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#51 specialzed
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[QUOTE="specialzed"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

gameofthering

I saw a DVD player on sale for 5 bucks. Xbox 360 really needs to get its price down.

Why didn't I think of that! :P

Haha its the first thing I thought of. I mean really, there is nothing to discuss here.
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#52 dontshackzmii
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

Zero_epyon

Perhaps you need to look at the specs again. Bluray drive Cell Processor 512 MB of ram not 256 Free online gaming Wifi Bluetooth The move bundle comes with a game, move controller and a camera.

you dont add the gpu ram with the cpu they are separate

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#53 Zero_epyon
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

specialzed
I saw a DVD player on sale for 5 bucks. Xbox 360 really needs to get its price down.

Well that's it. Thread is over...
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#54 testfactor888
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"] What gamers uses 4GBs of storage? :?

Mystic-G

thats plenty for game saves

And what else?

That might be all that he wants. I know for me if I we're to buy it I would not be hooking it up online so I would only need the 4 gigs for the saved games. No need for space for extra content downloaded from Xbox Live when I won't even be hooking up the 360 to that. Honestly though I am just waiting for the right price on the PS3 I have no interest in owning a 360 again. Was not impressed with the system
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#55 Zero_epyon
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[QUOTE="Zero_epyon"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii

Perhaps you need to look at the specs again. Bluray drive Cell Processor 512 MB of ram not 256 Free online gaming Wifi Bluetooth The move bundle comes with a game, move controller and a camera.

you dont add the gpu ram with the cpu they are separate

So why not include it in your OP? It's in the system when you buy it. Both rams are used by both the processor and the gpu when programmed correctly.
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#56 dontshackzmii
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[QUOTE="Mystic-G"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

thats plenty for game saves

testfactor888

And what else?

That might be all that he wants. I know for me if I we're to buy it I would not be hooking it up online so I would only need the 4 gigs for the saved games. No need for space for extra content downloaded from Xbox Live when I won't even be hooking up the 360 to that. Honestly though I am just waiting for the right price on the PS3 I have no interest in owning a 360 again. Was not impressed with the system

who says i need it for anything els. What if i dont want to buy stuff other then games? Who says i need to download stuff from the market?

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#57 inggrish
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If you feel the ps3 is overpriced TC do not buy it, simple as. :)

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#58 KillerWabbit23
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Xbox 360 with Gold subscription for a few years is overpriced.

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#60 Cow_tipping
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[QUOTE="testfactor888"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"] And what else? dontshackzmii

That might be all that he wants. I know for me if I we're to buy it I would not be hooking it up online so I would only need the 4 gigs for the saved games. No need for space for extra content downloaded from Xbox Live when I won't even be hooking up the 360 to that. Honestly though I am just waiting for the right price on the PS3 I have no interest in owning a 360 again. Was not impressed with the system

who says i need it for anything els. What if i dont want to buy stuff other then games? Who says i need to download stuff from the market?

i love it when people bring this point about how they only need space for save data and yet they always talk about how xbox live is amazing but you cant do much to enjoy xbox live with 4gb of space lol

and how come nobody talks about the Nintendo wii being overpriced since launch day it may be cheaper than the other two systems but its about the same as the gamecube except you add cheap motion controls so i think they have the most overpriced tech

before you bash me i own a nintendo wii and the only game i like is mario galaxy have not got chance to play 2

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#61 lamprey263
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Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii
no, Sony was taking a financial loss putting the Cell into the PS3, it wasn't cheap, researchers like in the military and whatnot also bought lots of PS3s for their Cell chips because it was cheaper than going after them by themselves, researchers used them for number crunching, anyhow it's $300 that's pretty decent, $100 more than a Wii and well worth it besides, some of us paid the $600 when it first came out, stop complaining about $300, if we didn't pay for it then the console would have failed and you'd have nothing to play
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#62 lundy86_4
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[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

RogueShodown

Erm... No.

It's a Blu-Ray player and a games machine, so why are you comparing it to a Blu-Ray player?

Dude.... he's got a Wii and called PS3's graphics dated, yet you guys are still arguing with him. Don't feed the troll.

Feeding trolls is fun though. They just want a little attention :P

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#63 oajlu
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go get a job, then it's no longer expensive.

Neither 360 nor PS3 are expensive for what they have offered.

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#64 lightleggy
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Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii
a: you are not forced to buy it with the move b: good for you, but the PS3 is much more than a blu ray player c: those 256mb ram (which is actually equal to like 2 gb standard ram on a pc...) and the dated GPU are able to run the best looking console game...obviously nomatch for PC but you say it as if PS3 has nintendo 64 graphics...
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#65 thelastguy
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299 overpriced? Tell that to the people who bought it at launch.siLVURcross

Exactly, I payed $700 for it in June of 2007

:lol:

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#66 tommyas
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Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii
Yeah nice try. It has lots of features built-in. It is expensive but not overpriced.
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#67 CajunShooter
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TCs thread making ability needs to be revoked for a couple months for this awful thread.
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#68 Skittles_McGee
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And a 360 with Kinect is $450. PS3 without move is $300. 360 without Kinect is $300. Where did you learn math :|
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#69 Skittles_McGee
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: those 256mb ram (which is actually equal to like 2 gb standard ram on a pclightleggy
No it definitely is not.
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#70 HaLoMaStErJT
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sounds like an xbox fanboy

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#71 Delsage
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

specialzed
I saw a DVD player on sale for 5 bucks. Xbox 360 really needs to get its price down.

Exactly what I was thinking when I first read that.
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#72 deniiiii21
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In terms of value for the money

PS3>>>>360>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Wii

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#73 blackace
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Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii
It's not over priced now. It was when it was $600 though. Sony' just lowered the price last year. They won't lower it again until probably next year. You might be able to get it for a bit cheaper on EBay, but $299 isn't bad for the PS3 right now. The only thing it's missing is B/C for the PS2 and an HDMI/Component cables in the box.
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#74 RogueShodown
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

blackace
It's not over priced now. It was when it was $600 though. Sony' just lowered the price last year. They won't lower it again until probably next year. You might be able to get it for a bit cheaper on EBay, but $299 isn't bad for the PS3 right now. The only thing it's missing is B/C for the PS2 and an HDMI/Component cables in the box.

Even at launch it wasn't overpriced, as Blu-ray players of similar quality went for at least $400-$500 alone. It was just too expensive for it's main purpose, playing video games.
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#75 Sherjas24
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It would be great if Sony puts out a price reduction for about $249.99 because Microsoft would take a hit when it comes to console sales.

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#76 Mystic-G
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[QUOTE="testfactor888"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"] And what else? dontshackzmii

That might be all that he wants. I know for me if I we're to buy it I would not be hooking it up online so I would only need the 4 gigs for the saved games. No need for space for extra content downloaded from Xbox Live when I won't even be hooking up the 360 to that. Honestly though I am just waiting for the right price on the PS3 I have no interest in owning a 360 again. Was not impressed with the system

who says i need it for anything els. What if i dont want to buy stuff other then games? Who says i need to download stuff from the market?

That's good for you but I'm betting most people who consider themselves gamers would need more than 4GBs.
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#77 RyanShazam
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+3D%26%2342/Internet+Connectable/Wi-Fi+Built-In+Blu-ray+Disc+Player/9739925.p?id=1218165051047&skuId=9739925

3D blu-ray player is 219.00$ so for 80$ more you get a game console and a lot more... What's overpriced about it?

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#78 general_KDI
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My 60gb PS3 cost me 1000$ at launch (including 2 games and 2 controllers and provincial and federal taxes (7% and 7.5% at that time)). So no, I don't think 300$ is overpriced.

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#79 BPoole96
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Think of it this way, you can get it 50% off compared to the launch price :P

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#80 testfactor888
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[QUOTE="testfactor888"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"] And what else? dontshackzmii

That might be all that he wants. I know for me if I we're to buy it I would not be hooking it up online so I would only need the 4 gigs for the saved games. No need for space for extra content downloaded from Xbox Live when I won't even be hooking up the 360 to that. Honestly though I am just waiting for the right price on the PS3 I have no interest in owning a 360 again. Was not impressed with the system

who says i need it for anything els. What if i dont want to buy stuff other then games? Who says i need to download stuff from the market?

That is what I am saying.
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#81 abuabed
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You're 4 years late TC.
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#82 Pug-Nasty
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It packs more value than any other system, and the 360 with an HDD is the same price isn't it? You don't get half the functionality out of the 360, yet it costs the same.

Of course it would be nice if everything was less than 100 bucks, but expensive and overpriced aren't the same thing, and it's not realistic to expect the price to drop ever couple of months.

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#83 lightleggy
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[QUOTE="lightleggy"]: those 256mb ram (which is actually equal to like 2 gb standard ram on a pcSkittles_McGee
No it definitely is not.

my point is: no way in hell you are gonna be able to run a game like UC2 with 256mb ram in a PC...consoles are optimized for gaming those 256mb in a console can not be considered the same as 256mb on a pc
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#84 dercoo
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The good (comparable) 360 model is 299$ as well...

and lacks a blu-ray rive and net browser.

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#85 tommyas
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isnt the 360 going down to 149? that means its half the price and can run games better then ps3 .

dontshackzmii
Wow just stop.
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#86 -The-G-Man-
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last i checked, Move isn't a requirement. it's a peripheral. did we add in the cost of the Eyetoy to the PS2? the PS3 is far and away the best value of all the consoles since it comes with the Blu-ray player; you've got to be buying some used, beat-up ones to get them "cheap"
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#87 sergemyster8
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LOL TC is stuck in 2007-08

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#88 dreman999
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.....Wow, I thought someone bumbed up a thread from 2006 or something......

What the heck is the tc thinking?

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#89 PSNLakers416
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Guys, you're violating the number 1 rule on the internet....

DONT FEED THE TROLL! This guy is enjoying this! This guy has too much time on his hands that he starts threads like these, i've seen so many of his threads and posts and alot of them are sheer stupidity!

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#90 millerlight89
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[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="lightleggy"]: those 256mb ram (which is actually equal to like 2 gb standard ram on a pclightleggy
No it definitely is not.

my point is: no way in hell you are gonna be able to run a game like UC2 with 256mb ram in a PC...consoles are optimized for gaming those 256mb in a console can not be considered the same as 256mb on a pc

I see what your saying. You are right. I don't know the exact comparison though. :P

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#91 scar-hawk
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i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

dontshackzmii
Are you serious? The PS3 is a great console and I'd buy it for $299 even if it didn't have Blu-ray. And no it's not expensive. It costs the same as the 120GB 360 which is less reliable. I think most people who are unbiased, would say that the PS3 is at a great price. You're basically saying the 360 is overpriced too.
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#92 Anberlin_2004
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i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

dontshackzmii
A DVD Player can be had for as low as $29, why the heck is the XBOX 360 being sold for $199 to $299?
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#93 Gue1
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Isn't the X360 like300 bucks and it doesn't even has blu-ray?

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#94 hotfiree
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Say it costs you 20 hours to earn the money to buy it. By the time you buy a ps4 your going to put over 1000 hours into it easy. What else can give you that kind of profit in entertainment? Consoles are worth every penny.
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#95 xYamatox
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I pumped $600 on mine from it's release, and don't regret it at all.

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#96 GTSaiyanjin2
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reading all this gave me a good laugh :D

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Awww man, I knew I shouldn't have got in that dalorean with the Doc, I'm stuck in the past!
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#98 gregbmil
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Why is it still 299? with move the damn thing costs 400$ . Blu ray players are pretty cheap now . Sony can't keep playing this card . 256mbs of ram and a gpu that was dated when the ps3 came out .

dontshackzmii

I think it's funny when ever someone mentions that PS3 only has 256mb of RAM. Just because it's weird that 360 exclusives are no match for PS3 exclusives in the graphic department. And yes Blu-ray players are much cheaper then they used to be, but DVD players are almost free now a days.

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#99 hiryu3
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overpriced?! really?
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#100 aca247
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i just saw a sony blu ray player on sale for 129.99 . They really need to get the price down . The graphics are just so dated now .

dontshackzmii

i got mine for 70 from best buy