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Sony is caught between a rock and a hard place. If they don't cut the PS3 price significantly they may not drive sales, but if they do drop price, profitability becomes an issue. Bank of America analyst Mike Savner believes a price drop may not be enough, and that the success of the Wii could actually hurt publishers. More within...
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if it dropped to $400 and had a mod chip out it would sell like gang busters. i know most here have a stance against it but the relationship to crirical mass passes through modville at some point.
IF IT HAD SOME DECENT GAMES THAT NOT ONLY WEREN"T ON ITS COMPETITION SIX MONTHS EARLIER BUT ALSO PERFORMED BETTER ON IT.
that may help too.
Sony has nothing to worry about in mid 2008 when MGS4 and FFXIII come out the PS3 will sell 50 billion more systems than everyone else!
The price drop would be a major key point for publishers to finally have interest again. Sony's losses would then be offset by their other products so I don't see what the problem is.
It would also be great if they stopped being so against homebrew support since the makers of GP32 are gone.
We'll see if they don't show up on 360 first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
I think your kidding, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_video_games
Halo 2: 8 Million Sold.
GTA3: 11 Million Sold. (36 Mil if you count SA and Vice City)
MGS3: 3 Million Sold.
FFX12: 3.68 Million Sold.
Hmm. I wonder which 2 titles matter more. And one of those 2 WONT be on the PS3.
MGS isn't nearly as big a series as everyone thinks. I sure as hell don't consider it a system-seller.
QFT. Plus, I still think Konami will announce MGS4 for 360 sooner or later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Of course. Sony doesn't have the testies of the market in the palm of their hand like they used to.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
i really don't think anybody does at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Does anyone know how well MGS3 did? I don't remember it getting anywhere near the hype of 2. It kind of just, came out.
No one does really but fuck, PS3 is like SEGA Saturn all over again. Like SEGA used its last cash before leaving the consoles on a voodoo curse on Sony.Quote:
Originally Posted by dick tip pucker
BTW, MGS hasn't been a huge deal since Kojima made MGS 2 all stupid and not half as gritty and cool as the 1st. Oh yeah the media has also not been on Kojima's sack like it used to be.
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I was just spouting off the same shit certain others on this site have been saying for awhile now on how the PS3 was going OMFG dominate the world with MGS4 and FFXII. It was sarcasm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildkat
Here's why a price drop won't help:
Microsoft is already two hundred dollars cheaper. To be merely even with Microsoft, who is itself having trouble selling systems at $400, they'd have to cut the price of the PS3 by $200. That's a remarkable amount of cash to cut off the price of their system and still be priced above what the mainstream is willing to pay for a video game console.
And then Microsoft can simply drop $100 and still be cheaper. For Sony to catch up with Microsoft's pricing, they'll have to slash the price of PS3 in half. F'in' hosed, Sony is.
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Isn't the Playstation divison what's basically keeping Sony afloat? It'd be completely fucked if it took an even bigger hit on the hardware by dropping the price.
That's completely wrong. Sony's high earnings have mostly been due to the LCD Bravia line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
Where'd I read that it depended heavily on the games division? I could've sworn I read that somewhere.
*Edit. It was a while ago, when the PS2 was really humming along.
Geez, how things have changed.
Sony doesn't have to make a price cut. Microsoft already told Sony it was okay to have a high-priced system when Microsoft released the Elite.
It doesn't surprise me that Sony's LCD televisions are the only thing keeping them afloat, since they're basically manufactured by Samsung, through a joint venture.
Totally OT, but this isn't really accurate. Gamepark tanked, but Gamepark Holdings, who make the GP2X, is still going strong. The GP2X is the real successor to the GP32, and it's already a better homebrew platform than the GP32(or PSP for that matter) could ever hope to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz