New Price for the PS3???

[JMCC]

Is not confirmed by Sony, but if is true, it could be huge, $100 is a big difference....

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16721

Report: PS3 $499 on July 12

Although Sony has yet to confirm a price drop officially, GameDaily BIZ has received confirmation from the retail sector that the PS3 will be dropped to $499 next week. Sony itself recently talked about "refining" the PS3 price. Now it appears to be happening.

A PS3 price cut rumor spread like wildfire across the Internet this afternoon when several sites spotted a new advertisement from Circuit City. The ad as seen on <a href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/playstation-3-100-price-cut-hits-july-15-275391.php" target="_blank"">Kotaku lists the PS3 console at $499.99, $100 less than its current price.

It wasn't clear at first if this ad was a special deal specific to the electronics retailer or if it's indeed a retail-wide price cut instituted by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). As it turns out, a merchandising manager (who wished to remain anonymous) at one of the world's biggest retailers has confirmed to GameDaily BIZ that the price drop is indeed retail-wide and it's scheduled to take place on July 12, although the first wave of ads to promote the PS3's new price won't kick in until Sunday, July 15.

Many analysts have speculated that Sony would drop the price on the expensive console this year, and some even predicted that it could happen this summer. It's starting to look like they were right. We're sure to find out much more next week when Sony holds its press conference at E3.

SCEA when contacted for confirmation declined to comment.

[MrBogey]

With the new Sony Blu-ray player selling at less than the PS3, the sales of the PS3 took a bigger hit than they expected. A lot of people were buying them just for that. Now they need to really start focusing on gamers though if they ever expect to get anywhere near the 360 in NA.

[DanaReevesLungs]

Still doubt I'll get one even after the price drop.

[Beeman99]

if you have a 360 there is no point in having a PS3 right now. I have a PS3, it's cool, but I hardly touch it, the 360 has a superior game library, better online service, and is cheaper. The PS3 has Blu Ray, but I haven't even used mine for that yet. The $100 price drop won't do anything unless Sony starts putting out some games for it.

[BaLZaC~308]

it needs to drop another 50 or 100 before I will buy it...


I do want one, especially since its doubtful that MGS4 and FF13 will be multi console but as of right now its too expensive and they still cant compete with 360's online.

If I thought playing rainbow six vegas on the ps3 online was as much fun as it is on 360 then that would count for alot

[ruckstande]

Okay now I'm confused.
Link (http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony-president-ryoji-chubachi-says/sony-has-no-plans-for-ps3-price+cut-275536.php)
Sony Has "No Plans" For PS3 Price-Cut?

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/07/sonyprezzie.jpgUh, huh? They're having a laugh! Sony President Ryoji Chubachi, chatting with reporters today about all things PS3, has denied any kind of price-cut for the console is in the pipeline, telling Reuters:

At present we have no plans [to cut the PS3's price].

This is great! Just when everyone else was ruling one out, Chubachi was saying they were planning one. Now that one seems almost certain, he rules it out (note he doesn't say "no comment", he specifically rules it out)? Leaves us with one of two options. On the left, Sony are a complete shambles at the top, and nobody's told him to keep his yap shut for another week. On the right, Chubachi is a funny guy, and he's been messing with us all along, just for shits and giggles. I'd love to think it's the latter. But I suspect the former.
INTERVIEW-Sony has no plans to cut PS3 price [Reuters]

[Chester'sLiver]

I wouldn't doubt a price cut comes now since I just bought one....

[Grem]

Don't believe anything unless Sony ACTUALLY confirms it!

[ruckstande]

I wouldn't doubt a price cut comes now since I just bought one....

So you are going buy the "What the fuck?" factor.

[Chester'sLiver]

So you are going buy the "What the fuck?" factor.

Yes, I am going by the "this has happened so many times to me before that it just figures" factor........

[TheJerseyDevil]

It will happen, the execs at my store told us about it like we would keep a secret.

[MrBogey]

Word is some Target stores are introing the price this weekend.

At 20-30$ more than the Elite it seems kind of silly to get the Elite unless you really like the Xbox.

[Trucker Pat]

Sony has to put out more games for the platform. Fuck all in the stores compaired to the 360...

[Grem]

Last years E3 killed the Playstation (there was no easy way to say it would cost $600 and not upset people), this year it will be about rebuilding the brand. And with the new games and franchises that will be shown, it could be the best E3 for Sony ever.

[WoodenPlank]

Word is some Target stores are introing the price this weekend.

At 20-30$ more than the Elite it seems kind of silly to get the Elite unless you really like the Xbox.

Uh, other than the Elite has a 50% bigger hard drive, includes an HDMI cable, and already has a larger stable of damn good games available on it?

[ruckstande]

Uh, other than the Elite has a 50% bigger hard drive, includes an HDMI cable, and already has a larger stable of damn good games available on it?


Also if you really like playing online.

[MrBogey]

Uh, other than the Elite has a 50% bigger hard drive, includes an HDMI cable, and already has a larger stable of damn good games available on it?


The HDMI really isn't needed for what the 360 does. The larger hard drive is nice though.

[BlackNinja]

Last years E3 killed the Playstation (there was no easy way to say it would cost $600 and not upset people), this year it will be about rebuilding the brand. And with the new games and franchises that will be shown, it could be the best E3 for Sony ever.

do tell, what games and franchises will these be?

[ruckstande]

do tell, what games and franchises will these be?

:popcorn:

[MrBogey]

Killzone for one is supposed to be good. FFXIII will be out early next year. LittleBigPlanet is well received so far.

That's off the top of my head.

[frago]

Could be free and I would still smash it.
Just say no to Jap Crap.

[Barely Legal]

do tell, what games and franchises will these be?

The most anticipated announcement for Sony will be showing the updated progress on Killzone and whether or not it lives up to the expectations of the trailer they showed 2 years ago.

Killzone trailer from E3 2005:

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And there's the new stuff that's kept under wraps until they unveil it at E3. It's always interesting to see what all the companies have to show off for all the systems.

[JimsInfectedEye]

Ok, now I'm wondering if I should buy that xbox from my friend (not the 360) for $250 (including about 20 games). Any advice?

[ThunderPimp]

Tokyo (Japan) – Sony’s President Ryoji Chubachi has quashed Internet rumors about an upcoming $100 price drop for the PlayStation 3 console. Chubachi told Reuters that the company has “no immediate plans” of reducing the PS3 price.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32787/98/

No price drop.

[JMCC]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32787/98/

No price drop.

I guess Circuit City has a lot of explaining to do then...

http://media.canada.com/16b6f2ca-3671-421d-b40b-5ee0ea90baea/ps3_price_cut.jpg

[distortion9]

Fuck PS3.

I loved my PS1 and 2 and I bought the original XBOX while I still had my PS2. I don't know why but I played the PS2 more than my XBOX at the time, just couldn't get use to the XBox.

When I saw the 360 kiosk, I nearly had a fucking heart attack. Wound up selling PS2 and XBOX and buying the 360....I'll never go back, don't care what games they have.

[KneeKnee]

do tell, what games and franchises will these be?

Ratchet and Clank, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Warhawk, Uncharted....and so on...

[JimsInfectedEye]

When I saw the 360 kiosk, I nearly had a fucking heart attack. Wound up selling PS2 and XBOX and buying the 360....I'll never go back, don't care what games they have.

Stupid question, but whats the dif between xbox and 360? As I posted earlier, a friend offered me his xbox plus about 20 games for $250. Better than my PS2?

[distortion9]

Stupid question, but whats the dif between xbox and 360? As I posted earlier, a friend offered me his xbox plus about 20 games for $250. Better than my PS2?

Tech wise, I don't really know...all that stuff is greek to me. VISUALLY....it looks sick...MUCH better than the original XBOX but like I said, aside from HALO, I really never got into the first effort from MS.

I'd hold out for a 360 if I were you.

[Grem]

Sony are denying the price drop at the moment, but thats because they probably want to announce it at E3.

[ruckstande]

Ok, now I'm wondering if I should buy that xbox from my friend (not the 360) for $250 (including about 20 games). Any advice?
I wouldn't. They don't make games for it anymore. Unless you never plan on going online and just feel like entertaining yourself with a ton of cheap great game go for it.

[ruckstande]

Stupid question, but whats the dif between xbox and 360? As I posted earlier, a friend offered me his xbox plus about 20 games for $250. Better than my PS2?

Most Xbox games aren't compatible with the 360. Like I said, if you don't plan on going online and just want to play some casual games there is a ton of great games(many that you can't play on 360) available for cheap. I still holding on to some of my old games just in case MS releases an update.

[doktormoo]

Actually MOST of the last generation games DO play on the 360. There are exceptions. This may help:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

The 360 just needs an update, available via xbox live to play them.

ALL GBA games play on a DS or DS Lite. All PS2 games play on a PS3 (and look even better with the update available for free on PSN that upconverts PS2 games and regular DVDs to high def). All Game Cube games play on a Wii.

This round they all did a good job at keeping their installed base happy about the conversion.

We have a PSP, Wii, 360 and PS3. They are all fun for different reasons.

[TrybalRage]

I really want to stay a playstation guy, mostly because of my hatred for microsoft. But they really need to get some more games and knock the price lower.

[Grem]

Just wait until wednesday, E3 will answer all our questions.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

<PS3 zombie>Games, we want GAMES.</PS3z>

[Sam_Adams]

I still don't get the whole "We won't buy until you lower the price" thing. People that bitch about that usually don't take the time to save up any extra money on the side and just go out buying their fucking $5 Starbucks coffees and eat out for lunch every day.

If they would change spending habits like that then they could easily save up enough money for something like a PS3. I do it all of the time.

I mean really, simple things like digital cameras cost more than PS3s and people will go out and buy them but bitch about the price of a multi-use console that does more than just play games. It's not a simple piece of shit like a Nintendo NES.

[BlackNinja]

I still don't get the whole "We won't buy until you lower the price" thing. People that bitch about that usually don't take the time to save up any extra money on the side and just go out buying their fucking $5 Starbucks coffees and eat out for lunch every day.

If they would change spending habits like that then they could easily save up enough money for something like a PS3. I do it all of the time.

I mean really, simple things like digital cameras cost more than PS3s and people will go out and buy them but bitch about the price of a multi-use console that does more than just play games. It's not a simple piece of shit like a Nintendo NES.
at the end of the day, it is still just a gaming console and will live and die by its games

[Barely Legal]

$100 price cut is now confirmed via news leak out of Oklahoma of all places.

http://www.kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=131051

New Version Of PlayStation 3 To Go On Sale In August; Sony Cuts Price On Older Model

AP - 7/8/2007 6:57 PM - Updated 7/8/2007 6:58 PM

Sony Corp. announced a revised PlayStation 3 console Monday with a bigger hard drive for storing downloaded content such as video games and high-definition movies.

The new $599 PS3 increases the system's storage capacity from 60 to 80 gigabytes and also includes a retail copy of the online racing title ``MotorStorm,'' a company spokesman said.

Starting Monday, the current 60 gigabyte model will cost $499 _ a $100 price drop.

The larger capacity machine won't be available in the United States and Canada until August.

It plays into the company's upcoming strategy of eventually offering downloaded high-definition movies, video games, movie trailers and demos, Sony spokesman David Karraker said.

Karraker said further details on high-def movies for download would be released at a later date.

The announcement comes two days before the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica, Calif., where dozens of industry heavyweights including Sony rivals Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co. are expected to show off their latest games and related products.

In April, Microsoft began selling a version of its Xbox 360 with a 120-gigabyte hard drive and a souped up high-definition video connection. Called Xbox 360 Elite, the black-colored system sells for $479.99.

Xbox gamers who already own the $399.99 20-gigabyte model can buy a snap-on 120-gigabyte hard drive for $179.99.

Karraker said Sony would use the E3 show to focus on two areas: ways to increase the number of consumers who own PS3s and other products such as the PlayStation Portable handheld system, and expanding the system's library of available games.

He said Sony would be releasing 100 new video games during the current fiscal year, including 15 titles that are exclusive to the PS3 such as the hack-and-slash action title ``Heavenly Sword.''

[JMCC]

Yup, i was about to post the same thing..

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070708/BUSINESS/707080461

[Grem]

Sony have confirmed it on their PlayStation Blog as well:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

[Warfarer]

Sony have confirmed it on their PlayStation Blog as well:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

That blog makes it sound like they are just introducing the 80 gig for the current $600 and just dumping off the stocked 60 gigs for the $100 price drop. Are they going to continue making the 60 gigs?

[Grem]

Yes, the 80gb is a limited edition, and the 60gb version will be sold for $499.

[bryanswafford]

I just want the blu ray player

[JMCC]

Now i don't know if i should buy the 80GB for $599 or just buy the 60GB for $499. I think i'l buy the 60GB, i don't play video games as much as i used to, i mainly want the PS3 for the Blue Ray and to play Madden online, MGS4 and GTA 4.

[Joe Avezzano]

I thought it was dumb of them to come out with a new machine that doesn't even have the capacity of the xbox elite. How much harder is it to put in a 120gb hard drive instead of a 80?

At least with the PS3 you can swap out the hd with any laptop hard drive. So, if the only difference with the new system is a bigger hard drive, you'd be better off buying the 60gb and buy a huge 350gb laptop hard drive for it.

[Aero 1]

at launch, sony sold the PS3 for $499 and $599 and no one bought it. Now, Sony sells the PS3 for $499 and $599 and no one will still buy it.

[BelatedAbortion]

at launch, sony sold the PS3 for $499 and $599 and no one bought it. Now, Sony sells the PS3 for $499 and $599 and no one will still buy it.

For now, its a piece of furniture. There are no exclusive titles except for Resistance, and the developers have NO IDEA how to use all of the "Cells" so everything gets homogenised and ported to the 360 so they can actually move some units. I'll wait for the holiday season to even contemplate buying a Blu-ray player..:icon_wink...I mean PS3.

Sure, the PS3 is huge in Japan, but so is crushing kittens with high heels and suicide.

[Aero 1]

the new PS3 dropped the emotion chip. how stupid if you ask me. First the thing cant upscale games to 1080i on older tv's and knocks them down to 480i, then they drop the ps2 inside for the backcomp and raise the price? if they continue to say that you can play ps2 games on the ps3, now they are forced to release backcomp updates so every ps2 game can be played on it and spend more time and money on something that wasnt broken.

http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/2294/2/

[Grem]

I have a european PS3 (without the emotion chips) and everything works fine.

[Aero 1]

I have a european PS3 (without the emotion chips) and everything works fine.

i didnt say it wouldnt work fine, I said that they have to work extra and spend more money on software updates where the chip just plain works.

[Grem]

In the short term yes it will cost more, but in the long term it probably would be better to use the emulation because once they have that sorted it wont cost them anymore, whereas keeping the emotion engine would always cost.

[MrBogey]

In the short term yes it will cost more, but in the long term it probably would be better to use the emulation because once they have that sorted it wont cost them anymore, whereas keeping the emotion engine would always cost.

Why worry about the cost when you don't have to deal with 30% of your units crappng out on you. ;)

Emulation still does some 70-80% of games as opposed to 98% for EE equiped machines.

[Aero 1]

Why worry about the cost when you don't have to deal with 30% of your units crappng out on you. ;)

Emulation still does some 70-80% of games as opposed to 98% for EE equiped machines.

wow, you are really stretching now. what a shock, you add something that doesn't belong in the conversation. time to dump that sony stock, its making you an angry little man.

[ThunderPimp]

I still don't get the whole "We won't buy until you lower the price" thing. People that bitch about that usually don't take the time to save up any extra money on the side and just go out buying their fucking $5 Starbucks coffees and eat out for lunch every day.

If they would change spending habits like that then they could easily save up enough money for something like a PS3. I do it all of the time.

I mean really, simple things like digital cameras cost more than PS3s and people will go out and buy them but bitch about the price of a multi-use console that does more than just play games. It's not a simple piece of shit like a Nintendo NES.

I won't buy until they lower the price so they don't continue to hike up the price to unreasonable levels. With my spare cash I could buy a quite a few PS3's, but I refuse to pay more than I think something is worth regardless of how much cash I have saved. I'll bitch about the price of a camera too.

P. S. The price of blu-ray laser diodes have gone down, so they may not be taking much more of a hit than before.

[IBrokeMyLegDude]

I hear the PSP is compatible with teh PS 3. What can you do with the PSP if you have a PS 3?


thanks

[KneeKnee]

I hear the PSP is compatible with teh PS 3. What can you do with the PSP if you have a PS 3?


thanks

You can Download Ps1 games onto your PS3 and also play them on the PSP. Yes, the game saves are swapable.

You can access your Ps3 wirelessly over the internet with the PSP and watch movies, listen to music, and all that fun stuff. Eventually you will be able to do a lot more with it. I beleive once the DVR feature is set up on the PS3 you will be able to control it cia the PSP over the web.

[NuttyJim]

I wanna trade in my 360 for a ps3, I already have a Wii and I love it