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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."
"If the PS3 survives its games will end up looking a lot more impressive than 360 games of the same vintage."
Now that is funny.
The PS3 just had the greatest console launch in history in Europe.
The PS3 is selling at a faster rate in the US.
People are asking who do they have to kill to get into the Home beta.
Every single developer who supported the 115+ million selling PS2 is making games for the PS3.
Sony's first party developer lineup is stronger than both Nintendo and Microsoft combined - there are over 150 first party games alone in development.
Even PC developers are looking to the PS3 for their games as the pc game market continues to die.
The PS3 has turned out to be the most reliable console ever made.
Yeah, if the PS3 'survives'...
Oh wait. You are referring to how Sony had to divert manufacturing capacity in last month from the US to Europe for the launch and there were low NPD numbers...
You sound like you come from a typical shitty pc developer like Bethesda.