PS3: Sony reveals plans to win Christmas battle

ARCHAIC - 911 days 15 hours ago

With more and more killer Xbox360 and Wii deals be found on the web and at retailers, the PS3 remains extremely expensive compared to its competition.
Games will help, but with the majority of them also coming to the XBOX360, and looking and playing just as well on the Xbox360, people are not feeling compelled to drop an extra $100-$200 on a PS3.
SONY will need a lower priced PS3, and a few exclusive killer apps to really see a healthy increase in console sales.
Right now, with GTA and a few other previous SONY exclusives hitting the Xbox360 (not to mention Xbox360s exclusive episodic content) the XBOX360 is in perfect position to pickup some consumers that were loyal to the old SONY exclusives, but are looking to save some money

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reaperxciv - 911 days 15 hours ago

to see is to believe, (no price drop) + (no AAA games)= kaput...

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San anto - 911 days 13 hours ago

i dont need to see to believe that you = Tw@!

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Zidandy - 911 days 13 hours ago

Well put. I couldn't have said it better myself. @ Reaper man. I covered my childs eyes as he read through the comments so he could not see your ugly face, as it would traumatize him possibly for life. :(

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reaperxciv - 911 days 1 hour ago

@Zizandy - 2 B4DD u don't think that a price drop and AAA game titles will benefit all of us, you R just a Sony Fanboy, you're still lucky i'm not beside you coz if i was, i'd murder the crap out of you

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predator - 911 days 12 hours ago

errr gta and crash are on the 360 to mate and mgs4 is delayed till 2008

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Kaneda - 911 days 9 hours ago

"errr gta and crash are on the 360 to mate and mgs4 is delayed till 2008"

Konami said they are still aiming to release mgs 4 2007...but FF is delayed til Mar 2008...

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gaffyh - 910 days 12 hours ago

@predator - the article confirms MGS for Christmas release on PS3.

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IRISHCALIBER - 911 days 12 hours ago

Because under your logic and Sony's, the PS3 is supposed to stagnate for a couple of years during it's premature release to slowly build a Fan base to eventually catch up to it's self by 2010.

In the mean time you get a handful of games and a new movie format to play with for your early adoption, investment, Beta test.

So, while all the AAA title go to The 360, secretly 1st party and certain 3rd are working round the clock to create games that require 25 gigs of compressed space. Wow, now that would be a huge game.

A current XBOX 360 game uncompressed could fill a 25 gig disc. So when They manage to fit that much information into a game, won't that seriously effect the load times on a 1x Blu-ray drive?

So, Sony released their PS3 in 2006 in order to be the most popular gaming console by 2010?

Guess they are in it for the long run, In 2010 I'll probably be planning to buy the upcoming XBOX 3HD supporting 1.5 Tera of space boasting a 2.4T-HOLO-chip, world wireless internet, streaming game play to any screen, surface technology, and Digital distribution of the hottest games + much, much more.

I prefer my console to be on a 5 to 6 year updated rotation with backwards compatibility of course.

Relevant and active today and of course out dated after 5 or 6 years of surpassed technology.

Today is not the time to invest in tomorrow's tech, as technology grows exponentially. Ask the leading companies in the Industry, look how often a new IPOD comes out or the newest Laptop. Hell DVD only lasted 10 years before HD started telling it to move over and make shelf space.

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artman - 911 days 6 hours ago

everyone is a beta tester, but microsoft put us on alpha tester u c...
just imagine the worst, when ps3 failed... we will have bluray player / multimedia center (which in long run ps3 will have more software and will have price drop, and most of people who has ps2 will move to ps3 after the price drop (not sure when)

when 360 failed, well it will do nothing... it just become a piece of junk. except when you missed you GeOW or any other fav games. And it will be still enjoyable if that time ur 360 is still running well and red ring free. And guess what, my xbox (one) just got red light yesterday... and it's useless... I've been using it to watch divx movies, since... 3 years ago. My 360 already got red ring since a month I bought. so I would like to let you know that I am an alpha tester of microsoft.

so what do you think about the concept of investment? it should be on the long run... not just 4-5 years period, if you think it's the console games should be, then you better move to pc games... but remember, that PC is always use the same OS and basic hardware. When console start doing something like that... imagine how bad condition for the game developers. I believe you are smart enough to understand this concept.

if microsoft win this game, then you'll understand what kind of console we have in the future. just another pc for games... where you are wondering to upgrades every 2 month.... oh i need new graphic card, oh need more rams, oohhh.. I need new processor... oh I need new PC... oh craps... I just buy PS3

get real IRISH, open your mind and heart, you will find the truth, see the true evil~

oh btw,
my friend just bought NVIDIA 8800, and he was satisfied for all the games he had can be played in maximum setting, but after he saw crysis video, he thought ... "oh I'm not sure if my system can run that game smoothly... I think I need to change to ultimate version..." where he bought that graphic card is the same price as ps3... now anybody tell me that ps3 is expensive?
for me ps3 is very cheap, I spend mostly $1000 for mobile phones... consider the tech and usability... ps3 is much more cheaper than those stupid mobilephone, that you change every 4 month

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harpua - 911 days 18 hours ago

nice vid, welcome to 4 months ago.

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VaeVictus - 911 days 18 hours ago

Zoran by 'praised'...tool. Such a loser.

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Zidandy - 911 days 13 hours ago

It wouldn't suprise me if the dog in your own picture despises you as much as I do. May a swift death befall you.

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LeShin - 911 days 18 hours ago

Personally, I'm not really worried. The PS2 had the same problems when it came out: was hard to develop for, lack of games even some people having concerns about the price........now look at it.
That doesn't mean Sony should rest on their laurels, they just need to do exactly if not more of what they did to make the PS2 the success it was/is.
I'm looking forward to the new game line-up.

As for the games that he mentioned, I've got a funny feeling he was talking about the PSN network as I heard a rumor that Naughty Dog are working on a Jak & Daxter game made specifically for the PSN, and as for Metal Gear Solid, that might mean that the original PSone Metal Gears gonna be availiable for download......
.....of course, I could be wrong.....:)

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MannyHarlem141 - 911 days 17 hours ago

Forget Crash!! we're loving Jak and Daxter and Ratchet & clank way more than that bandicoot nowadays, he gets no love from anyone anymore.. that orange dude is way past his prime, he wishes he had Mario's permanence, or even Sonic's for that matter

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DrunKao - 911 days 17 hours ago

The PS2 didn't really have the same problems as the PS3, and even implying such is a gross simplification of the situation, as you would have to basically dismiss the biggest obstacles facing the PS3 right now.

The PS2 was never $200 more expensive than it's nearest competitor. The PS2 didn't launched with any real competition to be honest (Dreamcast, lol). The PS2 didn't have competition like the 360, that' an established console leading it by millions of units sold. The PS2 didn't have competition like the Wii, that's actually tracking much faster than the PS2 and outselling it by hundred of thousands of consoles worldwide each month.

If the PS2 had competition as strong as the PS3 has right now, it wouldn't have had such a high percentage of market share, and it definitely would have never sold over 100 million consoles.

I don't understand how people can just say that the PS2 and the PS3 are in the same situation, while ignoring the most important facts of the matter. Both consoles have the Playstation name, they both are hard to develop for, and they both had a lack of games after launch, but that's where the similarities end.

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sadiq - 911 days 16 hours ago

crash started sucking when naughty dog sold the rights to vivendi universal, they only one i thought was fun after that was crash twinsanity and thats bcuz travelers tales oxford did it

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San anto - 911 days 13 hours ago

The delay of MGS4 was never announced, to this day on Hideo Kojima's website the date for release is coming 2007

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MannyHarlem141 - 911 days 17 hours ago

Halo's as sure a thing as any.. even if it fails to impress graphically, the multiplayer will own

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San anto - 911 days 13 hours ago

wdf was that F(_)ckface of a comment, sounded like the words from a 4 year old, Dirf.

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ps360s - 911 days 17 hours ago

if you really want a PS3...get that, don't change ur decision bcuz of the pricE! ps3 will have the games and the excitements by the time you get your ps3 so like stick with what u want :)

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boi - 911 days 17 hours ago

true and thats what gamers be getting

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boi - 911 days 17 hours ago

of course Sony themselfs listen to their audience too thats y they making more games and updatin their FW every so often !! anyways plus Blu-Ray isn't a bad idea if they were thinkn of making the console future proof...and SOny havnt lost only a very poor start but starting to pick up!

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MannyHarlem141 - 911 days 17 hours ago

the wii is the poorest excuse for a video game console since the gamecube

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AngryTypingGuy - 910 days 20 hours ago

I thought the GameCube was a great system. If I never bought a GC, I would've never had the chance to play one of my favorite games ever, Resident Evil 4. I was so happy to see the RE5 is coming to the 360.

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boi - 911 days 17 hours ago

well they ain't dumb just narrow minded i guess...but like i say it once more ps3 won't die out and it will be a better system then today...ps3 will get better as time goes by :)

360 is good too not sayin only the ps3

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Raptors - 911 days 17 hours ago

Im a 360 owner but ill defend the ps3 here (I've never understood why ppl on this site can't enjoy both systems for what they offer). I dont ever recall a launch system with alot of good games in the first year. Alot of ppl are bashing the ps3 when the 360 didn't have a lot of games, neither did the wii (and they still don't), and not to mention most other past systems (Dreamcast, ps2, xbox etc). Its the playstation, the games will be coming, no one can deny that. If you can afford both the 360 and ps3, my advice is to get both, enjoy the best of both worlds. If not, buy what offers you the most for your dollar.

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boi - 911 days 17 hours ago

okay this is just my thinknig dont hav to agree or wateva but dont have to flame about it...

anyways i think that Sony didn't bring out their AAA titles is because they need the time to get them near perfect then bring them out so people won't be *Sony said this graphics was ingame graphics(killzone2) but didnt turn out good enough or it plays like crap* and we all know Sony's ps3 need the time to fully or near fully optimize the hardware and proberly toke this long to bring out any AAA or wteva is because of getting it what people was expecting from Sony...

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Icewake - 911 days 11 hours ago

MGS-6.million-mind you the PS1 has been out for how many years now....
MGS2-million, a nice improvement, sold more in a shorter time.
MGS3-3.million, interesting, they slipped 3.million. And sold twice as few as the first MGS. What a hell of a drop off, how could you expect MGS4 to push PS3 when MGS3 took such a nose dive in sales?

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CrazzyMan - 911 days 10 hours ago

while MGS3 didn`t look so amazing, because standarts of visuals become higher.
Now MGS4 again will amaze with visuals, in sales that`s mean MGS fan base + news guys which will be stunned with amazing visuals, just like geow effect.
I mean, geow = kill switch + better graphics -> 4 mln. and without a fan base. =)
MGS4 definately will make 5 mln. :)

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