Price Drop By End Of Year ?

On Jul 3, 4:43 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac....TakeThisOut@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:
> Dave L. <davelewis....TakeThisOut@nalapet.net> wrote:
> > Anyone hear or anticipate a price drop for PS2 by the end of 2007 ?
>
> PS2 - no.
>
> PS3 - maybe. Sony won't say anything for certain, but a lot of industry
> experts and analysts claim Sony MUST (and WILL) drop the price before the
> end of calendar year 2007.
>
> What games are you expecting to buy for the PS3? If they aren't out yet,
> don't even worry about the PS3. No console should be considered for a
> purchase unless there are enough exclusive titles to make it worth your
> while. Your determination of how many titles this has to be may differ
> from mine or someone else's, and that's OK. But don't buy a console
> because an UNRELEASED game sounded good. It's way too easy to get
> burned. Only make your judgement based on the current library.
>
I'm not even worried about the exclusive titles. I wish all games were
not exclusive, that way selecting a console would be more a matter of
what features you like instead of what games you 'can live
without' (unless you buy both consoles, but come on!)
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Wolfing <wolfing1.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not even worried about the exclusive titles. I wish all games were
> not exclusive, that way selecting a console would be more a matter of
> what features you like instead of what games you 'can live
> without' (unless you buy both consoles, but come on!)

If all games were available on all consoles, then the decision would
largely be between which console has the better graphics, and after that,
price.

The additional features don't really play much of a deciding role in which
console gets chosen. People weren't buying PS1s because they could play
audio CDs, and except for a very small portion, no one's buying a PS3 or
360 for its HD movie playback capabilities either.

There's been talk of a "single console" market, but I don't think it'll
happen any time soon. The hardware companies (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo)
would end up losing too much control, and the video game console market
would turn into the PC market. This would have advantages and
disadvantages.

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