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Yep, open those cheeks a la goats.exe, here it comes!
$500 gets you a basic package with a 20gig HDD. NO HDMI or Wifi support.
$600 gets you a 60gig HDD and all the bells and whistles.
Hmm...
LAWWL!
Sorry, but that's just insane. No way am I paying that much for a console at launch unless it blows me whenever I snap my fingers.
It'll still sell like underware (microwaved) on a cold saturday morning.
*pukes pants*
Oh well. I wasn't planning on buying one anyway.
*pukes pants again*
It gets better.
From Gamespot:
This is shaping up to be a cluster fuck of epic proportions.Quote:
The PlayStation 3 will come in two configurations, one will have a 20GB hard drive and the other will have a 60GB hard drive. However, losing 40GB isn't the only downgrade with the 20GB version. The 20GB version, priced at $499, will not have Memory Stick, SD, or Compact Flash inputs, Wi-Fi capabilities, or any HDMI output.
Jeez, and I complained about Xbox 360's price. $500 minimum? I really don't see it selling well at that price. A lot of people seem to be assuming it'll sell like crazy just because PS2 was the most popular system (remember Atari? remember Sega? apparently not). I just don't see it happening. That is just too much to swallow. Unless price drops are quick, I really wouldn't be surprised to see Sony finding themselves in third place. Few people want to spend that much on a console (just look at 3DO). A lot of people balked (and continue to balk) at 360's price point, and this is just extreme.
Btw, what the fuck is with this new trend of "buy a shit version of the console, or pay $100 more for the real thing"? Lame, lame, lame.
Word. I'm not falling for this shit, which is why I still don't own a 360. Pick your features and sell the console. Barebones and premium packs = retard packs.
Sony just went certifiable with this though. Weren't they the ones crying "you can't have HD without HDMI!" last year? Lols.
...And look where the Playstation 2 Harddrive ended up.
Anyone remember when Sega announced the Saturn priced at $399, and then the Sony guy went up on stage and simply said "$299" and the crowd cheered?
Nintendo needs to do that right now. Go up and just say "$199".
This is Sony, which means it is great! The price is almost TOO REASONABLE! Sony says they will sell 6 million of these things in the first year alone, so you really don't have any choice BUT to buy one or two! You wouldn't want to let Sony down, would you?
The whole Sony press conference was very underwhelming and kind of boring. Very few interesting games. Most Sony-made games were either a racing game or a game with a gun. B O R I N G! You could tell the crowd was very bored and extremely unimpressed as well. I loved Sony's innovative new dual shock controller. That is far too innovative for the likes of me. Anyone else notice the delay in the controller tilt to when the tilt happened onscreen? I wish I could give Sony even more money.
The new Sonic looked awful, with the camera constantly circling Sonic for no reason. Can't wait not to buy it.
He's saying what we're all thinking!
Oh... what I've always dreamed... I hope these fanboys realize what Sony is doing to them!
It's just like them too, since the beginning. Suck em' in, suck em' dry, then tell them to go highend. They're now going to lose MOST of the children to college student market (which is most of it). I can't fucking wait... I CAN'T WAIT! I hate Sony, I hated the previous playstations, I hope this thing sinks like a God damn rock.
But I'm afraid it won't. People are going to buy it... and I have pity for these fuckwads.
The entire press conference was horribly boring. Did anyone notice only one person clapped when their "innovative" controller was revealed? I'm going to get a head start and start calling it the "Wii-Shock."
Even the new Sonic looked like another "Adventure" as predicted and I lost it when I saw Shadow. So much for getting rid of all those useless characters in this game Sega!
The fact that Final Fantasy XIII is getting press and we don't even have XII yet totally disgusts me as well. I'm sure they knew MGS4 wasn't going to push the system alone and they figured they'd need a Final Fantasy.
I was totally underwhelmed by the whole thing as well. "Look at how many PS2's we've sold! The PSP is unrivaled (I can't believe he actually said "unrivaled" Hello Sony, are you there? The PSP is currently the outsold underdog and Nintendo's releasing an improved version of their handheld at the same pricetag as the original version). Try and differntiate this generic car+gun game/hack and slash game from the last one! Oh yeah, here's Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII!"
I didn't expect Sony to do well, but I really didn't expect them to do this poorly either. For the first time ever I'm actually considering buying an X-Box 360. Nintendo and Microsoft really have a chance to step up today. This was the most important e3 for this new generation and Sony completely blew it.
Ripoff 1 or Ripoff 2? Uhm, I think I'll take what's behind door number Wii.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/706/706133p1.html
E3 2006: PS3 Too Cheap -- Kutaragi
SCE boss has been talking again.
by Anoop Gantayat
May 9, 2006 - Krazy Ken's at it again. Following the surprise pre-E3 announcement of the PlayStation 3 price, Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi spoke with Japan's IT Media and offered up this beauty: "It's probably too cheap."
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"This is the PS3 price. Expensive, cheap -- we don't want you to think of it in terms of game machines. Because the PS3 is like nothing else.
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.
When we announced the PlayStation price, it was said to be expensive. Same for the PlayStation 2. However, when released, both had sales that were unthinkable for previous game machines. This is because both offered experiences that could not be had on previous game machines.
With the PS3, you can have next generation game experiences that could previously not be experienced -- things like next generation graphics and various services via the network. And, as with the PS and PS2, we believe people who like games will, without question, purchase it."