Sony Drops Platinum Title Cost

Eurogamer has the news that Sony has lowered prices on Platinum titles. Selections such as Eye Toy Play 2 and Jak 3 will now retail for about a third less, or roughly $US 34.95. From the article: "The news is set to allow retailers to enjoy a bumper summer at a time when the supply of quality new releases has all but dried up - and consumers will be able to sample a huge range of titles at prices that won't break the bank."

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[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

Great, now I can look forward to €45 titles instead of €60 ones. This despite the favourable US/Euro exchange rate.
So instead of paying ~$71 for my games, I'll now be paying ~$53 dollars, which is still more than the $50 that is paid for games in the States!!!
Arrgghh!!

Thank you Sony. Thanks for nothing!!

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[Mike570]

Yeah, I'm concerned about the cost of the new systems too. I know I'm probably in the minority on this but I miss the days when I payed for a game system that just played games. It seems like with each new system, they get further removed from the sale of game systems and they keep inching closer to some multimedia powerhouse. I wish they'd lower the price by removing all the crap. I don't need HDTV, I don't need a DVD player, etc. Xbox concernes me the most because Microsoft has alot to gain from making their game systems miniature computers. Oh well. I suppose at some point they'll have to stop because I think they're getting close to the cost where people will wait for the cost to come down before buying a new system.

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[MBCook]

I agree. $300 is my limit, I'm not speding over that. I may spend UNDER that. First of all, consoles don't come with games anymore, and they want me to pay $60 a pop (minimum) to buy the games. Add to this all the other things they don't include (2nd controller, memory cards, hard drive in the case of the PS3) and that is just more cash I'll have to shell out to play a game.

I love video games, and I've been buying consoles at launch since the PS1, but this generation there is a good chance that I'll wait for price drops (except on the Revolution, I know I'll get great games there, especially with the ability to play old titles).

Backwards compatability helps though, as that means I can fence my old console to help buy the new one.

Re:Strategy: Get killed by Microsoft.

[ZephyrXero]

You're kind of right...but not completely. Yes, most people who own an Xbox and a PS2 go for the Xbox version if it's multiplatform. Unfortunately, there's still alot of games that are PS2 exclusive. MS might be making great strides here in America but it's only doing moderately well in Europe and HORRIBLY in Japan. I'd go as far to say that MS views the Xbox as a failure, and that's why their so eager to jump ahead into the next generation.

I too believe MS has put the Xbox360 in a very competitive position. They'll be the first out the gate, and unlike Sega before them...actually have the money to over market/advertise Sony. From what we've seen of the PS3 and Xbox360 so far they look to be on fairly equal footing. PS3 might have a little more graphical horsepower, but it's starting to look like the 360's triple core processor might allow for better gameplay and physics than the much overhyped Cell. The fact that the first couple sweeps of the Xbox will only be available with a harddrive will ensure a large enough base, so that developers actually care as where the PS3 will probably not be as fortunate. I think Sony was way too cocky last gen, and they gave MS the chance to gain some serious ground on them...if they keep up their ways of the past they may very well find MS getting a larger portion of the pie this go round.

As for Nintendo, they're always a wild card...there's a chance they could suprise everyone and take first place this next generation. It's not likely...but you never know. Being that the Revolution will probably come out at least $100 less than the 360 (and I guess $200 less than the PS3?) they can aim for a different audience than MS and Sony will be battling for...so I don't even bother comparing them with the other two usually...