PS3 80gb now $499; MS better answer back.

80gb is getting a $100 price cut also.

http://www.psu.com/40GB-PS3-confirmed-for-US-release-this-November-New s--a0001565-p0.php

Now its:

Playstation 3 40GB: $400

Xbox 360 Premium: $350 (Xbox live+Play and Charge kit = $420)

Xbox 360 Halo Edition: $400 (+Xbox live= $450)

Playstation 3 80GB: $500

Xbox 360 Elite: $470 (Xbox live+ Play and Charge kit= $540)

Now if anybody has a complaint this pretty much shuts them up. Xbox 360 is now more expensive than PS3. Dont act like people dont want Xbox live or a Play and charge kit.

Note to Microsoft, make Xbox Live Free and include a Play and Charge kit with every SKU. Because PSN does everything XBL does even though its free and Home is coming out soon(also free) which will be very impressive and do things Live cant.

Also announce some new exclusives. Cause I dont see anything else impressive for 2008 besides Halo Wars, Too Human and Mass Effect.. which is eventually coming to PS3 now that Bioware is owned by EA.

You can't add in XBL. Not everyone who buys a 360 gets online. So the 360 is still cheaper.

And I don't see what more MS can do. They're getting great exclusives like Mass Effect, NG2, GTAIV DLC etc, so they just gotta wait and see how consumers will react now. Best thing for them to do is try and make the price of the 360 more affordable as soon as possible.

hmm 299 premium halo3pack is coming including the halo3 game i mean.... just wait

hmm 299 premium halo3pack is coming including the halo3 game i mean.... just wait

ByFly

No chance.

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit.Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now)MrShenmue

You're adding stuff thats not neccessary, we do not have to buy that crap. We buy the SKU and thats it, we're ready to game.

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit. Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now) MrShenmue

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

80gb is getting a $100 price cut also.

http://www.psu.com/40GB-PS3-confirmed-for-US-release-this-November-New s--a0001565-p0.php

Now its:

Playstation 3 40GB: $400

Xbox 360 Premium: $350 (Xbox live+Play and Charge kit = $420)

Xbox 360 Halo Edition: $400 (+Xbox live= $450)

Playstation 3 80GB: $500

Xbox 360 Elite: $470 (Xbox live+ Play and Charge kit= $540)

Now if anybody has a complaint this pretty much shuts them up. Xbox 360 is now more expensive than PS3. Dont act like people dont want Xbox live or a Play and charge kit.

Note to Microsoft, make Xbox Live Free and include a Play and Charge kit with every SKU. Because PSN does everything XBL does even though its free and Home is coming out soon(also free) which will be very impressive and do things Live cant.

Also announce some new exclusives. Cause I dont see anything else impressive for 2008 besides Halo Wars, Too Human and Mass Effect.. which is eventually coming to PS3 now that Bioware is owned by EA.

MrShenmue

you showed how ignorant and desperate you are by saying that it has been proven somewhere on this forum that ME will stay exclusive

Oh ya and if you want your 360 to be online AND Wireless.. add another $100 for your adapter.Again, free and built into every PS3.
MrShenmue

Again, not needed.

You're grasping for straws here...

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit.Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now)MrShenmue

I believe the official statement at E3'07 was "almost 6million XBL Gold subscribers". Almost 12 million 360's sold. 50%. Sorry.

Oh yeah! MS, cut the price please. So i can buy a second XBOX. One left and one right of my dusty PS3.

Btw... i always wanted to try that Multiple screen thing in Forza ... hmmm :)

edit: the fact that you get bluray THIS "cheap" now is great actually. Competition is just good for us.

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

ss_49

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"]

Mass Effect.. which is eventually coming to PS3 now that Bioware is owned by EA.

boyinfridge

you showed how ignorant and desperate you are by saying that it has been proven somewhere on this forum that ME will stay exclusive

MassEffect is confirmed exclusive. MS has publishing rights. However, they do not own the IP so the future games of the trilogy may indeed go multiplat.

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"]Oh ya and if you want your 360 to be online AND Wireless.. add another $100 for your adapter.Again, free and built into every PS3.
Nagidar

Again, not needed.

You're grasping for straws here...

I agree, the 360 doesn't NEED all those features. However, i think comparitively, the 360 seems kind of gimped without them. If you can get all those extra features for less than $50, and the PS3 has some games that appeal to you, thees no contest really.

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit. Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now) MrShenmue

The play and charge is piece of junk. The 2 port battery charger is much better. Atleast I can ALWAYS be on wireless.

[QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

MrShenmue

Well considering I bought a 360 as a gaming platform (not a Second Life emulator :P) I usually only see the dashboard for 5 seconds before I launch a game :)

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit. Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now) MrShenmue

The play and charge is piece of junk. The 2 port battery charger is much better. Atleast I can ALWAYS be on wireless.

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit. Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now) MrShenmue

The play and charge is piece of junk. The 2 port battery charger is much better. Atleast I can ALWAYS be on wireless.

MS doesn't have to do anything right now. Until the PS3 starts to make big jumps in sales to where it looks to threaten the 360, MS can keep doing what it has been. I don't see another price drop from MS until mid to late next year. The 360 looks to do very well this christmas.mazdero

Pfft.. you are. Anyone that wants to play 360 multiplayer online on lets say a little game called Halo 3, needs to pay $50 a month.MrShenmue

[QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

MrShenmue

You all have XBL and pay $50 a year and you know it. And atleast half of you got the Play and Charge Kit. Whats the difference on PS3? These things are free. Not to mention the system has a blu-ray player built in. (for those that care. I dont personaly but maybe I will a year from now) MrShenmue

i dont use xbl :S

i have a silver membership for demos. (which is freeeeeee....)

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

ss_49

[QUOTE="mazdero"]MS doesn't have to do anything right now. Until the PS3 starts to make big jumps in sales to where it looks to threaten the 360, MS can keep doing what it has been. I don't see another price drop from MS until mid to late next year. The 360 looks to do very well this christmas.MrShenmue

Anyways, does it really matter? Even if Sony outsold MS 2:1 all year (highly unlikely) the best they could do is close the gap and create a very interesting battle for 2009.

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

ss_49

no way will sony run home all the time in the background, wasting more memory for a fancy operating system is not worth game devs having to reduce items in the games.

It will maybe take up a few extra mb (keeping the most important section of home loaded) so when you quit the game with the ps button you will almost instantly be shot back into home (with maybe a small wait)

I would bet any form of bet on that ;) Sony might have made some mistakes this gen, but they wont rob devs of needed memory.

[QUOTE="mazdero"]MS doesn't have to do anything right now. Until the PS3 starts to make big jumps in sales to where it looks to threaten the 360, MS can keep doing what it has been. I don't see another price drop from MS until mid to late next year. The 360 looks to do very well this christmas.MrShenmue

[QUOTE="mazdero"]MS doesn't have to do anything right now. Until the PS3 starts to make big jumps in sales to where it looks to threaten the 360, MS can keep doing what it has been. I don't see another price drop from MS until mid to late next year. The 360 looks to do very well this christmas.MrShenmue

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="mazdero"]MS doesn't have to do anything right now. Until the PS3 starts to make big jumps in sales to where it looks to threaten the 360, MS can keep doing what it has been. I don't see another price drop from MS until mid to late next year. The 360 looks to do very well this christmas.ss_49

[QUOTE="ss_49"][QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

toxicmog

no way will sony run home all the time in the background, wasting more memory for a fancy operating system is not worth game devs having to reduce items in the games.

It will maybe take up a few extra mb (keeping the most important section of home loaded) so when you quit the game with the ps button you will almost instantly be shot back into home (with maybe a small wait)

I would bet any form of bet on that ;) Sony might have made some mistakes this gen, but they wont rob devs of needed memory.

It would have to have something substantial running in the background. Sony wants Home to be the "hub" of ps3 gaming and the answer to the cross-game functions of XBL. I have no idea what kind of resources this would require but it would almost definitely have to use more than the current OS wouldn't it?

[QUOTE="toxicmog"][QUOTE="ss_49"][QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

ss_49

no way will sony run home all the time in the background, wasting more memory for a fancy operating system is not worth game devs having to reduce items in the games.

It will maybe take up a few extra mb (keeping the most important section of home loaded) so when you quit the game with the ps button you will almost instantly be shot back into home (with maybe a small wait)

I would bet any form of bet on that ;) Sony might have made some mistakes this gen, but they wont rob devs of needed memory.

It would have to have something substantial running in the background. Sony wants Home to be the "hub" of ps3 gaming and the answer to the cross-game functions of XBL. I have no idea what kind of resources this would require but it would almost definitely have to use more than the current OS wouldn't it?

You can't just assume anyone who owns a 360 will also have the $50 Gold subscription; Xbox Live is the least attractive feature to me, it was so on my Xbox and it'll more than likely be true when I get my 360.

Oh and there's also an Xbox 360 for less than $300.

Oh and there's also an Xbox 360 for less than $300.

DementedDragon

[QUOTE="ss_49"][QUOTE="toxicmog"][QUOTE="ss_49"][QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

MrShenmue

no way will sony run home all the time in the background, wasting more memory for a fancy operating system is not worth game devs having to reduce items in the games.

It will maybe take up a few extra mb (keeping the most important section of home loaded) so when you quit the game with the ps button you will almost instantly be shot back into home (with maybe a small wait)

I would bet any form of bet on that ;) Sony might have made some mistakes this gen, but they wont rob devs of needed memory.

It would have to have something substantial running in the background. Sony wants Home to be the "hub" of ps3 gaming and the answer to the cross-game functions of XBL. I have no idea what kind of resources this would require but it would almost definitely have to use more than the current OS wouldn't it?

[QUOTE="DementedDragon"]

Oh and there's also an Xbox 360 for less than $300.

MrShenmue

Yes, the core 360 is s*** but it still counts.

Oh yeah, add $150 for the Wii, since everyone who has one MUST have 3 extra remote/nunchucks. I mean, the Wii is for playing with friends you know...

That makes it $400, right?!!!

[QUOTE="MrShenmue"][QUOTE="DementedDragon"]

Oh and there's also an Xbox 360 for less than $300.

DementedDragon

Yes, the core 360 is s*** but it still counts.

Well...PSN doesn't do everything XBL does yet. It has virtually no cross-game functionality...which is a huge part of XBL.

Also, Home=Free? Sure...if you wanna walk around with default clothes / no accessories /no furniture. Every little thing in Home costs $$$. It's microtransaction heaven. Have fun paying $2 for a virtual lamp :P

ss_49

Have you played with home? Seen some sort of pricing sheet for available items in Home? Some sort of great connection to the Playstation underground news syndicate?

You haven't a clue on how things will run on Home. Maybe items can be earned through achievements. Maybe you spend $300 on a whole set for a room that would include all of the furniture you'd need. Whatever.

The point is, you haven't a clue yet you speak as if you been there. Stop making assumptions. It just makes an ass out of you and umption.