PS3 Price Drop!!

I know if I bought a PS3 for R6300 I'll be pretty p1ssed-off right now:D
 
Has everyone forgotten that Sony is still producing a PS2 that is still selling well ? Correct me if i am wrong but the PS2 shipped more units than the 360, PS3 and Wii over the US Christmas season.

So Sony still has an income source from the last gen system where as MS kicked the xbox to the curb.
 
Retro said:
The point is, it's not at the same time as the movie.
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Well you've come up with some remarkable way to play the commentary without playing the movie. On my DVD player it demands to play the movie if I want to hear the commentary.

Retro said:
They might come up with a brilliant idea to use the picture in picture for, but using it for commentary isn't it...
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It absolutely is.

What's obvious is that you don't really understand how the feature works and you've somehow never encountered it on DVDs that have it, like Deja Vu.
 
mccrack said:
Has everyone forgotten that Sony is still producing a PS2 that is still selling well ? Correct me if i am wrong but the PS2 shipped more units than the 360, PS3 and Wii over the US Christmas season.
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I don't know how many PS2s they sell, but they need to be selling PS3s to get games developed for it. Sony did say they were planning to keep the PS2 around for a few years just as they did with the PS1. They continue to make a profit on each PS2 sold, and they'll be making money on the games, but sooner or later no-one will have any further interest in buying a PS2 and its games.

mccrack said:
So Sony still has an income source from the last gen system where as MS kicked the xbox to the curb.
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I don't think they ever made a profit on it.

Overall I don't know how much money each company makes from each game sale either.
 
Gamespot is reporting that the rumoured price drop from earlier this week is a reality. Starting on July 10th, the current 60GB model will sell for $499. Coming to US shores in August is the 80GB version only available in South Korea at the moment, which will retail for $599. They're bundling that unit with Motorstorm, so it's not just another 20 gigs for $100. "The price drop further indicates that, after a slow start, Sony is now aggressively trying to expand its customer base in the US. The move comes none too soon. According to the latest figures from industry-research firm the NPD Group, the PS3 only sold 82,000 units in the US in May, compared to the Xbox 360's 155,000 units and the Wii's 338,000 units."
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http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/09/0253236
 
noxibox said:
Well you've come up with some remarkable way to play the commentary without playing the movie. On my DVD player it demands to play the movie if I want to hear the commentary.
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Then maybe we're not talking about the same thing here, but that just sounds crazy...

It absolutely is.

What's obvious is that you don't really understand how the feature works and you've somehow never encountered it on DVDs that have it, like Deja Vu.
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Obviously I don't. And obviously I'm missing the point here then, cause I thought people want to watch movies, not other stuff inbetween. It's the same reason why they don't show ads between movies on DSTV, people got pissed off cause they don't want to be interrupted while watching.
 
Getting a Special Edition DVD is EXACTLY why you pay the extra price for deleted scenes, director commentary, etc. Perhaps you are just not the movie type who enjoys the finer details in a good movie? ;)
 
useless said:
Getting a Special Edition DVD is EXACTLY why you pay the extra price for deleted scenes, director commentary, etc. Perhaps you are just not the movie type who enjoys the finer details in a good movie? ;)
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Did you not read through my comments before posting??? I lOVE extras like that, but it's just stupid having to watch it AT THE SAME TIME as watching the movie.
 
Retro said:
it's just stupid having to watch it AT THE SAME TIME as watching the movie.
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Commentaries always run concurrently with the movie. You press play and the movie plays, with the commentary, at the same time.
 
@ Retro - i lost track of your comments after all the double & triple quotes! :p

I just dont understand what your issue is with something that the PS3 lacks as a BR player and are trying to justify its dismissal. Just accept the fact it aint a feature in the BR player of the PS3 and get on with some fresh replies please? ;)

I am sure Sony will issue a firmware update for the PS3 before the world cup of 2010 to ease your pain.

My 2 cents.
 
the fact that sony deemed it neccessary to reduce the price of their expensive console says two things:

1- they are in deep ****
2 - they making a bigger loss with each console sold

which in business terms means if sales do not pick up expect it to fail and if that happens then you gonna have a whole bunch of people who bought the worlds most expensive video player that oh btw can play ps2 games and play some music.

lets see... for the sake of competition i hope they do well... cuz i cant wait for the xbox (v3) or the ps4.
 
Well, sales are already picking up. According to Amazon, the PS3 sold more units than the Wii since the price cut. And I highly doubt that they will stop making games after already 3.5 million people bought the console.
 
Someone please explain that statistic to me:
According to Amazon, the PS3 sold more units than the Wii since the price cut.
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Was this relative to a timeframe or more units of all time?
 
groundnut said:
Someone please explain that statistic to me:

Was this relative to a timeframe or more units of all time?
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Their stats are updated hourly. This week so far the PS3 has been on top. When I checked this morning, the top 3 spots were all taken by PS3 products and the Wii dropped to the number 5 spot.
 
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