Elite Won't Replace Premium or Core Skus

As the day has progressed, more information about the 'Elite' has become available. GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that the other two 360 skus will still be available. The Elite is not replacing either of them. Interestingly, there's no word on a price drop for them either. Major Nelson's most recent podcast has several interviews and details about the new offering, which you may find informative. There's more analysis available, if you find that interesting: CVG wonders aloud who is going to buy this thing, while a Wedbush Morgan analyst mentioned to GamesIndustry.biz that he thinks this validates the PS3 strategy. "'It appears to me that Microsoft sees the writing on the wall - Blu-ray is going to win the format wars ... Ultimately, Microsoft will likely offer a Blu-ray drive with the 360 Elite, and I think consumers will be able to select based solely upon other drivers.' Pachter also believes that although the Xbox 360 Elite will register with early adopters of hi-def content, the current 20GB model will still be sufficient for many consumers."

Comments

I Honestly Can't Believe your CRAP!!!

[Maximegalon]

I have no interest in either format that offers little value over DVD, and has less restrictions. I want to PLAY GAMES and view media off my PC about (300 gig). So let's do the REAL math. $600 PS3 $310 PS3 notebook drive to match/hold my existing desktop PC media (and I have to reencode and copy/duplicate the media) $40 HDMI cable to match resolution of the given cable of 360 $0 For the great PS3 "online service" for the few online games the PS3 has $400 Premium 360 $40 WAP and wired router, lets me put 4 devices on a wireless network easily $200 For XBOX Live for 5 years when bought in yearly amounts (just shop a little) $10 USB multi-reader card to match PS3's Hmmm, I have $300 extra to burn. Perhaps for that HDDVD drive and a couple of movies. Also, the 360 has infinitely better online support and a lot better games (more games in 1080p, more online games, more exclusives i.e. dead rising, lost planet, gears of war, Halo 3, Lumines, viva pinata, star trek legacy, chromehounds) Oh, I could even write my own game for the 360 if I wanted too. Face it, the PS3 sucks for anything other than a BlueRay player, an expensive UNIX box or running folding @home.

Re:PS3 Advantage

[antek9]

This sort of anecdotal evidence keeps popping up in every console wars related thread. I'm not even saying any of that stuff is made up. But maybe we should start worrying about the American economy when no one in your tiny University towns can afford the technologically supreme console any more this time around.

It's called a recession and you know it. People here in Europe, we just thought: Yup, this is the best system, must get it. I went out and got one, without second thoughts or regrets. Man, people do spend more than 600 EUR on frigging CELLPHONES, year after year, and suddenly that price is asking too much for a BluRay drive, a Cell chip, 60 GB disc, Bluetooth, WiFi and whatnot combined? Hell, it even runs Linux. Are American buyers really that kind of cheapskates nowadays? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought your wages were higher than ours.

Note to moderators: go ahead and mod me a troll, if you like, but rest assured: this is my honest opinion, and I'm just asking questions out of curiosity. Mind the condescending tone, but I'm really sick of all that cheap schadenfreude about unsellable PS3s while at the same time whining about the unavailability of Wii consoles (a.k.a. Gamecube V1.5). You people are doing yourself a disservice. Well, flamebait then, I guess.