$500 PS3 a Possibility

[Jonbo298]

If this is true, then the market is gonna have 2 3DO's for the first 6 months to a year

But I think there will be 2 variations. A version that plays games and dvd movies like PS2 does and one that does all that extra flashy stuff that shoves the price through the roof.

I don't care what you all think, but the future of gaming is being ruined by Sony and MS thinking we need these entertainment boxes. I personally don't prefer them. I like having seperate devices because then I know the company that made it took time to make that product, not shove it in with other things. Call me a Nintendo fanboy, say I'm biased, I dont care. Thats what I think the market is heading towards and its a bleak outlook for me.

[Typhoid]

I dont know how much $500 american is in canadian money, but all i know is that when the PS2 came out it was $700 cdn for a while. But now its $199 cdn, and comes with a game and adapter.

[tarakan69]

Ken Kuturagi has stated that Sony will never launch a home system priced above $299.

So end of discussion.

Same "ANALysts" that predicted PS2 would be 500+ because it could play DVDs.

[Joeiss]

I really don't think the PS2 was $700 alone in Canada... Maybe in a bundle with a controller and a couple games....

[bobcat]

For a second I was gonna say "that's a bargain". Then I realised it was US price.

[Ace195]

Hrm, Why do they add things like TiVo on there ? I mean that just raises the price more and it isn't needed. If I want a video capture system I'll add a vid capture card. Argh, stupid gaming consoles. Jeff you should buy all of them and let me play (Jeff = Hero2)

[Crash]

industry analysts are f-ing retards. they dont know their @$$ from a hole in the ground. I remember last year when they said the top selling games of the holiday season were going to be jimmy neutron and harry potter.

i think the ps2 would launch at 349.99, and i'm sure the new gamecube will debut at 249.99

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I don't care what you all think, but the future of gaming is being ruined by Sony and MS thinking we need these entertainment boxes. I personally don't prefer them. I like having seperate devices because then I know the company that made it took time to make that product, not shove it in with other things. Call me a Nintendo fanboy, say I'm biased, I dont care. Thats what I think the market is heading towards and its a bleak outlook for me.

How are they ruining gaming by adding different devices to their consoles? Being able to play dvd movies on my ps2 doesn't change the quality of the games. Both consoles use dvds for their games, adding dvd movie playback is not a big deal.

[Null]

if anything its nintendo thats ruining it by not listening to gamers.

but no, games are games, it doesnt matter if your console doubles as a toaster, it still plays games and that toaster doesnt effect them.

personally i like it. case in point, just last week i went on vacation to canada to go 'camping' well i brought my PS2, and because i brought that i didnt need to bring a DVD player to watch movies.

at home i have a much better dvd player, so i dont use it, that doesnt effect the great games it has at all.

[Ace195]

I agree with you to a point null, on one side a dvd player is great and grand, but what the heck is the TiVo system for so when they are playing games they can record the shows they would have watched thus leading to the fattening of america so the japanese can invade. J/k about the japanese invasion but I'm serious about adding things that aren't needed. If you could show me one purpose for the TiVo system aside from the recording shows I'll bite my tongue

[TheGame]

Anylists aren't all that bad... I remember one article predicting Sony would sell over 50 Million Ps2's and put Microsoft and Nintendo at just over 20 million sold. Maybe just a lucky guess? Who knows...

As far as the future of gaming goes, I think Sony and Microsoft has only helped the industry to evolve for the better. Nintendo is a great gaming company, but adapting to evolution isn't their strong point. I think the only reason Nintendo is still alive and kicking as a hardware creator today is the Gameboy... a system that hasn't experienced real competition and that is extremely slow to evolution. (In both game quality and hardware quality)

[Jonbo298]

If MS/Sony don't offer "lite" versions of their consoles without all these extra things I won't be buying them for some time. If I already have a tivo, why do I need tivo like functions on my PS3 and Xbox2?

The $500 versions of these consoles (if it happens) will not be the choice for me. I just want a console that plays games. DVD movie playback doesn't matter because it basically doesn't cost much to include playback. I can live with it on consoles. But I just dont need the other stuff that jacks up the price.

[Typhoid]

I buy consoles to play games, not watch movies or record shows i could be watching while playing my new shiny console.

I think they should stop adding things to them, most people just want them to play games with.

[Vampyr]

I agree with Typhiod and Jonbo. Nintendo seems to be the only company with half a brain as of late (wow. when did that happen? I've always loved nintendo, but they got smart here recently.)

Remember back when the GCN first came out, and some people complained because it didnt have DVD player capabilities? At the time I was a little dissapointed (then I got a DVD player for christmas, so I didnt care.) When I go out and purchase a VIDEO GAME system, I purchase it for the sole purpose of playing video games. That's it. I dont want to watch movies, I dont want to record shows, and I dont want to use it to make brownies.

If sony DOES do this, and it DOES cost 500 dollars, then I wont get it. period. I trust Nintendo to do what they've always done: give us a great system that plays GAMES. If sony does do this, and they dont offer versions with all that crap taken out, I predict that it will be their downfall.

There arent many people who will pay 500 dollars for a system, and 300 dollars for the portable system.

[Typhoid]

I have a question, if the Sony consoles can do all this DVD and TiVo stuff, why cant their TivO and DVD stuff play games!?!?

Whats the difference?