$500 PS3 a Possibility

Joeiss · 06-21-2004, 09:31 PM

Is it just me, or are all of GameMaster's post pointless?

GameMaster · 06-21-2004, 09:35 PM

I expressively conveyed my opinion on Sony's price choice by telling a short, imaginative story.

Is it me, or are all of Joeiss' posts rhetorical attacks?

Null · 06-21-2004, 11:57 PM

well if going by every bit of news that comes out. then its said that ps3 will be 10 times more powerful then both xbox2 and n5.

so if you believe that, then the price you can also believe.

However, i hightly doubt both thoes, i THINK PS3 will come out at $349

But then again, it was being said that microsoft will have a cheap model, and then a $500 model with all the hard drive and other stuff built in, kinda a PC/xbox cross platform model.

so i can hardly say microsoft is the one with the good news. its all mostly rumors and speculation anywho. believe what you want, dismiss what you will, only things we can trust are the facts when they come out much futher down the road.

The Germanator · 06-21-2004, 11:59 PM

Gamemaster's posts are actually something I look forward to. More often than not they will give me a nice chuckle.

What are we without a nice chuckle here and there? Not very happy, chuckless people, that's what.

Anyway, $500...That's a lot for a system...and $250 is a lot for a portable...I wouldn't even consider buying either at launch with that kind of tag on there. Maybe three years in when there was a price drop to a still high $200...

Null · 06-22-2004, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

Gamemaster's posts are actually something I look forward to. More often than not they will give me a nice chuckle.

What are we without a nice chuckle here and there? Not very happy, chuckless people, that's what.

Anyway, $500...That's a lot for a system...and $250 is a lot for a portable...I wouldn't even consider buying either at launch with that kind of tag on there. Maybe three years in when there was a price drop to a still high $200...

actually, as of right now the 250 for PSP would be decent for them. considering the DS price is still rumored at 199. 50 more for a handheld +more doesnt seem so bad.

however when you look at it like i do that the DS would be way way over priced at that. then it throws things outta wack

as long as they keep it competitive with the others then its not going to hurt them as much.

if every console is is the 400 to 500 price range then it may hurt the industry as a whole, but not so much sony's hold on it.

but that price wont happen anyway for a nexgen console so it dont matter

Jonbo298 · 06-22-2004, 03:35 AM

If this is true, then the market is gonna have 2 3DO's for the first 6 months to a year

But I think there will be 2 variations. A version that plays games and dvd movies like PS2 does and one that does all that extra flashy stuff that shoves the price through the roof.

I don't care what you all think, but the future of gaming is being ruined by Sony and MS thinking we need these entertainment boxes. I personally don't prefer them. I like having seperate devices because then I know the company that made it took time to make that product, not shove it in with other things. Call me a Nintendo fanboy, say I'm biased, I dont care. Thats what I think the market is heading towards and its a bleak outlook for me.

Typhoid · 06-22-2004, 03:41 AM

I dont know how much $500 american is in canadian money, but all i know is that when the PS2 came out it was $700 cdn for a while. But now its $199 cdn, and comes with a game and adapter.

tarakan69 · 06-22-2004, 05:16 AM

Ken Kuturagi has stated that Sony will never launch a home system priced above $299.

So end of discussion.

Same "ANALysts" that predicted PS2 would be 500+ because it could play DVDs.

DarkMaster · 06-22-2004, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I don't care what you all think, but the future of gaming is being ruined by Sony and MS thinking we need these entertainment boxes. I personally don't prefer them. I like having seperate devices because then I know the company that made it took time to make that product, not shove it in with other things. Call me a Nintendo fanboy, say I'm biased, I dont care. Thats what I think the market is heading towards and its a bleak outlook for me.

How are they ruining gaming by adding different devices to their consoles? Being able to play dvd movies on my ps2 doesn't change the quality of the games. Both consoles use dvds for their games, adding dvd movie playback is not a big deal.

Null · 06-22-2004, 12:44 PM

if anything its nintendo thats ruining it by not listening to gamers.

but no, games are games, it doesnt matter if your console doubles as a toaster, it still plays games and that toaster doesnt effect them.

personally i like it. case in point, just last week i went on vacation to canada to go 'camping' well i brought my PS2, and because i brought that i didnt need to bring a DVD player to watch movies.

at home i have a much better dvd player, so i dont use it, that doesnt effect the great games it has at all.