Sony Denies Upcoming PS3 Price Cut

More than anything, I like what this will do for the BluRay standard. I desperately want HD-DVD to go away.

Hopefully this gets Microsoft to drop the price of the 360 as well. I really have no interest in picking up a PS3, but a little friendly competition is good for all of our wallets. :)

Nice. But not enough.

I agree with Sony that the PS3 should be worth more because of the additional functionality. BluRay, included Hard Drive, faster processor, etc. Sony has marketed this as a home multimedia center.

But that's not what consumers are looking for. They want something that is first and foremost a gaming machine. The additional functionality is nice, if it doesn't add to the cost.

So, what have we learned from this generation of consoles?

1. More people want to play games than just the fanboys. Nintendo got this, Microsoft sort of got this, Sony totally missed it.
2. There is more to gaming than just faster graphics, more sound effects, and more complex game play. Again, Nintendo got it, Microsoft sort of gets it, Sony totally missed it.
3. People are looking for gaming machines first, additional features are nice if they don't add to the cost. Nintendo gets this. Microsoft almost gets this, their extra features do cost a bit more, but not a lot and are optional if you want the online content. Sony totally missed this.
4. Tying your console to an unproven drive technology is stupid, especially when the format is still being revised. Even more stupid if it violates number 3. Sony totally blew it.
5. Harddrives are still not necessary for good gaming, but if you are going to have one on some models, you better have them on all models. Nintendo made the right decision for their platform and it's worked nicely. MS made the mistake of having two SKUs, one with and one without and this has caused nightmares for programmers. Sony did okay on this.
6. If you are going to make your machine HiDef, then you damn sure need to include the right connectors and cables. Nintendo is the only one that got this right from the start and only by not making HiDef part of the equation.
7. After a year (or more) in the market, developers are still having difficulty with the new hardware.
8. Microsoft still doesn't know how to market in Japan.
9. Sony has no fucking clue what consumers want anymore. Instead of asking us what we want, they're telling us, with predictable results.
10. Nintendo understands gaming like no other company right now.
11. PC gaming has nothing to worry about. It's the only stable, predictable platform right now. Additionally, while console gaming has improved, it still isn't cable of giving you the immersive experience of gaming on a computer.

Dam and i almost bought one today

Alright, my big question is this: Are the PS3 units that are currently shipping to US stores still including hardware support for PS/PS2 backwards compatibility or is it now the software version that's being used in Europe? Is there a way to tell by the SKU on the box or anything like that?

Yes, this affects my decision to purchase one considerably.

So is MS going to match this? I'd buy an Elite if they put a similar price break in, and donate my premium to the office or to needy orphans or something.

Okay. Sony has "shown me the money." Now show me the games.

There are no games out that, to me, warrant a $500+ game console.

I don't have an HD-DVD... I don't own any blue-ray discs... Where's the value?

drop it to $400 or its not gonna be in this guy's house.

No PS3 Price Drop… rumors were lies

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Not so much...

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUST5013420070706?src=070607_0814_INVESTING_comment_n_analysis

No price cuts any time soon.

Come on guys, this is the same company that said the messed up button on the PSP was by design and that people would work harder to get the money for the PS3. They are WAY to proud to admit they are failing hard core and need to drop their price.

This is purely speculation of course, but it would seem to me Kojima must have told Sony in the last week or so, "look mgs4 really isn't going to be ready in time for the holidays, you guys better find a new reason to get people to buy one (especially since people will be probably be able to buy it on a 360 before the end of '08". speculation of course...

That would be a pretty big announcement for E3.

The PS3 is now four hundred and ninety-nine US Dollars!

I picked one up two weeks ago. I lose.

Price cut denied by Sony:

"Sony Corp. has no plans to cut the price of its PlayStation3 (PS3) at present to pep up demand and counter surging sales of Nintendo's rival game console Wii, Sony's president said on Friday.

"At present we have no plans," to cut the PS3 price, Ryoji Chubachi told Reuters in an interview."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKT4990520070706?feedType=RSS

i want one when transformers bluray comes out

the chance of me purchasing one soon just shot way the fuck up considering this is true

Too little too late? Maybe not. :)

They have got to be taking a bath on this. Losing probably $200 per unit is my guess. Maybe more.

Brutal. But if this is what it takes to recover from an anemic launch and first two quarters, do it.

Here's hoping they adjust the Canadian price... We are paying through the nose when you factor exchange rate. As it stands now, $599US = $633CDN. The ps3 launched at $659.99 here, and actually went UP to $699 a few months back when the exchange rate wasn't so good.

Now that it's much better, have they changed the price back? Hell no. haha... Well, actually Walmart brought it back to $659.

In fact, it isn't much better with the 360, but at least MS throws in a couple free games here to try to make up the difference.

another $100 price drop and i might think about buying one

Canadian price drop too - 549 there
http://www.platformers.net/index/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=351&Itemid=1&show=1

Now all we need is word of the next gran turismo and I smell a sale.

Oh thank merciful God I can afford MGS4.

So is there any word on if the PS3 will support the new 1.1 blu ray profile standard (support for 2nd video and audio decoder)?

I'm just happy more people will have Ps3s so when I post about games I'll have more responses than the same fanboys bitching over and over again.

Yep, for a 100 less I'd do it, in fact I will do it. Blu-ray player plus game console for that price range is fine with me. I knew this was coming and that was my main reason for putting the ps3 off...well that and no real killer app that i needed. but hey, like my 360, at least it can pull hd dvd playback duties while I wait for games to play. :)

For some reason, I'm tickled by the idea of this story being read by a newscaster as "This just in... from the INTERNET!" while a teletype faintly punctuates the passage of time in the background.

This certainly makes thing more interesting, but they are still going to need some software to go with it. I know there are plenty of titles that have people excited, but as they say, don't count the chickens before they are hatched.

meh still too expensive.