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Sony reports that they are adamant about NOT dropping their prices on their system... then I'm walking around my local game stores to see it dropped to 2 Benjamins. Thoughts? Frankly, I think this was a psyche out by Sony to have Nintendo and MS remain in their present price range for a week or two. Most likely, PS2 will have a sales spike in the coming weeks. That's dirty... but it will work.
Where is your source... it has already been reported in many places that Sony has dropped the price to $199.99, not too mention the major online stores have it at $199.99 already... the XBOX too, which will be mine next month :)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/t...laystation.htm
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...aystation_dc_3
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/default.asp
http://www.gamestop.com/
http://gamefixx.compusa.com/
Sony as far as I know was only denying the rumors of a price drop till they felt it was time to announce it, it was going to happen and Sony is really the only one of the three that is in a good position to drop the price since they have already outsold both Nintendo and Microsoft systems combined.
yeah SONY did it with their original Playstation all the time. it's called being an asshole. now when people walk into the stores they'll see that SONY dropped first and MS dropped 2nd (even tho MS announced they would do it first). and they'll believe MS is playing catch up or copycat. SONY=Fuckers....plain and simple.
Nice to see someone bashing Sony, that is so new and refreshing :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by TheSCHLONG!
yeah SONY did it with their original Playstation all the time. it's called being an asshole. now when people walk into the stores they'll see that SONY dropped first and MS dropped 2nd (even tho MS announced they would do it first). and they'll believe MS is playing catch up or copycat. SONY=Fuckers....plain and simple.
And as far as MS playing catch up, what makes you belive thier not... Sony does have more machines out there then MS so if MS isn't ahead then what would they be doing?...
And dropping the price first is a smart business move, why do you think MS had to react so fast... and I don't think the brief time PS2 had dropped thier system price to when XBOX did will effect anything, if it where say a month or 2 it would definately have but not less then 24 hours.
Just for reference I am rather looking foward to getting my XBOX next month when I have some money for it :)
werewolf....did you read anyting i wrote? all i stated was that MS announced it first, SONY lied like usual and dropped their system price first. thus looking like the "cool caring nice company" in the lemmings eyes. and yes, both MS and Nintendo are playing catch up...because the PS2 has been out over a year! and MS didnt "react"....they said 2 weeks ago they's drop the price before SONY even thought about it. i just think it's funny when a company pays their PR people to send untrue info to sites like IGN and lie about the fact that they are going to do something theyre saying theyre not.
I did read it, but if you think Sony didn't think about a price drop before just now then you must be joking, Sony knew exactly what they where doing and so did Microsoft for that matter, most people won't care who went first because it all comes down to peoples preference because both systems are at the same price again, but now at a more wallet friendly price :)
)(Watch your language) if you think sony are fuckers just because they are cutting their price after MS is. MS would do the exact same thing , otherwise they would lose market share.It works in the same way in which pepsi has to cut its prices if coke cuts its prices.
Another thing, why announce a price drop to come 2 weeks later when it would only make the most the consumers wait till then... if they where going to drop the price why not drop it then?! Basically they gave Sony the opportunity they needed to cut them off first... why give them the time to do it, it just doesn't make good business sense.
well at least werewolf could keep his comments to himself :) wow..im a fucking idiot...i think ill go cry. werewolf, it IS nice (if Nintendo drops...even if they dont) to own 3 systems for $600. i think were gonna start seeing a lot of empty shelves for a while here and then the stories about how one person will see a couple of x system on y stores shelves so it must not be selling well threads will flare up. not taking into account that all 3 companys dont realese shipments at the same time :)
Exactly. When there was only a day or two in between the price drops for both systems, 9 out of 10 gamers wouldn't have known/cared which system dropped in price first anyway.Quote:
Originally posted by Werewolf
...most people won't care who went first because it all comes down to peoples preference because both systems are at the same price again, but now at a more wallet friendly price :)
Sorry for calling you a fucking idiot.......Im just annoyed when people think that Sony is evil , and it intends to kill off gaming and all . Most people dont know that large businesses like sony and MS base their desicions upon market research not upon what is good or evil.
heres something to rememeber....unless i type it i dont mean it. i never said SONY was evil or said that their actions affected me in any way. i just worked at a game store for 5 years during high school and i tend to know what the gemeral masses think or do....sometimes i still tend to think i work there. good thing i dont cause i wouldve had greay hair or a bad ticker by now :)
I agree with you there :) I worked at EB for maybe a year while working a full time and another part time job at the same time. Working there made me appreciate people who know video games... which where few and far between ;)Quote:
Originally posted by TheSCHLONG!
i just worked at a game store for 5 years during high school and i tend to know what the gemeral masses think or do....sometimes i still tend to think i work there. good thing i dont cause i wouldve had greay hair or a bad ticker by now :)
OK. Here's the situation with the price drop.
Sony plans to drop price in reaction to their compeditors or lower sales only.
Microsoft plans to announce their price drop at E3.
Info. about their price drop get's leaked to the press.
Sony reads articles.
Sony drops price.
Microsoft knows that they can't sit and do nothing so they drop he price too.
Sony was prepared to drop the price at any time, but it was Microsoft's actions that triggered them to drop the price. And yes, Microsoft planned the price drop first.
The good news is that we as consumers win out thanks to this since we get a better price on systems.
This can potentially be ranked as a dirty trick, but also as good business. In the end, I don't like how it makes Microsoft look, but there's no real way I can blame Sony either. In their shoes I'd be tempted to do the same thing.
For those of you that like the XBox and have the money though, the best thing you can do is to keep supporting it with your money. Though it has a smaller userbase, developers are noticing the game attachment rate for the system is very high for it's age. XBox gamers buy games and just like in the Japanese market, if you can release the right title it will sell.
That's why I haven't been worried about developers. In fact a few weeks ago Namco was praising the XBox and saying they were considering supporting it more.
So don't let this get you down. After all, E3 is only about a weeks time away and who knows what will happen then.
Sony announced their price drop Tuesday.Quote:
Originally posted by TheSCHLONG!
werewolf....did you read anyting i wrote? all i stated was that MS announced it first, SONY lied like usual and dropped their system price first. thus looking like the "cool caring nice company" in the lemmings eyes. and yes, both MS and Nintendo are playing catch up...because the PS2 has been out over a year! and MS didnt "react"....they said 2 weeks ago they's drop the price before SONY even thought about it. i just think it's funny when a company pays their PR people to send untrue info to sites like IGN and lie about the fact that they are going to do something theyre saying theyre not.
MS announced their price drop yesterday.
There is no delay between an announcement of a price drop and a price drop. When the price drop is announced, the price drops. It's all very simple.
I can afford the systems I've been hurting for. I'm happy ^_^
dude...it was common knowledge on these boards 2 weeks ago that MS was planning on dropping the price on the 20th. MS ANNOUNCED it first but actually DID it 2nd.Quote:
Originally posted by burgundy
Sony announced their price drop Tuesday.
MS announced their price drop yesterday.
There is no delay between an announcement of a price drop and a price drop. When the price drop is announced, the price drops. It's all very simple.
No, there were rumors floating around for two weeks about Microsoft (and Sony, for that matter) dropping the price. They didn't say "We'll drop the price in two weeks!" Think about it for a minute. Do you really think they wanted to halt all Xbox sales for two weeks? 'Cause that's what would've happened. Microsoft didn't ANNOUNCE a price drop until YESTERDAY.Quote:
Originally posted by TheSCHLONG!
dude...it was common knowledge on these boards 2 weeks ago that MS was planning on dropping the price on the 20th. MS ANNOUNCED it first but actually DID it 2nd.
Now, wether Sony actually dropped their price in anticipation of Microsoft doing it, I'd say that's very likely. But to call them fuckers for doing it? Umm, sure. It's called business. They ain't playing a friendly game of checkers.
"Now play nice Sony, and give Microsoft a chance to catch up! Don't lower your price yet or I'll send you to your room."