dude I own a ps3 but its just a system man calm down. n so what if ppl wanna trash it, thats their opinion too, but who cares cuz as long as we have it, we know how good it is. but to be honest, I can knock it in a couple areas too. but yea theres no point in blowing your top over what ppl "think" about a system...especially not to the extent you did.
How about a trade in offer on our current 360's.Wellfedmonkey
yea thats what im sayin too, like nintendo did with the old DS to the new DSlite. but yea if this thing does come out im basically gettin kicked in the teeth cuz i jus got the 360 over the holidays, but i agree that wireless and hd dvd would be sweet. hopefully they have trade-ins.
[QUOTE="trav_have"]I saw that too, but I was wondering if it was just a mistake.zero_cool098
are you in canada? if so did you try calling them about it?
did you?... and yo I live in Canada, and big retail stores always do stuff like this, like Best Buy had a release date for the new GT. You cant trust em, I dont think we're gettin Motorstorm early.
It makes sense. If they do that they can lower their production costs. If they lower the amount of money they use to make each console, and sell it for the same price they make more of a profit. Then farther down the line they can give the consumers a price drop. These alteration in the hardware are always happening. Like changing the cell from 95nn to 65nn(not sure if I got the sizes right or letters) reducing size, heat, and cost of production. They can then pass it on to the consumer.EMERlCa6969
I know, it does make sesne to save money on costs and pass it down to the consumer, but I was just saying that the fact its backwards compatible isnt the reason for such a major price tag, as the chips used in the PS3 arent that expensive and they definitely dont cost like 129.99 for the PS2. Im just sayin that, thats not the reason why the prices are high, cuz the european market will end up paying more USD.
I am glad about the hardware changes in the PS3 for the European Market. I hope that the same changes will be on a global scale soon.
Like anyone who understands technology, its quite expensive to put a PS1 and PS2 chip in the PS3 just to run Backwards compatiblity. This was probably one of the reasons the price was higher than usual. Id say it was about a 40-50 USD increase just for the engineering to run that old hardware on the motherboard efficiently all while running the Cell processor, RSX, etc. Its a waste of space, money, and energy.
So with that in mind is 499 USD (20g) too much for a PS1 (49.99) PLUS a PS2 (129.99) inside of a PS3? Yes it is! Your true spendings for the PS3 would be much lower if you cut out all the other junk . Id say the price will drop by the end of the year for sure if they continue this trend.
I understand why Sony chose this alternate route and its because they are always thinking ahead. Imagine the PS4 (if there ever will be) with 4 different processors running different eras of games! that would be so expensive and big! This move is obviously directed towards lower the PS3s price and size so more people can buy one. Cutting costs on this system will score more cash for Sony, and allow more gamers and casuals to buy this system and a reasonable price.
I love that about the 360 and im glad Sony took notice on the 360 for all the things they did right. You can play most of your games in higher definition because of software emulation and still keep the price down on the game machine. Its a great idea and should be welcomed with open arms, not hate.
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huh? dude u make no sense at all. we arent payin 50 for PS1 hardware nor 130 for PS2! WTF kinda argument is that? u think the emotion engine alone is worth 130? cuz last time i checked it was shipped in a PS2 and came with a controller for that price! and yo how is it better? europeans are gonna end up paying much more for PS3 (at least $200 to $300 USD more) and your whole argument was that having the full BC is why the price is high, and now they're makin it half-ass and its MORE now? doesnt make sense. dont make up BS n post it...
Okay..work in progress here but listen closely..FIRST go donate 60 dollars and get other gamers to donate 60 dollars or Euros or whatever and THEN build a boat...listen listen! Build a boat and coooome over to America....get greencards and take up residents in one massive group hovering in one area (essentially maintaing European heritage) then create your own nation within a nation of PS3 gamers...whew...ok so what ya think?NextGenNow
LOL whoaa... I think ebay or somethin would be too much of a hastle?
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