£425 for a PS3? Faacck orrff!!!!

[Kid_Eternity]

Yep, Nintendo and MS present a bit of a pincer move for Sony. More and more I think they better be lucky and that the average buyer wants next gen dvd as much as a new games machine...

 

[Dask]

£130 for a Wii sounds like a bargain to me...I'm sold already.

Screw MS & Sony, I think Nintendo will be the winner here

(at least I hope they are)

 

[Cid]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5016838.stm


Wii price announced for those who are interested.

Cheap as chips.

Damn now that could put a hole in sony's profits...

How?

The extra year of refinement alone is going to take them ahead of the 360... The Wii is clearly a lot more innovative while the PS3 is going to be more versatile (and iirc has better graphics processing).

Of course the Wii probably won't start at $250 over here, but it'll still be substantially cheaper than its peers - whether sony's launch will cope remains to be seen. It may be that they end up making the bulk of their profits next year - a drop in PS3 price combined with a pre-christmas release of a major title (GTA/GT/some footie game etc) may cut their profits on the console itself (may, in fact, take them into loss territory) but will get plenty of units shifted so they can profit from licensing etc.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I'd lay money that the Wii comes out at £199 over here at launch...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Damn now that could put a hole in sony's profits...



The extra year of refinement alone is going to take them ahead of the 360... The Wii is clearly a lot more innovative while the PS3 is going to be more versatile (and iirc has better graphics processing).

Of course the Wii probably won't start at $250 over here, but it'll still be substantially cheaper than its peers - whether sony's launch will cope remains to be seen. It may be that they end up making the bulk of their profits next year - a drop in PS3 price combined with a pre-christmas release of a major title (GTA/GT/some footie game etc) may cut their profits on the console itself (may, in fact, take them into loss territory) but will get plenty of units shifted so they can profit from licensing etc.

Apparently GTA 4 is going to be a 360 exclusive...

 

[Crispy]

Apparently GTA 4 is going to be a 360 exclusive...

No, just a simultaneous PS3 and 360 launch.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Oh right, my mistake, still that's a real blow because GTA has been a real console seller for Sony. When Halo 3 ships Sony wont have anything to counter it on the PS3 (in terms of recognised content)...