PS3 Price Drop

http://news.spong.com/article/10817

If the price stayed the same, I'd say

Note that this is ONLY IN JAPAN and ONLY FOR THE CHEAPER MODEL.

Just clearing that up for everyone about to jump on the "HEY SONY HATERS WHAT'S THIS HUH" bandwagon.

What does the cheaper model consist of again?

No HDMI, smaller hard drive, wired controllers, no chrome lettering, no memory card slot, no wifi, uses the blood of your firstborn son rather than running off mains electricity.

Its good that the price went down. I thought it was overly expensive and so did a lot of fans of the playstation that I know.

I have reasons to think the main reason is that they want to compete with WII, because the new nintendo's price is low enough.

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Its good that the price went down. I thought it was overly expensive and so did a lot of fans of the playstation that I know.

I have reasons to think the main reason is that they want to compete with WII, because the new nintendo's price is low enough.
Read the "only in Japan" part and tell me it's a good thing again.

lol price drop before it even came out. "Core" version is a rip-off anyways.

Im not sure how making the PS3 crap verson cheeper will compete with the Wii.

Actually, this article, http://www.gamespot.com/events/tgs2006/story.html?sid=6158155 says that they added the HDMI port to the cheaper one, too. That's good. It's pretty sad when there's a price drop before the system even launches, though!

There were two packages with the 360, too.

Microsoft isn't basing their entire company's future on their video game console, though. How long would it have taken the ps3 to become profitable at the old price? How long can sony afford to lose money on it?

SCEA losing money sucks. It's a dangerous gamble and it would really suck for a lot of gamers if Sony suddenly quit the gaming industry. They'd have to sell so many extra attachments just to make up the money lost on just one PS3. I'm sure something will be fixed along the lines, just not on launch.

It would only seem to suck for loads of gamers if sony quit the industry. Their intellectual properties would be sold to companies that could handle them every bit as well as they could, if not better, and hardware would forever more be developed by manufacturers who know what they're doing. It could only benefit the industry if sony computer entertainment dies the hideous, screaming death I've been dreaming of for them for the past 8 years.

I disagree. The worst thing Sony did was introduce the casual gamer which has made games crap. If jocks and chavs hadnt picked up a controller we wouldnt be plauged with as many run of the mill sci fi shooters, sports games and GTA knock offs.

The introduction of a casual gamer was pretty much inevitable so whether it was Nintendo or MS that brought them in first I would still be annoyed by the fact videogames have been altered to tailer for inferior gamers IMO. Difference is Nintendo is trying to appeal to everyone, inlcuding the casual gamer, rather than just the casual gamer which Playstation caters for. Playstation was plauged with "hardcore action guy does hardcore thing" type games that were marketted like an MTV show and that still seems to be the way . The people who buy these games are also the people who wear whatever Kanye West is and who think Paris Hilton is hot. They are the casual gamers I refer too. They're jocks/chavs/idiot and you know the kind. They say stuff like "off da hook" and listen to rap because everyone else does. They are consumer whores. Unfortuantely for me there's lots of them and that means alot of money. Playstation saw most games that were created, IMO, just for money and they did this by appealing to the stupid jock/chav casual gamer. When I read a book, or watch a film, or play a game I'm aware it's a product of competitve mostly commerically driven market but I prefer a product that at least has some artistic or other influence on it rather than just money. This seems to be the case with most games made by Nintendo or for Nintendo than for Sony. It's the age old question of indigenos VS commercial and I prefer tha former. Sony fuelled the latter. Wii does alot for creativity and different kinds of games the casual gamer wouldnt even dream off.

A casual gamer could be just a guy who play an hour every week. Thats fine by me. My definition of casual are the idiots who like big Hollywood blockbusters and who like nothing else. You know the type. Film quality has been raped by these people and it annoys me that they've spread their filth to video games.

Sony consoles cater more for the casual gamer than everything else I think I said that. Part of this is 1>They had the largest fan base so for a developer looking for money it made sense and 2>They do.

Sony may have made Eco and Nintendo may have made Mario Baseball but those are just some slight examples. Warner Bros may have made the Matrix but they also fund arthouse. Each of these companies is guilty in the 'whoring out' part of business but thats how it goes in a competitive media business where everyone involed is investing millions daily. I'm not saying Nintendo don't do that (Mario Party for an example). Point stands Sony consoles tend to be the bigger whores.

Also I would say those Jak, Clank and Sly games do appeal to the casual gamer market than you think. Take a look at at the characters. They are presented as 'cool' with guns (Jak evolved more into this than the others). They also follow suit of a successful Hollywood Blockbuster by constant sequels which is quite clearly whoring out. IMO if a game has more than 3 titles to it's series in a console generation it's being whored out and likley the gameplay has suffered*. Don't get more casual than that! :p:

*For more example like this look at any EA franchise. Whats a hit gets raped by the sequel monster. But if its a flop its dropped. Nintendo tends to keep less successful franchises alive longer where others dropped them.

Everyone keep your fingers crossed maybe we will get a couple more price drops so the average joe may be able to afford a PS3.

In about three to four years, yeah.