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PS3 price cut canceled! (effectivly)
« on: July 13, 2007, 12:32:34 AM »
With a slight edit here, the following quote is pulled from Chris Kohler's Game|Life blog
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David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, told GamesIndustry.biz yesterday at E3 that Sony was just going to run down its stock of 60 GB units, then make the new $600, 80 GB, feature-cut model the only one on shelves.
So there you have it. Confirmation that Sony just canceled the PS3 price cut.

Spin that SDF.
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2007, 12:37:31 AM »
Karion already posted this in here.

And yes it is the ultimate stupid move. Sony wants to fail at gaming.  

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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2007, 01:26:12 AM »
I'll post this YouTube video for Sony fans. It was posted by someone else in the forums of the other news website that I frequent.

Rick Astley's 80's hit, "Never going to give you up. Never going to let you down."  
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2007, 03:14:40 AM »
They also said there won't be any pricecuts for Europe, we'll just get two games and a controller thrown in.

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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2007, 04:09:49 AM »
What was the joke in the Video?
Great... So if I ever want a PS3 I need to get it.  I do not want an 80 Gig PSGimped.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2007, 04:48:11 AM »
Sony has a long record of assuming consumers are morons. Look at the PSP's buttons and how they would stick.... Sony just said it wasn't a defect and they had meant for it to be that way. They also tried pushing UMD movies as if they were the best thing to come along since sliced bread, but consumers apparently disagreed. Not to mention the SIXAXIS controller, which is the same as past generation PS controllers, but with the new amazing feature of tilt! Wow, Nintendo came up with this 10 years ago for the original gameboy, but Sony spins it off as the greatest innovation in gaming history.

And now they pass off this PS3 feature-cut as a price cut for consumers?! Give me a break... They are just cutting their own production costs to save their own asses.

But then again, I'm not surprised. I've debated with a few diehard Sony supporters, and I couldn't help but feel I was talking to a chimp. They'll undoubtedly swallow this hook, line, and sinker. Same with that Darth Vader PSP.  *shakes head in disgust*  
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2007, 04:53:23 AM »
So how long until the stock is cleared?

Since the PS3 has been selling like hotcakes, it shouldn't take too long. [sarcasm]
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2007, 06:23:12 AM »
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So how long until the stock is cleared?

Since the PS3 has been selling like hotcakes, it shouldn't take too long. [sarcasm]


I think it will take less time than we might think, especially if consumers realize what a better deal the 60gb one is than the 80gb one.

I don't plan to get a PS3 anytime soon, and perhaps I never will, but if I did there is a good reason for me to go for the 60gb with the EE chip while it is still out there....
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2007, 10:34:29 AM »
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What was the joke in the Video?
Great... So if I ever want a PS3 I need to get it.  I do not want an 80 Gig PSGimped.
Oh come now, you don't see how the chorus could be applied to Sony corporate? Or diehard Sony fans? Not even a little bit?

Sony's never going to give up on us? Never going to let us down? Never going to change plans and desert its customers? Never going to make you cry? Never going to say goodbye? Never going to tell a lie and hurt us?

Sony certainly gave up on the $499 PS3. Isn't this temporary price drop a BIG let down? What about backwards compatibility? Didn't they tell us that was always going to be part of the PS3? Now they've changed course and are only doing partial BC? How can you NOT cry at Sony's actions and behavior of late? Never going to say goodbye? Sony's going to kill the PS3 if they keep acting like asshats. And never going to tell a lie?

Puh-lease, tell me all of this didn't just fly right over you.
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2007, 10:39:06 AM »
Am I the only one who thinks Microsoft should have played this at their press conference??

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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2007, 11:02:29 AM »
It's going to take an incredibly long time to clear out the overstock of 650GB units.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2007, 11:19:58 AM »
Indeed.

Therefore this price cut will last INDEFINITELY, contrary to the title of this thread.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2007, 11:22:29 AM »
It's like Sony is trying to fail.  This goes beyond being out-of-touch dopes that screw up that which seems unscrewupable.  This is like sabotage.  If you specifically set out to make your console fail you would do what Sony is doing now.  I admire their ability to make something so unappealing.  Even Nokia is probably laughing at them.

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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2007, 12:03:42 PM »
Sony is more concerned with Blu-ray that they can't see that their Playstation brand is dying as a result.

They're just like Sauron who was so focused on Minas Tirith that they failed to notice an unassuming trio of hobbits bringing the one ring close to its destruction until it was too late.

In this case, I think Microsoft represents Aragorn and Nintendo is Frodo/Sam.... lol.
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2007, 02:01:46 PM »
Guess what? I bought a PS3 today! No gimped PS3 for me.
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« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2007, 02:37:38 PM »
If we are all laughing at Sony, does that give Sony the right to now laugh at you? =3
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« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2007, 06:51:26 PM »
SCEA is saying SCEE is full of whatsit and that the 60GB will still be made. I'm with SCEE on the oppinion that a 20GB difference isn't worth 100$.

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« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2007, 07:01:04 PM »
You know things are bad when your own company doesn't know wtf it is doing.

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« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2007, 07:07:02 PM »
boy they must really think people are either rich or incredibly stupid.
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« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2007, 08:49:57 PM »
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It's going to take an incredibly long time to clear out the overstock of 650GB units.

Hmmm, 650 GB units for 499? that's a deal!!
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2007, 01:14:53 AM »
Definitely. I can buy PS3s now, take out the drives, OEM them by putting them in custom-branded external hard drive enclosures, and discard the rest of the PS3!
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2007, 02:25:48 AM »
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You know things are bad when your own company doesn't know wtf it is doing.


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« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2007, 05:29:48 AM »
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SCEA is saying SCEE is full of whatsit and that the 60GB will still be made. I'm with SCEE on the oppinion that a 20GB difference isn't worth 100$.


SCEA isn't denying the halt of production. They're just saying there will be ample supply for the foreseeable future.

But Kaz confirmed the halt.
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RE:PS3 price cut canceled! (effectivly)
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2007, 07:12:14 AM »
Maybe they'd prefer to try to gimp some other big game's launch (like Halo or Smash) this fall/christmas season?

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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2007, 08:27:43 PM »
Yeah, Kaz reversed the SCEA statement again.

Of course if SCEA was jsut saying "there'll be enough 60GB ones for everyone who want one" then, well, they could probably say the same about the 80GB without even producing it.