a shit load of Ratchet and Clanks yesterday as well. And I only saw one dude walk out with Uncharted 2. He also bought DJ Hero renegade edition

People also listen to their salesperson when they don't know what to get.



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Garnett on 25 November 2009

Of course it does, the 360 is really almost twice the price as the lowest entry model PS3.



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davygee on 25 November 2009

The more PS3's they sell, the more they make, and if they can make more of them at the one time, then they can make it cheaper than before...hence each unit becomes cheaper to make then the previous model.  Even if Sony are losing money on the current PS3 Slims, they will eventually start making a profit sooner rather than later......



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ShadowSoldier on 25 November 2009
CommonMan said:
ShadowSoldier said:
You'd be surprised how accurate this thing is. Yesterday I sold 4 PS3s, 2 Wiis and 0 360s. I had a bunch of parents coming in to buy a console for their children and asked the difference between the Arcade, Elites and PS3s. A lot of them thinks MS is ripping people off on the price point for their accessories, and truthfully I can't say that I don't agree. Customers are a lot more informed then we all think and when it comes to spending hundreds of dollars they want more bang for their buck. Oddly enough we sold a shit load of Ratchet and Clanks yesterday as well. And I only saw one dude walk out with Uncharted 2. He also bought DJ Hero renegade edition

People also listen to their salesperson when they don't know what to get.

I know what you're implying and I don't like it. For your information I make more money when I sell an Arcade since my commission comes off of the accessories that get sold of a Console.



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CommonMan on 25 November 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
CommonMan said:
ShadowSoldier said:
You'd be surprised how accurate this thing is. Yesterday I sold 4 PS3s, 2 Wiis and 0 360s. I had a bunch of parents coming in to buy a console for their children and asked the difference between the Arcade, Elites and PS3s. A lot of them thinks MS is ripping people off on the price point for their accessories, and truthfully I can't say that I don't agree. Customers are a lot more informed then we all think and when it comes to spending hundreds of dollars they want more bang for their buck. Oddly enough we sold a shit load of Ratchet and Clanks yesterday as well. And I only saw one dude walk out with Uncharted 2. He also bought DJ Hero renegade edition

People also listen to their salesperson when they don't know what to get.

I know what you're implying and I don't like it. For your information I make more money when I sell an Arcade since my commission comes off of the accessories that get sold of a Console.


I'm sorry, there was supposed to be a  after that sentence, as in "I just keeding!"



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ShadowSoldier on 25 November 2009

Lol its all good then



Black Women Are The Most Beautiful Women On The Planet.

"In video game terms, RPGs are games that involve a form of separate battles taking place with a specialized battle system and the use of a system that increases your power through a form of points.

Sure, what you say is the definition, but the connotation of RPGs is what they are in video games." - dtewi

Icyedge on 25 November 2009
GreyianStorm said:
21 percent of people who don't own a PS3 are planning on buying one? But...but...but that would be 1.2 billion people!

ROTFL!!!



De85 on 25 November 2009
WheelStriker said:

Doug Creutz, an analyst with Cowen Group, has declared that Sony’s PlayStation 3 has earned itself a "significant price advantage" over Microsoft’s competing Xbox 360 platform this holiday season.

“With the frontline Xbox 360 console (the Elite) also retailing for $299, we believe Sony now has, for the first time, a significant price advantage at retail, particularly in the minds of serious gamers who are more likely to be considering the PS3 vs. the Xbox 360 Elite rather than the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade version," he stated.

Furthermore, Creutz revealed that a survey result had 21 percent of those who do not currently own a PS3 were planning on investing in Sony’s black box this Christmas, compared to 12 percent who were intending to fork out for an Xbox 360 during the same period.

Lastly, the survey also revealed that 32 percent of consumers who currently own a PS2 plan on upgrading to PS3 in the near future.

 

http://www.psu.com/Analyst--PS3-has-significant-price-advantage-this-Christmas-News--a008396-p0.php

Serious gamers have already bought either a PS3 or an X360, in many cases both.  The advantage this holiday is going to be the combo blu-ray/affordable games machine.



Icyedge on 25 November 2009
De85 said:
WheelStriker said:

Doug Creutz, an analyst with Cowen Group, has declared that Sony’s PlayStation 3 has earned itself a "significant price advantage" over Microsoft’s competing Xbox 360 platform this holiday season.

“With the frontline Xbox 360 console (the Elite) also retailing for $299, we believe Sony now has, for the first time, a significant price advantage at retail, particularly in the minds of serious gamers who are more likely to be considering the PS3 vs. the Xbox 360 Elite rather than the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade version," he stated.

Furthermore, Creutz revealed that a survey result had 21 percent of those who do not currently own a PS3 were planning on investing in Sony’s black box this Christmas, compared to 12 percent who were intending to fork out for an Xbox 360 during the same period.

Lastly, the survey also revealed that 32 percent of consumers who currently own a PS2 plan on upgrading to PS3 in the near future.

 

http://www.psu.com/Analyst--PS3-has-significant-price-advantage-this-Christmas-News--a008396-p0.php

Serious gamers have already bought either a PS3 or an X360, in many cases both.  The advantage this holiday is going to be the combo blu-ray/affordable games machine.

And also not too serious gamer that are still waiting to grab a next gen console. There is more of it than we serious gamer think.



Ghazi4 on 25 November 2009

who cares ps3 shall dominate whether we like it or not lol :D




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