jerseykrs said:

COMPLETELY WRONG EMO-KERS!
The whole point of the Wii is that it will champion gameplay. PS3 actually looks to have the worst with NO original IPs (you can argue MGS, but all the other MGS games have come out on Xbox too so stuff it).

600 dollars is expensive.

I say not just "no" but fuck no.


I'll buy the Revolution and wait for PS3 to drop below 500

No freaking way!! Why do it when they come out with a new system every two years-it's a waste of money. I mean I've bought the Supernintendo, nintendo 64, Playstation, Playstation 2, Gamecube, Gameboy not to mention a load of games. Somebody's really getting rich off of this .

pinkgirl93 said:

Better off buying a new computer for that much (not including the monitor).

I say not just "no" but fuck no.


I'll buy the Revolution and wait for PS3 to drop below 500

pinkgirl93 said:

Better off buying a new computer for that much (not including the monitor).

Spookymuffin said:

According to the boffins it's clearly the most powerful machine out of the three though.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060512-6824.html

Sony president: PS3 "probably too cheap"
5/12/2006 1:54:49 PM, by Ken Fisher

We're beginning to wonder if Sony hasn't lost all of its senses when it comes to public relations. The company knows that the pricing on the forthcoming PlayStation 3 console has been met with some degree of anger, hostility, and/or disbelief, but to combat that by calling the console "probably too cheap" is unexpected, to say the least. Or is it?

Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi says that when one considers the price of the PS3, one must think of a fine dinner, not a cafeteria meal, according to comments translated from Japanese media site, IT Media.

"For instance, is it not nonsense to compare the charge for dinner at the company cafeteria with dinner at a fine restaurant? It's a question of what you can do with that game machine. If you can have an amazing experience, we believe price is not a problem," he said.

Kutaragi speaks from experience. The PlayStation 2's launch price of $299 in 2000 was considered outlandish by many, and yet the console has gone on to sell more than 100 million units. The PSP's pricing has also been criticized, although there is no consensus just yet on whether or not the PSP is a true grand slam. To date, more than 17 million PSPs have been shipped worldwide.

Thus for Kutaragi, saying that the PS3 is "probably too cheap" is a coy way of saying that gamers just don't yet know how much they'll be getting for their money. And in a sense, he may be right. By most estimations, the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 is its best stage trick, allowing the console to serve both as a gaming device and a next-generation Blu-ray movie player. But that strategy isn't without its problems, because the PS3 will be launching within months of the Blu-ray launch itself (which is scheduled for this June after another delay). At the moment, all things Blu-ray (and HD DVD, for that matter) have "early adopter" written all over them, with high prices in tow. While the PS3 will certainly sell, it may be more than a year until Blu-ray itself has any significant appeal to Joe Consumeropoulos. And even then, there are concerns. Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, downplayed the importance of HDMI for Blu-ray playback, hoping to paint the lower-end US$499 unit as a deal. This could be a dangerous tactic, however, because HDMI is likely to be far more important in coming years.

Undoubtedly, Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi is quite the character. Last year, for example, he spent time letting everyone know that the PS3 was going to be "expensive," while expressing confidence that gamers will do whatever it takes to pay for it. Too expensive? Too cheap? At the end of the day, all that matters to Ken Kutaragi is if you're buying.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060512-6824.html

Sony president: PS3 "[b]probably too cheap" [/b]
5/12/2006 1:54:49 PM, by Ken Fisher

We're beginning to wonder if Sony hasn't lost all of its senses when it comes to public relations. The company knows that the pricing on the forthcoming PlayStation 3 console has been met with some degree of anger, hostility, and/or disbelief, but to combat that by calling the console "probably too cheap" is unexpected, to say the least. Or is it?

Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi says that when one considers the price of the PS3, one must think of a fine dinner, not a cafeteria meal, according to comments translated from Japanese media site, IT Media.

"For instance, is it not nonsense to compare the charge for dinner at the company cafeteria with dinner at a fine restaurant? It's a question of what you can do with that game machine. If you can have an amazing experience, we believe price is not a problem," he said.

Kutaragi speaks from experience. The PlayStation 2's launch price of $299 in 2000 was considered outlandish by many, and yet the console has gone on to sell more than 100 million units. The PSP's pricing has also been criticized, although there is no consensus just yet on whether or not the PSP is a true grand slam. To date, more than 17 million PSPs have been shipped worldwide.

Thus for Kutaragi, saying that the PS3 is "probably too cheap" is a coy way of saying that gamers just don't yet know how much they'll be getting for their money. And in a sense, he may be right. By most estimations, the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 is its best stage trick, allowing the console to serve both as a gaming device and a next-generation Blu-ray movie player. But that strategy isn't without its problems, because the PS3 will be launching within months of the Blu-ray launch itself (which is scheduled for this June after another delay). At the moment, all things Blu-ray (and HD DVD, for that matter) have "early adopter" written all over them, with high prices in tow. While the PS3 will certainly sell, it may be more than a year until Blu-ray itself has any significant appeal to Joe Consumeropoulos. And even then, there are concerns. Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, downplayed the importance of HDMI for Blu-ray playback, hoping to paint the lower-end US$499 unit as a deal. This could be a dangerous tactic, however, because HDMI is likely to be far more important in coming years.

Undoubtedly, Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi is quite the character. Last year, for example, he spent time letting everyone know that the PS3 was going to be "expensive," while expressing confidence that gamers will do whatever it takes to pay for it. Too expensive? Too cheap? At the end of the day, all that matters to Ken Kutaragi is if you're buying.