HAY GUYS

Omnislash124 · Jun 28, 2006, 08:29 PM

Ouch....so...you're picking up a PS3 on launch day for $600 (assuming you're picking up a premium package) and then have to drop another $100 for a game (in the most extreme case).....ouch for your wallet. $60 isn't that bad, but $100? That's way too much. Personally, If I were to pick up a PS3 any time near launch day, I would not pay more than $75 for a game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Omnislash124 · 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by TonyDaTigger

What is Sony's track record for introducing new media types? Betamax and UMD bombed. Stupid me for getting a PSP, the DS completely owns Sony.

I can't say the same for Betamax, but was UMD supposed to become the "new" media format? I don't think any media format released strictly in a handheld is going to take a place in the flow of things. The PS3's Blu-Ray capability may have a shot at it - mainly because Sony boasts this as a home entertainment system altogether not just a handheld to compete with Nintendo/iPod/Portable DVD players - but comparing Blu-Ray to UMD is a big no-no. I don't think UMD ever had any hope of toppling DVD. Blu-Ray, at least, being introduced in the PS3, has a chance.

On a side note, having just bought a DS, I'd have to agree that the DS owns the PSP in terms of the volume of good games. (At least good games in my opinion, nothing on the PSP interests me).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Omnislash124 · Jul 10, 2006, 06:15 AM

Also, You must realize that the average Joe will not be taking any kind of inflation into account. Hardcore gamers will, of course, notice this, but I don't think the entire Sony fanbase is too keen on the inflation issue. For the most part, your average customer has no idea of this inflation crap. All they see is the price tag sitting at $60+. You've got people who have no idea what it was like way back because there's also a younger age group who doesn't exactly go back past the PS1/N64 era. When seeing games at the $30-$40 price was as high as it got. We, here discussing this issue, probably see inflation and its effects, but those guys out there buying games blindly because they heard it was good, will be completely oblivions of any comparisons made in the distant past. They'll just gawk at the $70 price tag. Compared to their old generation PS2 which will still be on the shelves sitting at a comfortable $40-$50 for new games.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.