News Sony: No PS3 price cut this year

How much is the cheapest Blu-ray player? About 150 quid, and you get this with the PS3 with the advantage of (in my opinion) better games, plus the system is more powerful, I prefer the controller design.
No price cuts, no need really. I can't afford a PS3 right now so a price cut would be great, but I bought my first PS2 for $1000NZD and I still think it was worth it. I am now on my 4th or 5th PS2 now not due to RROD the console dieing, but giving them to siblings and getting the slim version, then having them stolen several times.

 

If Sony even put a SSD hard drive in as standard, I will happily lick your sony ass clean

This time last year this was a much more valid point, a blu ray player was a grand and a ps3, 400 quid, seemed like you must be a member of the local mental asylum to buy a blu ray player and it not to be a ps3. now there 150, so its still valid, but less so

if blu ray end up like dvd players did, theyll be a tenner in a couple of years time and sony & its fan boys wont be able to use this as an excuse no longer, and they will be forced to drop it to a reasonable price

im not really sure if the ps3 will drop in price this year, now theyve put an 80gb hard drive as standard, i doubt it

xbox most likely will tho, as sales are dropping off, and they want to win the christmas crowd!

 

shame, but i'm not surprised at all.

i'd like to get one, but a 360 + wii is enough for me. for now.

 

how much is minimum wage over there? here it is $8 (actually quite high compared to other areas) which would be about £4 - £5 for you. Where I live the average household income is around $35,000 - $45,000.

 

That is true, but would you use the Xbox over a cheepo DVD player? I wouldn't, too noisy. With the PS3 it is still one of the best Blu-ray players on the market. It may not have the price advantage it used to but it is still good value. When the Blu-ray (Gah stupid Blu it should be Blue) comes down to the budget price point ($30-50ish) then the PS3 would have come down in price as the diodes AFAIK are still quite expensive to produce.
Call me a fanboy if you want (and I admit that I am a little) but I would easily buy a Xbox if there were enough games that I liked on the system. It just comes down to the controller and games for me.

 

You're missing an important point... the issue with stand-alone Blu-Ray players (especially the initial ones) was that the Blu-Ray spec was changed along the lines, and since the first-gen machines weren't exactly designed to be upgraded, people were left pretty ticked off (HD-DVD had an easier firmware upgrade feature). While the PS3 still offers the best Blu-Ray playback for your money, it also bundles any Blu-Ray spec related changes/upgrades (like the interactive Java) along in standard PS3 firmware upgrades which is *very* convenient, something you cannot do with stand-alone players.

My statement is simply a contemplation of what Sony would choose to bundle the PS3 with *down the road*, with the falling prices of SSD's it's entirely possible that in 1.5-2 years you could either upgrade it yourself to a 2.5" SSD for a reasonable price, or Sony will bundle it with their console instead of the current 5400rpm 2.5" HD's.

 

Aye, the trouble is that you pay Tax on your earnings and also National Insurance contributions. Want a prescription? That's £7.10 a pop, despite already paying NI. 17.5% tax on pretty much everything now. Fuel duty is pure extortion and is taxed on top. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for all this tax. It's barmy. Tax on phone calls, gas, electricity, water.



I think minimum wage is £5.52 atm.

 

you earn more money but pay more taxes and things cost more.


we earn less money, pay less taxes and thing cost less.

in the end we all are getting paid not near enough to compensate for such high prices on living.

 

PS3 or xbox 360 i dont care.what i am looking forward is next AMD ATI 4650 mid range card to appear. Update my vga and play most exciting directx 10 games for cheap.

 

Alllllrriiiigghhhhtttt..............that come outta nowhere. What about when DX11 debuts? Another upgrade? PC's are never cheap. That new VGA you're buying will probably cost around what I paid for my PS3.

 

You paid less than £100 for your PS3? Man.. that's a lot better than the £250 mentioned on the other page. All these fabricated PS3 prices are making me want to buy one.

 

qft, amen.

 

You're a funny guy Joey. I guess I'm going off of what my friend spent on his last card(s). You proved my statement wrong, but at the same time, will the card play all of the newest games at "darn good" resolution? If so, for how long? That's the issue I had w/ my last card. Damn shader models kept forcing me to upgrade which sucked.

Also, here in the states you can get an 80GB PS3 for $399 and the MGS4 bundle (if it's available) for $499. I think my friend spent around $500 on 2 4850's so he could make his 24" widescreen look it's best. Of course, not everyone needs to spend that much.

 

thats why i said mid range ATI card.Not the top range 4850 card. that can use for two yeas of future gaming.Guys shading power of PS3 or Xbox 360 Is constant.Developers have to make games for those constant power.Have you ever played far cry instinct on xbox,or ps2 , on those days.It was nowhere near of pc version graphics. With pc's ,developers can make outstanding graphics if the vga cards can take care of that. Thats how the game graphics grow over the years. To go for next genaration graphics ,the next genaration console will be required.

 

I'd need a HDTV for to warrent me buying a PS3


so that will be a long time before they both happen

 

Me too, i'm waiting till i can get a £200 decent hd tv with a ps3 free with my cornflakes, till then i'll stick with my 19" monitor at least it only needs a fairly modest gfx card to drive it.

 

im playing my ps3 on a 19" widescreen lcd monitor. it looks great.