PS3 Discussion Thread

[GMichael]

From Mercurynews.com

LOS ANGELES - In a bid to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive gaming business, Sony announced Tuesday that it will cut the price of its high-end PlayStation 3 console by $100. It also will introduce downloads of movies and TV shows to the game machine's online store and, with some software partners, roll out a number of exclusive games.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/...nclick_check=1

[Groundbeef]

From Mercurynews.com

LOS ANGELES - In a bid to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive gaming business, Sony announced Tuesday that it will cut the price of its high-end PlayStation 3 console by $100. It also will introduce downloads of movies and TV shows to the game machine's online store and, with some software partners, roll out a number of exclusive games.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/...nclick_check=1

There is NO price cut. They are lowering the price of the 80Gig to that of the 40 Gig. And stripping out the backwards compat.

40Gig is getting sold out never to be seen again. Just to be sure, the "new" 80gig price point will be labeld the "core" unit.

Doubtful the "core" will be the only SKU that Sony will be selling.

This is NOT a price cut. Smoke and mirrors.

[kexodusc]

There is NO price cut. They are lowering the price of the 80Gig to that of the 40 Gig. And stripping out the backwards compat.

This is NOT a price cut. Smoke and mirrors.

So for a guy like me with zero PS2 titles, am I not getting an 80 GB, otherwise equal or better PS3 for less money than the current 80 GB price? Or is this thing crippled somehow?

[GMichael]

So for a guy like me with zero PS2 titles, am I not getting an 80 GB, otherwise equal or better PS3 for less money than the current 80 GB price? Or is this thing crippled somehow?

It comes with a genetic birth defect. It can not digest sugar substitutes on odd days that end in "y".

During the second full moon of the month.

[Groundbeef]

So for a guy like me with zero PS2 titles, am I not getting an 80 GB, otherwise equal or better PS3 for less money than the current 80 GB price? Or is this thing crippled somehow?

Frankly, I don't keep up on the PS3 architecture as much as others. It will have the same playback as every other PS3's.

As for Back Compat, there are many PS3 owners that have PS2 games. This seems to upset some fanboys that Sony is dropping this aspect.