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Analysts See 80GB PS3 Dropping To $499 For Holidays
Gamsasutra reports on analyst predictions of another PS3 price drop in time for the holidays. This time, the 80GB sku would take the place of the now fully-cleared-out 60GB unit. "Jesse Divnich from fantasy video game prediction market simExchange has said much the same, adding that 'after examining more closely the hardware sales of the PS3 over the last 6 months we have come to the conclusion that the PS3 cannot remain competitive in the current North American environment at its current retail offering at $499 and $599 ... To remain competitive against the other consoles, the Sony PS3 would have to reduce its 80GB SKU by $100 down to $499. Other options, besides a price drop, could be the bundling of more free software titles, which has always been a popular option during the Holiday season.'"
Heh, Halo 3. Yeah, now that the stupid 7GB DVD drive and no standard harddrive in the 360 forced Rockstar to delay GTA IV and Mass Effect turned out to be Mass Downgrade, even a tired old Halo game that looks just like last gen's Halo 2 is selling.
Halo, what the hell else am I going to buy for my Xbox?
"The difference is Th X-Box launched with Halo. What "System Seller" is on the shelf right now for the PS3? Why buy a system for "maybe" ? Buy it with the game you have to have..."
s tupid fanboy.
What a stupid,stupid,stupid,stupid,stupid,stupid,stupid,
God do I love seeing pathetic little shit fanboys like you have their sad little worlds come to a tearful end each console generation.
Let me guess...
Former Dreamcast loser? Desperately spouting the same crap a decade ago?
Former Xbox loser? Desperately spouting the same crap seven years ago?
You're a loser. A complete and total loser.
What a pathetic fanboy.
Halo 3 is a fucking disaster. Wow, 400 dollars + 250 dollar a year online fees just to have the same fucking Halo crap all over again but with some 'better textures'
What a loser.
My god are you the most pathetic fanboy on Slashdot.
Microsoft doing 'well' with the 360? Let's see:
* Bleeding cash at a faster rate than the 5 billion dollar first Xbox fiasco
* 1.1 billion dollars in losses just for the RRoD issue - bringing the Xbox lifetime losses up into the 7 billion dollar range
* The 360 is dead in Japan
* The 360 is at best floundering in Europe - England appears to be the only country the 360 is still a viable console
* After six years in the console market and billions in losses the 360 is selling at a slower rate than the first Xbox
* In the US market, the only market the 360 is still a viable console, the 360 is just barely outselling the 150 dollar more expensive PS3
* They've already had to fire Peter Moore for the disaster the 360 has turned out to be
* The 360 was a 10 million worldwide sales last December, it is now 9 months later. The 360 is still sitting at 10 million worldwide sales. They're not even going to hit the 24 million installed base of the first Xbox at the current rate before they have to pull the plug on the system.
* Disc scratching drives
* Halo 3 turning into a joke - no dedicated servers and crappy player count(only 16). And the most embarrassing having gamers not being able to tell the difference between Halo/2 and Halo 3's graphics
The 360 is selling to the exact same US based latently homo fratboy demographic as the first Xbox fiasco.
High five Microsoft! You're about to take over the console world!