In my evaluation, the PS3 holds no value over an Xbox360 or a Wii, so I would consider price to be an issue even if it was $1 more. Now, for others it might hold more, even $100-200 more.
Yes. So the PS3 is too expensive to some and the 360 is too expensive to others. People value different things differently.
I'm not sure I understand how that makes "PS3 to Continue at the Same Price" news though.
No, it's still just an accessory and a couple of games more expensive.
Comparing the base prices of the consoles is perfectly valid...
Indeed it is. But there's a $100-200 difference between the 360 and the PS3. If that's the end of the world for you, then I contend that you can't afford to buy games. It's a factor, but it's been over-hyped past the point of stupidity now.
I'm not on a team. The press should think about reporting the news instead of beating up on Nintendo or Sony or anyone else. Sony saying the price isn't going to change isn't news.
The whole "Can you believe the Sony execs don't agree with us about our latest obsession?" storyline that the press has going is silly.
In other news, The Sun says it has no plans to change it's habit of coming up in the morning. We'll be back with updates on that story every 20 minutes or as they occur.
You seem to think that "the press" has it's own agenda here...
Come on. We all know the press never has an agenda.
I was going to buy a PS3 before the sky-high price and lack of exclusives turned me off to it.
If the price is such an issue for you, how did you think you were going to afford any games? The PS3 costs as much as another console with an accessory and a couple of games.
You mean Sony isn't completely obsessed with the price of their console, like the press is? They don't feel bad about the lack of rumble, like the press does? They have their own strategy that doesn't involve pleasing the press?
I'm just not getting it. Can someone in the press tell me what I should think about this?
Next you'll be telling us that Sony isn't planning on trying to make every XBox 360 and Wii fanboy happy. Surely not even Sony would ignore such a vocal crowd -- would they?
When we are talking about social policy, though, a policy can be reasonably said to "cause" the things which follow from it consistently in multiple experiments. If you do X, Y will happen, consistently enough that you can make predictions about it.
No. Saying that a policy "causes" a behavior is to deny free will. That's useful for social engineers and other tyrants, but bad for their victims.
Go with "tends to result in". As in, "Raising the minimum wage too high tends to result in unemployment for low-skilled workers whose work is worth less than the new minimum wage".
People decide to do things. "Piracy", in this case, is something a person decides to do. Each individual has the choice to act or not. DRM doesn't cause piracy. It probably creates incentives for piracy, but the choice still exists.
The whole [some factor] "causes" [some behavior] is simply an assault on free will and an invitation to elite social engineers to take away more freedom from people.
People behave the way they want to.
(Example: Did videogames "cause" the Columbine massacre, or did some kids decide to massacre some people?)
I thought we were all supposed to switch to electric cars for the environment, no matter how much worse off they'd make us. Shouldn't we care more about saving the earth than about the huge hit we're going to take to our standard of living? So what if we're much, much poorer? So what if people are hurt? Do people matter now? Since when?
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Wow. A computer program came up with a result that supports a particular political position. This is a surprise?
Any computer program that predicts that folks will act against their best interest needs to be looked at very sceptically.
That's how most of the real world works.
Works for whom? Paying based on seniority works for the union and that's what the union cares about.
Why should they care about anything else? Are there any real, serious threats to the teachers union?
No. So they can demand what they want and offer very little in return. What are you going to do about it?
I needed a steroid sniffer that works on my network.
Can I operate it in reverse or something?
News flash: Government agency asks for more funding
When was the last time you heard a government department say:
"We have all the funds we need. We'd like to thank the taxpayers." ?
Yeah, me neither.
No, it's not a new business model.
Did I miss the documentary that showed the ancient Romans invented it?
iTunes Music Store isn't a successful new business model?
In my evaluation, the PS3 holds no value over an Xbox360 or a Wii, so I would consider price to be an issue even if it was $1 more. Now, for others it might hold more, even $100-200 more.
Yes. So the PS3 is too expensive to some and the 360 is too expensive to others. People value different things differently.
I'm not sure I understand how that makes "PS3 to Continue at the Same Price" news though.
More potential customers care about price point than those that care about ZOMG GRAPHICS!!!!
Yeah, those people bought a Wii or a PS2. Some people are in the market for hi-def and some aren't. There are lots of nice choices for everyone.
saying "We are completely content with our plan and its outcome," is news.
It's essentially what every corporate PR person always says.
Breaking news: Politician says "vote for me".
...suddenly it's way more expensive...
No, it's still just an accessory and a couple of games more expensive.
Comparing the base prices of the consoles is perfectly valid...
Indeed it is. But there's a $100-200 difference between the 360 and the PS3. If that's the end of the world for you, then I contend that you can't afford to buy games. It's a factor, but it's been over-hyped past the point of stupidity now.
I'm not on a team. The press should think about reporting the news instead of beating up on Nintendo or Sony or anyone else. Sony saying the price isn't going to change isn't news.
The whole "Can you believe the Sony execs don't agree with us about our latest obsession?" storyline that the press has going is silly.
In other news, The Sun says it has no plans to change it's habit of coming up in the morning. We'll be back with updates on that story every 20 minutes or as they occur.
You seem to think that "the press" has it's own agenda here...
Come on. We all know the press never has an agenda.
I was going to buy a PS3 before the sky-high price and lack of exclusives turned me off to it.
If the price is such an issue for you, how did you think you were going to afford any games? The PS3 costs as much as another console with an accessory and a couple of games.
You mean Sony isn't completely obsessed with the price of their console, like the press is? They don't feel bad about the lack of rumble, like the press does? They have their own strategy that doesn't involve pleasing the press?
I'm just not getting it. Can someone in the press tell me what I should think about this?
Next you'll be telling us that Sony isn't planning on trying to make every XBox 360 and Wii fanboy happy. Surely not even Sony would ignore such a vocal crowd -- would they?
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When we are talking about social policy, though, a policy can be reasonably said to "cause" the things which follow from it consistently in multiple experiments. If you do X, Y will happen, consistently enough that you can make predictions about it.
No. Saying that a policy "causes" a behavior is to deny free will. That's useful for social engineers and other tyrants, but bad for their victims.
Go with "tends to result in". As in, "Raising the minimum wage too high tends to result in unemployment for low-skilled workers whose work is worth less than the new minimum wage".
People decide to do things. "Piracy", in this case, is something a person decides to do. Each individual has the choice to act or not. DRM doesn't cause piracy. It probably creates incentives for piracy, but the choice still exists.
The whole [some factor] "causes" [some behavior] is simply an assault on free will and an invitation to elite social engineers to take away more freedom from people.
People behave the way they want to.
(Example: Did videogames "cause" the Columbine massacre, or did some kids decide to massacre some people?)
That's why I bought my PS3.
IBM has been violating my rights to have a job there. Who knew?
This has apparently been going on a long time, since I've never worked at IBM.
I think IBM owes us all some back pay.
Time for the US to execute a "phased redeployment" away from the Internet.
Back to uunet or fidonet, where our bits can be safe.
I thought we were all supposed to switch to electric cars for the environment, no matter how much worse off they'd make us. Shouldn't we care more about saving the earth than about the huge hit we're going to take to our standard of living? So what if we're much, much poorer? So what if people are hurt? Do people matter now? Since when?
Congrats. You are the master of anti-Americanism.
Also, congrats on defending Cuban government torture of political opponents. And super-congrats on using the "everybody does it" defense.
What a wise, principled, avatar of righteousness you are!
This torture center's records are managed only by "open source" software!
Open Source. Putting the freedom back into torturing your political opponents.
And therefore it's OK to steal from them? Even though it will hurt the people involved?
IBM is actually a front for Groklaw!
That clever PJ had you all fooled.