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PS3 price cut evidence: perfect for GDC '09

Gamezine: The evidence is growing for an imminent PlayStation 3 price cut and GDC '09 would be perfect time to announce it.

The industry is waiting for a PlayStation 3 price cut, and hoping that Sony was able to make some kind of profit on the system in the fiscal-2008 year and is now finally ready to move into 2009 with a bang.

The timing in itself would be a sign to publishers and developers that the PS3 is still a legitimate player in the console race, instead of a luxury high-priced item. You mustn't underestimate this; what better time to give concerned publishers exactly what they want?

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ape0075555d ago

gdc 2009 about sony and ms

Ico 2?
alan wake?
infamous?
halo:odst
home,FW updates?

im very very exited about gdc

SiLeNt KNighT5555d ago

i think sony will announce a smaller chipset in new PS3's, much of which will decrease the manufacturing cost hence passing it on to consumers = a price cut. a while back they bought out that factory (toshibas i think) in order to start producing smaller nm chips. this is perfect timing to add a new couple sku's with the new components.

they neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to advertise the price cut though or its effect wont be as great as it should. dont be vein in this matter sony. $299 will sell a sh!t ton of consoles. handle business!

"$299 are you outta your mind???"

Naucious5555d ago

I personally dont think it needs one, just people being cheap for a great console. I understand that some cant afford it due to situations that they are facing so i expect "if there is a price drop" that they get a even more dumb down version maybe one without blueray idk....

With a price cut I do believe that there will be an increase in sales and that will only happen if theres great advertising behind it...

Im sure theres a lot of PS2 owners still waiting to turn next gen and with that price cut they might leap especially if its backwards compatible...

bottom line sony get er done!!!

xwabbit5555d ago

I hope they show a new firmware update :o

ape0075555d ago

I agree sony NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED to advertise the new price cut

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jams_shop5555d ago

Well all this talk about the PS3 price cut is making me believe that indeed there's a price cut to announce soon.

techie5555d ago

The more you think it, the higher chance of it coming true. "Chocolate fudge cake, chocolate fudge cake, chocolate fudge cake..." BOOM *turns into a chocolate fudge cake* "That's not what I meant! Wahh!"

MicroSony4Life5555d ago

are hurting Sony real bad, I have a friend that wants a PS3 but has been waiting on the price cut for a while now.

Jack Meahoffer5555d ago (Edited 5555d ago )

This article just takes the garbage rumor about some EB Games employee and tacks on "Its a great time". Well last Christmas "was a great time too" and it didn't happen.

Prior to this fruity EB Games employee rumor the rumors were saying around June. If the cut doesn't come for a few months all theses rumors are just goin to hurt sales in the short term.

Hype is NOT your friend.

thats_just_prime5555d ago

There is no evidences of a price cut. Facts are the only evidences we have about a price cut says there is no price cut planned and comes striaght from sony. Not a forum run by fanboys that just make up stuff as they see fit.

Sony lost 1.65 biilion dollars last year(thats the number given by sony their self) it still cost more to make a ps3 then they are selling them for. So could they afford to cut the price even if they wanted too ?

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SoapShoes5555d ago

It says there's evidence, where is the evidence?

techie5555d ago

All the listed, including the linked article (it's the end of the fiscal year, so Sony can cut the price at the end of March) As well as the fact that GDC '09 is the perfect time for Sony to announce a price cut

Nineball21125555d ago

Haha... Gotta love Foghorn Leghorn.

Bubbles for having good taste! :-)

miasma5555d ago

maybe the next firmware update will make the PS3 an ATM :)

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The Status of Every PlayStation Franchise

Sony owns a fair few iconic franchises - many dating right back to the original PlayStation. But while we’re pretty familiar with the likes of ongoing series such as God of War, Horizon, and Gran Turismo, there are plenty of PlayStation franchises that haven’t seen the light of day in a long time. So in this video, we’re going to be taking a look at the status of PlayStation’s many IPs, and checking in on when we last heard from them.

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A 20+ minute video? Just include the written list in the article.

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All Call of Duty Black Ops Games Ranked

The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Black ops 4, because it was the last cod of duty I was able to dominate with a +2 k/d ratio. Before all the freaking cheating started to happen. It was nice catching people off guard and shooting at them first and getting the kill. Unlike now, where I shoot people first, but they gun me down with less hits, less time, literally feels like they can kill me in a split second. At times, they are able to run away after me shooting them way more than necessary, yet, the second I'm spotted, I'm dead, there's no me running away to cover. They can do cartwheels, summersaults, backflips and gun you down perfectly. They can shoot you across the map with perfect accuracy. They can jump around like morons and gun you down without even having to correct their aim. They have superman split second perfect reactions. That's the best way to describe it, everything they do is spot on perfect. They can spam and spray (no praying) their gun from far away, because they have no recoil or bullet spread. It always feels like I have to aim and also correct my aim when moving around, while these pricks don't have to do the same.

And yes, I know how to play fps games. I dominated many fps games like: Resistance 1&2, kz 2&3, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Gotham City Impostors, blitz brigade etc. all with 2-4 k/d ratio. Kz2 (lag input controls) and resistance (no aim assist in resistance) being the hardest and were the games I reached either close to a 3 k/d ratio or above.

I truly got to enjoy blacks ops 4 and got my money's worth out of it. Afterwords, I would either stop playing cod games after a while, because of the cheating, or would skip buying cod games for a year or two before buying another.

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10 Underrated PS3 Games That Are Hidden Gems

With these hidden gems to add to your backlog, it’s time to give some bangers the shine they deserve.

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DarXyde3d ago

Numbers 6-9 were some of my absolute favorite early gen PS3 games. I'm still bitter about Incognito and Japan Studio.

Goodguy012d ago

The white knight chronicles and infamous games really need to come to modern platforms. MAG I really miss...poor zipper. The ps3 was definitely a unique console despite it being the worst home console of PlayStation.