Activisions threat worked?

do you remember like a month ago activision threatened to end support for ps3 if there was no price drop. now we have a price drop wonder if activision played a role in this?

I don't think so. I highly doubt that. Sony really don't have to listen to them if they don't want to.

Sony was probably planning this waaaaaaayy before that Activision threat.deathxxshark

This.

Activision wants others to lower their prices because there to high when they want to charge more for theirs. Remember when they said a video game should cost more. The price they wanted it to be would have beent almost $150 per game in Canada.

No, the price drop would have occurred with or without Activision's "threat". I'm sure Sony had planned it long before Activision made those comments. Doolz2024

you probably right didnt even think bout that lol

How do we know for sure? All we can do is speculate.

It would make sense though, because I remember reading somewhere that Sony was going to host dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2 despite it being muli-platform.

It's highly unlikely that Activision had anything to do with the recent price cut. SONY had this planned long before Bobby Kotick decided to make a fool of himself.

Absolutely. Thank you Activision for setting Sony straight. Now I hope EA threatens themtoo .....the ps3 will be down to $199 within months !

If it did have an effect they R& Ded that Slim pretty darn fast I mean what preped and ready in like 3 months? Wow activision really has the pull in this market that Bobby wants.

P.S. If you could not tell I was being sarcastic and I believe that activision had no part in it at all and it was being worked on way way before that.

Absolutely. Thank you Activision for setting Sony straight. Now I hope EA threatens themtoo .....the ps3 will be down to $199 within months!Nike_Air

I'm assuming this is sarcasm.

Who would ever listen to Activision?

Who would ever listen to Activision?

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Who would ever listen to Activision?

Nike_Air

Why? So Ps3 owners can overpay for their games?

now we can afford modern welfare 2

I'm pretty sure the Slim was spinning it's wheels long before their empty threat.

People were complaining about cost after all.

I dont think so becasue with hardware it must have been in develoment since at least late last year. i think it is just timing.

now we can afford modern welfare 2

kate_jones

ha funny

Sony was probably planning this waaaaaaayy before that Activision threat.deathxxshark

yep, pretty much

It's highly unlikely that Activision had anything to do with the recent price cut. SONY had this planned long before Bobby Kotick decided to make a fool of himself.

Black-October

I don't think the threats worked. My guess is that Sony had been planning on this price drop before Activision made their threats. Think about it, look at all of the great games that Sony is releasing in the next couple months (I'm not going to list all of them). The more consoles that are out on the market, the more games they sell. It was an excellent plan on Sony's part. Now was the perfect time for them to drop the price

I think Sony had more important things to care about than the empty threats of Activision.

I dont think anyone listens to activision...

The price drop is because of the new Slim, not because of the threat, IMO.

I knew when back in April that Sony showed they exspected to ship 13 million PS3s(3 more million then last year) this physical year that they were planning a price cut. There is no way they can sell those kind of numbers without a price cut.

No... Activision threat was pointless. Were they going to drop Call of Duty from the PS3? It still sold what like 3 mil copies on it? I think Sony just like everyone saw a really big flaw in Activision's logic... of course they probably think this happened because of them because apparantly they are just that ignorant (sorry all my hate of EA has moved to Activision... all my hate for anything has moved to them).

But no they didn't right now was the time they were ready to announce the Slim and they were waiting for it to announce a price drop.

i knew a thread like this would pop out lol, and no sony was probably planning to drop it i mean it was going to happen either way. ps1 slim( not really slim but there was a 2nd ps1 wasnt there? lol) ps2 slim?

yea deffinitely :roll:

dude u really think sony is scared of activision? they were planning this waaay before naughty activision opened their mouth

No, Activision had nothing to do with the price cut.

Sony laughed at Activision's pitiful threat more than anything.

pfft no i doubt it. Sony's guys even called Kotick an idiot for doing so. they always had this planned, there were already leaks of this slim 3 months ago when everyone thought it was fake.

It probably would of hurt CoD sales more than anything, Activision making false threats.. Their pathetic.

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Who would ever listen to Activision?

shani_boy101

Sony was probably planning this waaaaaaayy before that Activision threat.deathxxshark

I don't think so. I highly doubt that. Sony really don't have to listen to them if they don't want to.

Furi-Kun

Yes, and they developed the PS3 Slim just for Activision's sake too. :roll:nero_rules

ahahahaha, yes they did :P !

post of the day :D ( so far )

It's highly unlikely that Activision had anything to do with the recent price cut. SONY had this planned long before Bobby Kotick decided to make a fool of himself.

Black-October

LOL you are right. Forget Activision... they need sony, more than sony needs them. LMAO

It probably would of hurt CoD sales more than anything, Activision making false threats.. Their pathetic.

Crossel777