Does the PS3 price drop put Sony back into the race?

With the confirmation that Sony is finally bowing to pressure and dropping the price of the PlayStation 3, does the move now make this a console worth considering?

There is no doubt about it, knocking £60 off any gadget is going to boost sales, but creating an entry-level unit £125 cheaper is going to allow Sony to get back in the race that it has been so badly losing since March.

[Maddens Raiders]

With 200 million in the fanbase it was never 'out'. Everybody knows that it was only a matter of time before Sony made critical halftime adjustments and started making a move to reclaim another championship. The writing is on the wall.

W 3 L C O M 3 C H A N G 3

[jcgamer]

to count Sony out is like counting out Jordan and the Chicago Bulls at their strongest going for the threepeat...if the PS2 proves to indeed be Sony's "Thriller" moment, then they will be the ONLY ones who can attempt to top the greatest selling console of all time, in my opinion...

[nasim]

I had a ps2/ps1 and i will never buy any other console

with PS3 being far more superior and powerful than competition it is just a matter of time before it deals a death blow at inferior consoles.

PS3 was never out of the race. It has sold 5.5 m . AT a high price point that is an amazing feat.

HOwever EU and NA will totally fall to ps3 domination this October thx to a price cut

[resistance100]

@Violater

It is a price drop as the 60GB has been dropped from 425 to 369

[Feihc Retsam]

OF COURSE a price cut will help sales, otherwise they wouldn't do it.
The price cut will not, however, cause PS3 consoles to fly off shelves at a pace that comes near the Xbox360 or the Wii...

Most people are not committing to a hi def movie format yet because of the "format war".

And there just aren't enough compelling exclusive games that are worth playing on the PS3 that will draw consumers in.

A price cut + some "must have" exclusives will yield some good PS3 sales numbers.

For now, and through the Holiday season, the Xbox360 and Wii will continue to lead the way comfortably. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION

[MANTIIS]

Gotta agree with that, I wonder how many of the stubborn, indignant, trash talking, and unread fans of "that other console, " will be making the hypocritical move/change now? LOL.

[sak500]

Same 120million argument. How come games like ff and GOW sell only few millions? 60million must have been repeat sales cuz of broken ps2s. And 95% of ps2s are modded and people buy 1$ games to play on it. They will not be buying a $400 console with games costing $60. Thats their entire months food budget.

[secret]

The articles headline is an interesting interpretation of the price drop. Here's another interpretation.

Sony is matching the xbox360's price to rumble face-to-face with with the dirt talking xbox360 in its own turf. Normally, if Microsoft truly (truly,truly) felt that its console can compete with the PS3 graphics for graphics, feature for feature, quality for quality, then it wouldn't be afraid to RAISE its price to match the PS3 and slug it out mano-e-mano. But Microsoft is avoiding the confrontation like a little chicken with that "BELIEVE" crap self-steam and hot air.

Now, Sony will bring the fight to the xbox360 unless Microsoft tries to flee again. Get ready xbox360. Hype and smoke & mirrors and self-steam and all other artificial-medical-life-suppor t machinery will keep you alive only for so long Microsoft. Sony is coming for you. You're hampering this generation's graphics potential, and Sony will get you out of the way. Your practice releasing a hardware to your loyal fans that you KNOW is defective becuase you don't care about them is on the line. Your inflated hype and corruption for this industry is awful.

MULTIPORTS:
The graphics of most multiports are similar, so that means that for an incremental $50, you get a free xbox360 without the $100 - $500 console lifetime internet fees and that you won't have to join the red-ring-of-death-group. Coupled with the free xbox360, you get a PS3, PS2, PS1, and PSN console. And you'll be able to watch bluray movies and dvd movies, all in one quiet machine that's so high quality that it's almost indestructable. Not bad for only $50 more than an xbox360. It seems as if, because my PS3 with these multiports and pc computer versions of xbox360 games like bioshock and halo or gears, I'm getting a lot of stuff. Why not pay $50 here instead of $50 for yearly internet fees on that hunk of junk console getting in this generation's way of higher definition graphics?

For a one-time $50 fee, you get a free xbox360 without internet charges when you buy a PS3. However, when you choose to pay $50 a year every year on the xbox360, what else do you get other than internet access which should be free? With the PS3, you participate in folding to advance human society. You get a free xbox360 with no RROD. You get PS3, PS2, PS1, PSN, BLURAY, DVD, SACD, CD, MP3, LINUX, Motion sensors, and on and on and on and on. With the xbox360, you participate in restricting this generations graphical potential. Here's the reason why:

The xbox360 got to the market first and has a larger market share. Developers want to eat these gullible,easy-to-fool harlem, ghetto customers like Snuka alive. Therefore, when they multiport these games, they'd focus on the xbox360, despite the xbox360's limitations and force the PS3 to look the same. Everybody, let's thank Microsoft and Snuka for holding back this generations graphics --> AGAIN. They got to the freeway first and because their hunk of junk car maxes out at 60mph before it starts to overheat and blowup, they're slowing everyone down again. They're blocking traffic. Get them off the fast lane. They're blocking traffic and slowing everyone down this generation. Tell them to go to the middle lane or join the Wii in the slow slane. PS3's Insomniac games, Killzone 2, Grand Turismo 5, and so on have work to do.

Admit it, the reason why I have to play a short 5 hour game on GRAW2 with mediocre to slightly above average graphics is because UBISOFT wanted to develop the game to the maximum speed and limitations of the xbox360 in mind, eventhough they were both developed from the ground up rather than being ports. Don't even bother porting Ninja Gaiden 2. Even if it came identical to the PS3, we know it should've been better had it been a PS3 exclusive.

An ugly girl wants to dim down the lights and put on tons of makeup (xbox360 smoke and mirrors and hokus pokus). A good looking girl wants to be seen, even without makeup.

It is a fact that xbots have or will have spent the most money by the end of this generation.

1) Add the console cost
2) Add the total internet fees of $100 - $500 by the end of the console's life
3) Add the necessary Bluray player (probably a PS3 if they like games) and/or HD-DVD player (no movies)because the xbox360 comes with neither devices
4) Add the games and movies and accessories
5) XBOTS, total up the total cost that's applicable and compare that price to the PS3. Let alone mention about the headache of RROD and a confusing lineup of consoles to choose from.

The majority of people who buy an xbox360 and still try to defend the system are not impressing me at all with their harlem-ghetto upbringing and train of thought and lifestyle. Make the change and stop contributing to the hampering of this generation's graphical potential and promoting lousy business pratices seen by Microsoft. And yes, I own shares of stock in Micrsoft.

FIGHT NIGHT / PS3 BRINGS FIGHT TO XBOX360:
Because the xbox360 is afraid to raise its price to fight the PS3 face-to-face, the PS3 will bring the fight to the xbox360 by offering a $399 price tag to one of its SKU's. Get ready xbox360. Smoke and mirrors, Hype, and self-steam and all other medical artificial life support will sustain your consoles life for only so long.

Prepare to rumble for your life.

You may not realize it, but the dividing line has been drawn, ladies and gentlemen. Everything to the left is the the xbox360 and xbox360 multiports. Everyting to the right will be the PS3, spearheaded by Sony first party developers, Insomniac games, and other Sony loyal developers. Please take a look at this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

Thank you.

[Sez]

i have to disagree with you. it wouldn't be foolish of MS to drop the price of the 360 again.thats where you an alot of sonyfanboy get it wrong.sony is hurting with this price drop that they have to sell off stock in the insurance company and sell thier processor company to tosh for money to stablize the losses from the ps3. we all know that console companys loss money on thier systems but gain money on the software.sony software sale are not high and thier attach rate per systems isn't good ether.yes MS pocket are deep and they are not worried about losing alittle more to buy exclusive and make another price drop just to stick it to sony.

[HateBoy]

secret: obsessed fanboy? Omg dude, that was fakking insane, stop wasing your life.

[Daishi]

Secret you need to reword much of what you said. Everything you talked about gave the impression that Sony is in Microsofts shadow. Microsoft can't hold back the graphics for first party games or length for that matter. I can only imagine how many true Sony loyalists are completely embarrassed to hear your banter. I'm not knocking you for your passion, just proof read what you type so you don't give the wrong impression.

[Bloodmask]

that a price cut will increase sales. But for Sony to cut the price of PS3 twice in one year is not a good thing for Sony. It means that the console isn't selling up to expectations.

Otherwise why drop the price at all?

Price drop= Good for consumers but not a good sign for the condition of PS3 sales.

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

dropping the price twice(it rhymes) is a business strategy.

please don`t make me explain it to you.

think about it.

[Bloodmask]

Yeah the "Business Strategy" is cut the price of your console twice and lose even more money on the hardware.

Because the competitors (Nintendo and Microsoft) are pulling away in console sales and overall install base.

I like how you disagree with me and your best rebuttle is "Think about it." Thanks for the debate.

[trane07]

To try and spin this into some un-necessary. "this is bad for sony" issue is truely stupid. They are simply replying to the demand of consumers by releasing a more price available system. To say "OH this is BAD FOR SONY" is utterly ridiculous, yet its expected from a 360 fanboy's point of view. When it had its first price drop, you heard from tons of people saying that "its not enough. Lower it some more" and now that they have YOU still want to turn this to a negative when its nothing of the sort? Thats dumb as hell to think. It looks like you took an article that had the most negative reaction,(which the article hardly had) and tried to make some baseless claim off of it.

how the hell is a price drop bad news?

[Violater]

It is a NEW cheaper SKU not a price drop.

[MANTIIS]

If we are talking in terms of pricing as a key component of a business strategy, then most 360 supporters will retort with MS dropping the price on their own system, as well. Here are a few tid bits as to why to do so is futile. It would be foolish (for MS) to retaliate with a price cut immediately without observing the trend at which the current price structure for the 360 fairs against PS3's new price. That trend? Not good for MS. Especially considering that with the modest price difference that the 40GB PS3 will have (laying between the 360 Premium and Elite), consumers will be forced to look at what saving the extra 50.00 dollars or so on a PS3 is additionally getting them-a blu ray player (top mainstream sell point), built in wi fi, bluetooth, free network play including HOME, access to key exclusive titles/franchises...then they will look at what the 360 or WII offers...none of those things (or if they do provide one or two, or three of those attributes, you have to pay for the them)All that and you're still saving 50.00 off the cost of a premium 360, as a bonus. Or, if they want to spend 50.00 MORE for an Elite, they still get nothing but a larger HDD (and the PS3's HDD is interchangeable). Either way, the consumer is at a disadvantage if they choose the 360 over the PS3 (yes, I know there are currently more games for 360...so what?!). MS can reduce the price of the 360 all they want, but there is a cap to that, as they are already losing close to 150.00 on each 360 sold (the core would be less) and have lost over 4 billion as a game division since the original xbox launched in 2001 (the xbox brand hasn't made them one red cent yet). As long as Sony maintains the 50 dollar gap with MS, the value of what they offer more of will dominate the sales minds of consumers, as will the savings. There is nothing MS can do about it but rebuild a new system (exclusion of built in HD-DVD biting you in the @ss, MS?), as PS3 is not only the most stable, high-tech, and powerful hardware-but thanks to the new price/hardware structure, the best value in consoles, as well. Your comment on PS3 not boding well as the reason for another price cut is false considering that ALL hardware manufacturers in this business lose money on a new console until they find the niche (price point) that spurns sales, which in turn increases the install base which leads to an exponentially increasing games venue. It is only then that a hardware manufacturer turns a profit (as a gamer you should know this), unless your Microsoft, in which case your S.O.L (over 4Billion in the red, ouch). Anyone who disagrees is an Xbot who is living in denial.

[thewhoopimen]

Please also keep in mind that the PS3 has the largest title lineup for the Holiday Season. Sony is really taking a huge step to try to bank this holiday.

Please also keep in mind that SCEA is making money, not losing it (from PS2 sales/licensing) and they can afford to take this price drop.

[HateBoy]

Some of you guys need to spend some more time in school/college instead of playing video-games, some of the stuff you said was just... Soooo incredibly ignorant. You sound really stupid, honestly, think before you comment. Nevermind beeing obsessed dorks...
Take it personally, cause it is.

[SofaKingReetodded]

the same ahole who stands up and boasts about how MS will match any price drop Sony makes. What's good for the goose is not good for the gander.

It really is getting tiring reading your retard drool.

[Real Gambler]

NOBODY KNOWS except some big guys at Sony or Microsoft. So you can speculate as much as you want about a console price drop, you'll never get close... There's thousands of possible scenarios here. Sure enough, it's not an indication of bad sales or good sales.

Example 1: On day one, Sony was loosing about $200 per console. That's hard fact. Only gaming consoles are sold at lost, that's why only big business like Microsoft or Sony can afford to do so. They brace themselves and set aside huge chunk of money for that purpose. Back to Sony, if they would have sold 5 millions consoles in two months, it would have cost them a bunch. They didn't sold that many, so they didn't burn that reserve they had. Now, with time, manufacturing cost are dropping a lot. Big drop on laser, drop on memory, etc... That's where nobody can give us hard facts... Are they still losing money (great for us if they do). Are they only loosing $100? $50? NOBODY knows for sure. But suddenly that reserve can last a lot longer. So a price cut is NOT a bad sign for PS3 sales. It's simply something they can afford big time. Who knows, maybe they are not even loosing money today! Big theory, but it's as good as any you can guess.

Example 2: Microsoft had the same reserve because they were also selling their console at a loss... Having less fancy parts, they are likely already at the break out point or even making money on hardware!. It would have been a perfect time to lower the price but their reserve probably moved to the 1.2 billions extra warranty support. Again, keep in mind it's a theory, nothing else. Having a big wallet, they could likely still drop the price if they wanted too. If they make money on hardware, they could lower the price. But if they do (let say Wii price), and suddendly start sell twice as many consoles, even if they don't loose money, they may suddendly cannot produce enough, so they could be holding back. Again another huge theory. Is it good? Likely not, but not much better than anything we can fantasme about since nobody know how much it cost to build a console today and how much money they have in those "little" reserve they set aside on launch day.

Sure enough, it would have been harder to lower the price when they were loosing $200 per console, instead of today, where they may even be making a few bucks on each consoles sold ;)

[Antiomo]

that said the 60 gb was not a price cut.?

[The Brave 1]

sony actually makes money off the PS3 in europe and maybe breaks even in the U.S. Explanation?????=1 dollar=1.5 euro PS3 euro price=599euro
599euro=900 dollars 900 per system = profit

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

Microsoft is out of the race after holidays.

[BIadestarX]

ahhhhhhhhh hahahaha! this comes from someone that's always predicting the death of microsoft as a company... and the xbox 360.
Did you learn for the first predictions? "xbox 360 dead once PS3 launch"? damn... one thing is to get a hard on at the idea of seing microsoft dying and another one is reality.

By the way... the drop price will help sell consoles to those (like me) that believe the PS3 is worth $400 and have the cash... but don't expect everyone one to easly drop $400 on a console if all they care about is which console have a larger game library and best games for Xmas.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

I said its the death of Microsoft and EVERYONE ELSE in 2012.

Do some research.

[Grinchy]

"but don't expect everyone one to easly drop $400 on a console if all they care about is which console have a larger game library and best games for Xmas"

Then they would get a ps2 yes????

[unlimited]

It can be the end of Microsoft if Sony go on top again and reclaim their rightful thrown. I don't think Microsoft have any plans to release any games next year in 2008.well ill take it back they got NG2.Did they announce any new games?? Sony have a spectacular game line up. When consumer realize that PS3 library of games is getting bigger and bigger they going to drawn by it and that will lead them to purchase the ps3 system.

[Proxy]

I want a nice PS3 comeback as much as anybody, but crushing MS and XBox will only mean Sony can be lazy. If it wasn't for XBox keeping Sony on their toes we may well be playing $600 for the original 60 gig version far into 2008.

I'd like to see all 3 consols pull over 30% market share. Keep the competition, keep the inovation!

[AnalFace]

But this pricedrop will sell a Shat load of units. Nuff said

[Funky Town_TX]

now sale some games.

[HarryEtTubMan]

Its all PS3 from here on out! I can't wait for mine!

[Funky Town_TX]

that one would be $299 right now.

[americanGTA]

i have a 60, i have 27 gigs free... only 3 games

[yocdub]

Hard Drive space not Memory. Plus you have to remember, the HD is upgradable, you can put a 250 Gig HD if you really need all that space.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

The reason the 20 gig ceased to be was because when the PS3 launched was plain and simple, a terrible time to have a two stage price point.
Early adopters often aren't willing to go for second best, if its something they have to get day one then they want the best one, thus stores weren't selling as many compared to the 60 gig. Since they weren't selling as many 20 gigs many stores opted to order fewer and fewer as stock was sold so they had more 60 gigs on hand. Since stores were ordering more 60 gigs by a large margin, Sony decided that no one wanted it. The new 40 gig has a much, much larger chance of survival because the early adopters already got their toy and those willing to wait now have a price point they can live with.

[Dogswithguns]

Bring back the 20G and the price will be as low as the Wii almost.

[felidae]

bla bla bla ..

The PS3 was always worth considering. Idiot!

[AnalFace]

I should have mine this Xmas!

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Getting a 60gig next week.

[Kholinar]

Getting closer.

I'll be waiting for the sub-$250 days, just like most of the 120 million ps2 base.

[CrazzyMan]

it`s not about ps3 price. it`s about games.
500$ for 5 years s like 8$ per month (xbox live alone cost 5$ per month).
And you get great console, blu-ray player and free online.

All it`s really matters are MUST have and MUST play games. More them come, more people buy ps3.
Many people will buy ps3 just for MGS4 or FFXIII, or GT5, or KZ2 alone. Just for one game, like Many people did for Gears.
And in 2008 come a lot of MUST play games, AAA tittles. =)

In 2008 PS3 will just outshine competitors.

p.s.
LO, F2(also pc), TH, AW(also pc), NG2 - did i forget something?
and when average pc will ouperform x360 (i presume this happens on Christmas 08), then there will be no need for x360, timed exclusives won`t work anymore for this platform. And pc multiplatform will kill it.

[Kholinar]

Some of us aren't that compulsive.

I have a lot of other things to spend my money on. My wife needs a new notebook (she's a designer, so a macbook of some sort seems to be a good idea). I'd like to get a nice telescope. I'd like to upgrade to a better guitar.

I love gaming, but a lot of the huge audience that the ps2 gained put a ton of things before the ps2. They'll continue to do that. If it were cheaper they'd jump on quicker.

It's not a matter of value. It's a matter economics. The ps3 has value, but it hasn't got value that I have to have. Let's get real... there are no "must have" games on any console. Advertisers want you to think so though.

[sak500]

@kholinar "I'll be waiting for the sub-$250 days, just like most of the 120 million ps2 base. "

I was ps2 owner and sold it just before buying my 360 jan 06. My nephew still plays ps2 games with his dad but loves my 360 and comes over weekends to play. He's not into ps3 and his dad (my bro) bought wii for family gaming. Remaining 120+, the fig is way overhyped by sony i guess, as 50 percent would be multiple purchases by owners since the first one failed and dont forget the games like FF and GOW not selling more than few million so where does this number come from? 95% of ps2 would be now modded and people just play pirated games cuz they can't afford original games. You'd think they will jump and buy ps3 which right now cannot be modded to play backups etc. DREAM ON, end of reign of SOny as far as this gen is concerned. Let them work on a gaming console for ps4 not a BD trojoned machine.

[CrazzyMan]

or just don`t play games. =)
There are games and there are masterpiece.
MGS, FF, GT, Team Ico games - are real MASTERPIECE.
These games are so detailed, so complete, so deep. =)

[Kholinar]

"Masterpiece"

It's called addiction, my friend. ;)

Nothing wrong with that. I used to be addicted, but I found it was taking too much of my time. Of course I play games. I'm just not ruled by them.

Anyway. Some of those games sound great. Particularly FF and any Ico games. I'm just going to wait (like a ton of other people) til the ps3 is much cheaper as well as the games. I'll get the ps3 and ten or twelve "masterpiece" games for the same price as the 60gb.

All it takes is patience.

That's value.

[CrazzyMan]

No, these games are one of the BEST of ALL TIME. =)

ofcourse, you can disagree with that, it`s you opinion. =)
but those games are just masterpiece, they deserved to be called like that.

Juts like with moovies, there are some good moovies, bad movies, and Masterpiece. It`s same with games, and it`s not addiction. =)
Same with books and many other things. ;)

p.s. about buying ps3, after mgs4, ffxiii, gt5, kz2 releases, ps3 will be a must have console for many many gamers. Price just won`t matter, but well, it will be affordable for many in 2008. =)

[Kholinar]

I'm not really arguing that some of them aren't masterpieces. (Though I'd definitely argue that at least 2 or 3 of those aren't) What I'm saying is that the "need" to buy things regardless of price is put on us by marketing and a materialistic mindset. That's so close to addiction that it's scary sometimes.

"p.s. about buying ps3, after mgs4, ffxiii, gt5, kz2 releases, ps3 will be a must have console for many many gamers. Price just won`t matter, but well, it will be affordable for many in 2008. =)"

It always matters. Just sometimes not as much. Otherwise none of us would shop online for cheaper prices instead of walking into a store and taking it home that instant.

But yeah, there's a lot of good games ahead (I hope). I'm just not running out to buy for a while.

[CrazzyMan]

so you are scared of books too? don`t you? =))
it`s really funny. :)

just for you games - are fun.
for me, some games are so deep, and they are more then just games. Some games for me are just like books, these games are FF, MGS, Team ico. =) That`s why i like game swith good stories.
some other JRPGs too. =) GT is masterpiece, because it`s done almost perfectly each time. =)

price ofcourse matter, so matter and BRAND, Many people overpay 100-200$ or even more, just for name, because brand to them means quality and is very important. :)

casuals will also choose not price but brand, when it will come to 50-100$ difference. =)

[Kholinar]

"Are you scared of books?"

no, not exactly: http://kholinar.listal.com/

Though I would be if I went without food, hurt or robbed someone for them.

If price doesn't matter then sony underpriced it.

Again, not saying these aren't great. Just not worth "any price".

[ItsDubC]

"I'll get the ps3 and ten or twelve "masterpiece" games for the same price as the 60gb.

All it takes is patience.

That's value."

I'm w/ Kholinar 100% on this one. I will buy a product when its value to me meets or exceeds the price that I have to pay for it, and the PS3 is no different.

With games costing more than they ever have before, I have to take into account the price of games when considering a console purchase. That being said, time is on my side if I don't mind waiting to play a particular game on a particular console. I can play the exact same game for a lot less than another consumer who played it on release day if I wait. A nice side effect is that I have more money left over to buy more games.

[xplosneer]

Ha yeah okay buddy keep telling yourself 95% is modded right okay then...
All of my friends except me have never modded.
PS2 launched 2000, and had ~50 million consoles out by the time the Slim launched. If what you say is true, about 25 million have died, giving you the benefit of the doubt. PS2 would still have 100 million out there. And if people can't afford PS2 games then why would they even consider upgrading to ANY nex gen console? Also, PS3 can do Custom Firmware, someone found a downgrader from 1.5 to 1.1 which was hackable.

[tuffco]

You will notice alot of minds changing about the PS3 once the pricedrop happens and people actually own the system. How can you compare the MS xbox 360 against PS3. PS3 is the true next gen and you will start to see the system pull away from 360 capabilities. The size of the blu-ray discs alone will do the job let alone when the programmers are familiar with PS3 you will definately see why Sony will eventually win this battle.

[razer]

You hang on to that dream.. You hang on to it with both hands..

When you wish upon a star!!! Everybody sing!!!!

[MANTIIS]

And we knew it all along! I don't think any of the PS3 supporters are surprised.

Oh, and M4tt, you can read my reply to another naysayer above , if you think its a PS3 winning the race is a dream (like you wrote to someone else. PS-M4tt, if the console with the best games is defined as the best, like you say, does that mean that you are going to be buying a PS3 when all the dev's start making games for the "new" PS3 when its install base goes through the roof? Or are you just talking out of your tailpipe because 360 has a better selection "now?"

[m4tt]

Its not about the money, its about the games. Theres nothing coming out until next year that is worth spending $$ on to buy a PS3 no matter what the price is. Microsoft is not out of the race after the holidays either, they already won the race...Gamers own 360's, not just MS fans. There needs to be some damn good games on the PS3 to get some of us to buy one, and there just isnt any. MS won this battle the day they released the Xbox 360. They took the risk (and lost) of getting on the market early and it ensured they would have a huge lead in console sales. They will have all of their big guns out by this xmas and its going to be a slaughter. Their strategy is working perfectly and its a nice thing to see unfold if your interested in business. *cheers* to MS. I will be picking up a PS3 next xmas probably, when theres some quality titles out there. To all of the Sony fanboys, pray to god that square doesnt decide to port Final Fantasy to the 360. If they do that, this will be the last Playstation.

[SL1M DADDY]

At this point, any new adapter to the next gen consoles is looking at the shelves and seeing over 100 games for the PS3 and more than likely has love for certain franchises that are remaining on the PS systems. There are over 150 million PS system owners that will be considering a PS3 no matter how poorly it did or may have thought to have done in the past few months. For those of us that play a ton of games, sure there are few new titles for the system but for those just getting into the game have a huge selection of games and some good ones coming this holiday season as well.

[MANTIIS]

read entry 2.5 &10.2.

[smack]

It always comes down to cost.

Everyone would like to own a Mercedes, but usually have to settle for something less expensive. The Wii is a budget model with a cool feature; the 360 has loads of features at a reasonable cost but reliability issues; and the PS3 all of the bells and whistles but very expensive.

Since I do not own a PS3 I don't care, but I have a question for those that purchased them at launch, does it bother you that Sony will be selling it for significantly less than you bought it for? I am not trying to provoke anyone, I am just curious.

[Firewire]

No not at all. I knew I was paying a premium to be a launch console owner. I've had allot of fun over the last year playing great games like Resistance (my clan plays about 4 times a week) & Warhawk (claning 2 times a week) plus a ton of other games.
Also having the PS3 has made watching movies on my HDTV that much better in the last year as well. The PS3 gives me the ability to not worry about owning a next gen format as well in this regard.

[agent864]

i've gotten the extra $100 (i have a 20g model) of entertainment out if it this year.

[Grinchy]

I brought my ps3 at launch day uk. I have had no regrets at all. If they drop the price to £200 I still wouldnt be bothered. I knew the pro's and cons for early purchase. The lower the price the more people will join in, so it is good. Even more people to own me on warhawk! :)))))

[lonestarmt]

No, when you buy anything, especially electronics, you know that eventually the price will go down. I knew the ps3 would be very slow out of the gate, and I have never been disappointed. I have been buying blu-ray movies to get the full effect of my HDTV. I would never feel ripped. The only way i would have if they later came out with a newer model with extra features that would make a big change on how the system runs. Sony needs to drop the price to expand the amount of people owning one, to make devs want to make more games for them, which it turns gives me more games to play, so I win either way. Gaming systems to me are a investment. With the amount of play I get of it, its the best investment I have made. hahh.

Also don't dog on the price cut saying its a sign of sony giving up. PS one had two price drops within about a year. I THINK PS one did ok. The xbox had sever price drops in two years. ALso the xbox was loosing to ps2 three times as bad ps3 to 360 and they still made good games and didn't go out of business.

[hardcorehippiez]

i paid roughly 550 sterling on launch day for the ps3 . expensive maybe bt built on a promise. i knew that it was coming so was wise and saved for it a little each week so wen release came i wasnt out of pocket. was i dissapointed ..... nooo my back library of games play on it . it looks good on my high def projector and it plays blueray ...bonus. and then the promise of the great sony 1st party games coming to play... sure i have to wait but is worth it. btw had an xbox 360 until it crapped out on me ... i didnt get to finish the fight :(

[feejo]

About it I think Wii did something right = bring new people to console that never play anygame.
Later they will probably like something better quality = PS3 - X360.

It is really a good question. People are price wise unfortunatly not quality, otherwise no one would have get a 360 cause Ring of death.

Beyond that there is game prices, they should goes down too. But should not be low as PS2, that was too low, most of my games I got them new at 10-15$ God of war, GT4, HSGF, Spider-Man.

The thing that make me laught is most people that want a new console goes on Xbox for price. But after... ring of death, can't go on web free. You already pay for a internet conneciton not a 50$ a year extra please. on 10 years it dose 500$ price of a new console.
By the way, they make people pay for their lost on first Xbox, Bill Gate you know what you are doing.
Red ring remind me win 98 that crash in face of Bill Gate.

[BloodySinner]

You don't make any sense.

[sak500]

Brain dead people like him are the reason ps3s are still selling. Glad he's not an xbox360 owner, imagine him talking during a game.

[TheGamer]

Making fun of someone because he cant speak english?? How pathetic is that? How about you try speaking in Japanese or german or chinese or Russian? He atleast tried saying something in a language that's not his. And good thing he is not on XBOX 360 because the 360 fanbase have people like you that have no respect.

By the way from what I understood he meant to say that the WII's innovation helped bring the casual gamers into the market. And if people want a diff console they would get a PS3 over a 360 because of the features and to avoid the RROD.

[power of Green]

Get real. You guys spewed the same sh*t last price drop we'll see how PS3's handled the trashed image over the past months. The way the 360's selling Sony will be lucky to match the 360 sales let alone beat them, A counter move by any of PS3's competition would destroy PS3.