Rumor: Sony Getting 'More Competitive in Price' After March, Shows Uncharted 2 and God of War 3
Citing an anonymous source named Legends, D+Pad further noted that an unannounced sequel to Naughty Dog's PlayStation 3 game Uncharted was shown in trailer form, alongside Guerrilla's Killzone 2 and SCE Santa Monica's God of War 3.
The Uncharted 2 footage supposedly had an Aztec theme to it, with the source noting it "looks the same as Uncharted 1, no bad thing."
The report also claimed that the PS3 has a larger installed base in Europe than the Xbox 360, and stated that LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm are coming to PSP.
While the report could be a collection of existing or obvious rumors, God of War creator David Jaffe has seemingly lent credence to at least one aspect. On his blog, Jaffe revealed that God of War 3 is in presentable form, as he saw it last week while in Santa Monica, though he has no involvement in its development.
"HOLY HOLY HOLY FUCKING HELL!!!!," Jaffe wrote of the sequel, noting his previous belief that his personal GOTY Gears of War 2 "looked about as good as a next-gen game could look." He added, "Dudes and dudettes, fucking WAIT till you see the amazing graphics...just fucking wait."
When reached for comment on the report, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe stated that "information discussed within the confines of internal company meetings is confidential and subject to change," further clarifying that "we do not have anything to announce at present and we do not comment on rumour and speculation."
Sony has repeatedly denied plans that it will drop the price of the PlayStation 3 in 2008, recently telling VideoGamer that it "has a business to run" and has to "do the right thing" for shareholders.
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replymarch is too late. this is needed on friday and onwards. ps3 is going to get slaughtered this holiday season.
cheapest xbox half the price of the only ps3 sku. yeah no hard drive but just with the 60gb drive it's still 100 bucks cheaper. haha, what a joke-
Try adding the price of a Microsoft wireless adapter to that equation. Also, LOL at $100 for a 60 GB hard drive.
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assuming you need a wireless adapter, and even though $100 *is* stupid for a 60gb HD it's still signifigantly cheaper than the cheapest ps3.
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I'm just sayin', if you add the HDD and wireless adapter to the $200 xbox you're at the same price point as the PS3. Both are overpriced (Sony with the hardware and MS with the peripherals).
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Best point yet. It's easy to assume that because most of us have jobs and buy our own gear that everyone does.
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Except his point has nothing to do with this subthread. The bottom line is you still get better bang for your buck, hardware-wise, with the PS3. Even if you don't need a wireless adapter, the blu-ray player is easily worth the $100 premium over the xbox IMO.
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A lot of people don't care about Blu-ray. They're buying a game console to play GTA, CoD, Madden, etc and the 360 gets them into those games cheaper. For the price of the PS3 they can have a 360 and 3 new games at full price. Spending $600 to play the same is a hard pill to swallow in these times.
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OK, except again, nothing to do with my point. I'm not arguing which one is going to sell better or which one appeals more to the general public. I was just responding to dantastic's comment that the PS3's price is a joke compared to the 360's. $400 is a lot more than $200, but the issue is not black and white. You get what you pay for.
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The same can be said of numerous other products (ex cars) but if people don't care about the extra parts that are adding to the cost then that doesn't make it a good value even if there's more in there
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I agree. For me, blu-ray + wireless + no RROD made it an easy decision.
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Hey, if you're happy forking over your hard earned cash for defective hardware be my guest.
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Defective? Cuz it's not Sony? I can't believe there are still folks out there that sound like you. And still with the soooo tired argument of the wireless adapter (if you play for real you do it with wires, srsly), the too expensive HD (ya 20 bucks to get into the hard drive club is just soo much) and holy fuck the sterling RROD argument. I hope you get mass SDF cred with this post.
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Tired RROD argument?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/11/21/
That shit is still very relevant son. I won't even bother addressing your other "comments".
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Don’t forget Xbox Live at $300 for 6 years. Anyone who thinks the Xbox 360 is cheap has a very short outlook on things. The initial cost of the 360 is much lower but over the full life time the PS3 works out substantially cheaper. This is especially the case if you want a Blu-ray player since the PS3 saves you having to buy a separate one.
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its very true. Putting in $100 for the wireless adapter and $60 for Xbox Live, it brings it to the same point as a PS3, plus it does not include Blu-Ray. So really, if you want a 360 that is on par with a PS3 it will cost you the exact same price. Sony used this defense before. Plus both the 360 and PS3 do not come with HDMI cables so that is another $30-80 depending on how much you want to pay for them. Of course this is if you are looking to watching Blu-Ray, going online without wires, streaming movies/music/etc. from your PC.
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Hell, the Apple store of all places sells HDMI cables for less than $20.
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Just pointing out that you can in fact get decently priced cables from a brick-and-mortar store.
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how is the matchmaking any different than what ps3 users play through?
are people on xbox 360 games lined up with people more at their level based on gamer points or something?
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I've had my 360 since it came out and I've never spent one cent on Live. I get my multiplayer kicks from the PC, and my Netflix streaming from PlayOn.
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Lol nice try at inflating the numbers. $300 over 6 years equates to just under $4.00 a month. You are more likely to spend thousands of dollars on soda and Mcdonalds over a 6 year period than you are on Xbox Live.
These are VERY poor arguments people.
Even if the online component of the PS3 is cheap, as in free, this doesnt necessarily equate to being a good thing, considering the track records of its multiplayer components the saying rings true here, you get what you pay for.
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Ummm, its simply getting the 360 up to par on what the PS3 gives buyers out of the box. Really though, how many people have their Home Theatre near their PC/Office to be able to use the ethernet cable? Also, Live is always pimped by Microsoft for it being better than the competitors, and to get it you will have to pay $50US or $60CAN a year to use it.
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I keep my router next to my home theater so I can physically connect my 360 to it, and all my computers use the wireless.
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We can force people to pay $400 or let them pay $200 and then two optional $100, that they may not need to pay depending on their setup, and well....the $400 fee is better? If I don't need wireless then I would much prefer to save $100 then to pay it and not use it.
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If you want to play GTA4, Madden, etc the 360 does it for half the price. That's all there is to it. It's a game console first and foremost
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Most people just don't care.
Seriously while the geek type player might add up everything like that, most folks just look at it as a gaming console. I suspect a majority or a near majority of people never even get online with the console.
It comes down to buying it for their kid to play games on. That's it. Will the $199 xbox play everything they want? Yup.
In this economy it'll come down to price before 'extras'.
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