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schi0249 - Jul 1, 2005 |
schi0249 | Jul 1, 2005 | |||
Merril Lunch Japan has released some estimates on what Sony's PS3 price and costs may be. I am very skeptical of any early figures, but thought what the hell. Personally, I think these numbers are probably low. My father in law is working on Blu-Ray, and he was telling me how far behind they are on a release. He was telling me the PS3 may realisticaly be one of the first Blu-Ray players out. It's even possible, that by using Blu-Ray, it could even delay the release of the PS3. For anyone curious, he is a technical engineer. He worked on the original CD project, as well as CD-R and CD/RW. Though Blu-Ray has better specs, I'm more interested in HD-DVD. With only slight modification, companies are going to able to produce those as well as DVD. However, Blu-Ray requires a totaly seperate and different setup. Will Blu-Ray be the next Beta; or will it truly be the next step in DVD? |
it290 | Jul 1, 2005 | |||
I think Blu-Ray is officially screwed. |
Cloud121 | Jul 1, 2005 | |||
Revolution is speculated to be around $200. You forgot to mention that one Akuma. |
Cloud121 | Jul 1, 2005 | |||||||
Damn right. Something I took from the GameFAQs boards:
Why I'm looking forward to Revolution: Nintendo was better this generation for first time since NES (I prefer the MD and PSX over the SFC and N64. I LOVE the N64 though). They're focusing solely on games. Due to the games only focus, the consumer won't have to pay for all the extra bullshit that Sony's cramming down our throats that drives the cost up. |
schi0249 | Jul 1, 2005 | |||
I personally would be surprised to see the PS3 for less than $400. Assuming a $500 cost, real liberal, Selling for $350 would mean a LOSS of $2.1 BILLION. Even for Sony, that is a large amount to loss in cost alone. Than when you figure marketing, that number could jump to $5 BILLION over the first 2-3 years. I'm sorry, but I don't see even Sony willing to take that loss. If you include the R & D for the system, that number balloons up even higher. All that said, the PS3 will still do very well. Will they lose any market share, if MS is lucky, maybe 5%. That still amounts to Sony being the dominate number 1. |
SkankinMonkey | Jul 1, 2005 | |||
Who cares, you next gen gamer tools will pay for this shit anyway, you'll just bitch about the price all the way to the store. i haven't bought a system since the dreamcast. nothing is worth paying for. |
CrazyGoon | Jul 1, 2005 | ||||
I believe so too. But I would also agree that Microsoft and Sony are, too, targeting a different market. Microsoft I believe is targeting the PC gamers, and Sony; HTPC/ average joe. |
MasterAkumaMatata | Jul 1, 2005 | ||||
That's because that article made no mention of Revolution's estimated price. |