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History of Console Prices
18 May 2006 06:47 | Nodoze |
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There are two graphs, one for absolute, and one for relative pricing.
One interesting point of note, is that the trend over time indicated that the higher priced consoles (even if technically superior) ALL FAILED!!!
Could this be an omen for the PS13...errr PS3??
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Unregistered - rossi
05.18.2006 12:26
Sony, i think its Time to back off¨!
360 is coming on TOP!!!
Get Ready To Rumble!!!!
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read carefully
Unregistered - 299.99 core package
05.18.2006 15:57
First post i like your comment but with all due respect, sony isnt going to be rumbling at anything no time soon thanks to that 90 million dollar knock out they recieved lol. Anyway..MS did the damn thing. 299core pack wired controller no hard drive but still can play games is great. People are more familiar with that concept anyway. And they can ugrade as they see fit. You cant beat that. progressive scan dvd play back outta the box if you are into watching dvd on your console. I mean its pretty sweet. Personally i opted for the premium package seeing as how i was anxious to make my custome soundtrack for in game playback. I love it. Blue ray doesnt excite ment there for not worth it at all to me. No rumble function is the worse. MS for me, i dont know about ya'll, was the better choice it just makes sense.
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PS3 Is not a game machine.
Unregistered - Slugg
05.18.2006 17:33
Wow. The graph and stuff-- good work. One thing, however, that people seem to be overlooking, is the fact that the PS3 is not a game machine. No? No. It is primarily a Blu-ray disc player. Does this justify the $600.00 price point? No, it REQUIRES it. The technology for blu-ray is new, cutting edge, proprietary, and expensive. Since Sony has tried to win other format wars and lost (See Betamax, Minidisc, UMD, Etc.) They are using the PS3 as a means to force their format in the HD battle. Why? Because if they are successful, every company that makes a blu-ray player or releases a movie on that format will have to pay them a licensing fee. Big BIG money. With no competition, they can charge what they want for the movies, etc. Hell, even Microsoft would have to pay to make an add-on Blu-ray drive for the 360. Blu-ray, though, is the STATED reason for the PS3 delay, is more expensive that HD-DVD, and requires a complete refit of manufacturing plants. Combine this with that name-recognition thing (Average Joe Customer- "I want a HD-DVD player thingee for movies" Typical Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Best Buy Employee "Blu-ray or HD-DVD, sir?" Customer- "HD-DVD, isn't that what I said" -- you get the picture) and Sony is betting the farm on this. So what is the point? The point is this-- in this scenario, gamers lose. Sony has put them on the back burner, hopefully only temporarily. It is wierd, though. Sony seems to be a company at war with itself. They push blu-ray in the PS3, forcing the cost up, and maybe killing the Playstation Brand, which until now was their biggest money-maker, yet at the same time talk about how a content distribution model is the future (paying for and downloading HD movies, music, games etc. to a hard drive and using it from there.) Wouldn't this eventually make blu-ray obsolete? Believe it or not, by NOT forcing HD-DVD down consumers throats, but letting people buy it as as an add-on, Microsoft might be on the right track. Then they could also offer a larger (200GB?) hard drive for people who wanted to go the content-distribution route-- xbox live would be perfect to integrate that into, no? The sad conclusion that I have drawn is this-- if Sony can't establish a fomat monopoly with Blu-ray, they could be in big trouble. Do they have a chance? It will take a while to tell, but HD-DVD players are already on the market and sold out. Movie studios will go where the money is, and Blu-ray might end up a niche format like UMD. If this happens, no amount of price cuts, awesome exclusive games, or even further stealing of ideas from their competitors (Tilt controller, guide button, two-tiered price point, there online model to name a few) will save them. By putting all their eggs in the blu-ray basket, Sony is doing a diservice to all gamers. Believe it or not, I am not a Microsoft fan-boy. I don't want to see Sony fail, because competition in the industry is best for us, the gamers.
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Just my take on it.
Unregistered - .....
05.20.2006 02:53
I for one thing sony will pull through, why? Because people are ignorant and partial to lables. Yo man, i got the new ps3 with blue rays in it, oh foreal tho? Hey i got the new ps3 with rays in it i think they blue, word of mouth it spreads people are lining up around the country tryin to get the new ps3 with the blue stuff on it. similar to the furbees, the american public are consumers if nothin else and always into fads and trends and havin the ps3 is just that and off that alone i think it'll sell.
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