Rumor: 40GB PS3 for $400, 80GB to $500

Why do you bother posting such nonsense, do you think that you are being whitty or funny? I am all for trolling, just make it amusing PLEASE.

Zaphod Beeblebrox is right,at least try to make your trolling funny for everyone.

Jesus, sorry for existing.

Yes you are...

I just find it amusing that you all are the ones lecturing me about making my posts funny. Especially from Word it's the pot calling the kettle black.

Girls, Girls! Don't fight! You're all pretty!

You're only saying that cause you're the hot nekkid chick.

"Girls, Girls! Don't fight! You're all pretty!"

Maybe on the outside. But on the inside we are as black-hearted and cruel as the joystiq reply system.

I could make Naked Peach more naked if I wanted, but I'm not sure that Joystiq would appreciate Naked Peach in all her naked, D-cup glory.

Gee I dunno Zaphod... I ask my self that very same question just about every time I read a Nintendo related thread and see Sony fanboys acting like idiots and saying things at least as retarded as what this guy just said (if not more so).

Samfish...you must at least try. It is your duty as an artist.

die

D-cup?
I would have guessed she's a c-cup.
I want that on my desk by sundown.
Reply thread are new and exciting.

*high five*

Nice.

In all genuine seriousness, that's still at LEAST $100.00 more than I would pay for it. I have never paid more than $250 for a console and I MIGHT budge for PS3 at $300.00, but only because of one word. LittleBigPlanet. Even then, it's not an easy buy to agree to. But maybe if they bring out a $400.00 model, I can find one for $300.00 on ebay...

Unless your parents are buying it for you, I don't see the difference that $100-200 can make. Maybe you guys just have really shitty jobs, and if that's the case maybe put off the purchase a paycheck or two. All this hubbub about the price is ridiculous. If you were to say, "I'm not buying it because it doesn't have enough games or features I'm interested in," then I'd understand, but $100? I wipe my ass with $100.

I actually agree with Mr. P

$100 for most people should only involve waiting to buy something a month later, if that. If $100 is your excuse for not purchasing a item that should last for at least 2 years then really you just don't want that item all that much right now. Stop lying to us and fooling yourself.

Here's a list of other more legit reasons:

1.There aren't that many must-have games right now
2.Xbox 360 offers similar features and is cheaper
3."I think Sony is the SUXXORS"
4.Don't have a HD TV right nowz
5.Don't like black colored consoles
6.The Spiderman text looks retarded
7.Got a Wii and its fulfilling all my needs right now

There you go.

Mr. P, I printed out your comments and wiped my ass with them. Obviously it's the perceived value that's holding people back, not just $100. The console has barely anything compelling to offer over 360, so until it's the same price, why spend more (if you just want a game machine).

I knew Chad Warden posted on Joystiq.

Mr. P is obviously 13 years old, but just so it clears it up, paying $400 for something that is at the moment a glorified Blu-Ray player is actually reason enough not to buy it. Bluntly put, unless you DO want a $400 Blu-Ray player, there is no other reason to buy a PS3 at the moment. and for people who ACTUALLY work for their money (not whining like lil bitches to their parents), $100 actually has some value.

Hey man, a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks. Hell, I got my Premium 360 about a month ago ONLY because I got it for about $235 bucks...if it weren't for that bargain, I'd probably would have held out a *bit* longer...

...until Setpember 25th, more or less.

I know I'm really late on this one, but I just wanted to clarify to Almack64, in case he goes back and read old comments like I do. $100.00 between 299 and 399 does matter to me. I have never spent more than 249.99 on a console. Why should I change that now? It's not that I can't afford it. I could buy quite a few PS3s off of one paycheck. But the PS3 does not hold the value of a machine over $300. To me, videogame systems are worth under $200. Being able to go online bumps it up $50 to $250. Bluray/DVD players are worth $0 to me, but I'm willing to give it $50 more because I honestly want to play LittleBigPlanet in a big way. So it's bumped up to $300, but that's it. When I get the PS3, it will be to play LBP, and if the console is worth $250 to me, LBP would have to be worth it's actual cost plus the cost of the PS3 minus $250. If the PS3 costs $400, then LBP has to be worth $150 plus the cost of the game to own. That's going to be too much. And unless they start handing out LittleBigPlanet with a Benjamin attached, the PS3 will need to drop in price. Trust me when I say I have worked this out. I'm not against buying a PS3. But I will not pay more for it than it is worth.

And to be honest, I just thought of this, but do you think people would have gotten the Wii as much if it was $350 instead of $250? Or how about the PSP at $350? How about $250 for the DS? $100 matter more than you try to lead people to believe.

on a more serious note, i'd buy a ps3 at $399 once something like god of war comes out.

Well said. For that price, with a few good games.. I'm down.

You mean sony isn't full of morons?

I think you mean "lose" not "loose"

lose=something lost.
loose= make something not so tight.

I will be buying the PS3 if I can get it for $400 around Xmas time. It won't matter that the 360 will still get most of my game time there are a couple PS3 games I wouldn't mind playing.

I will be putting that trash called S3 on ebay.

to be honest a whole lot of us bought the 360 for $399 before it had something worth playing.

It would be nice if Europe got a piece of the HD-DVD action. Blu-Ray is kicking it's ass over here.
(last I checked, HD-DVD sales were about 3 discs a month in the whole of Europe. Blu-Ray is pwning at aroun 5 discs a month)

MSRP and wholesale prices to retailers are already very close for all consoles. Best Buy, Game Stop, etc. make next to nothing selling you the system, which is why they beat you down trying to get you to buy service plans, accessories, and games.

I agree that would be the most logical use of such a price point. A tweaked version of the old bait and switch. Set it up so the the stores will want to do "the switch".

While I understand that Sony needs to drop prices to attract consumers, it really doesn't seem like they can afford to drop prices. Rock and somewhere hard blah blah blah...

I highly doubt that the PS3 is going to have many sell outs this Christmas, though.
$400 is still a lot of money for a system that really has no system seller games on it yet.

Unless Sony revs up a HUGE advertising campaign for one of their games, that is. Like, as in, FFVII sized campaign.

Sony can afford it, they just sold off one of their holdings to fund it.

Samfish, well not just samfish...

The lack of 'system seller' titles is something that's always brought up, but when you get down to it nothing really needs them.

Putting aside the fact that no game (or games) will ever be enough to sell a system to 360 fanboys, in the end, how many not-quite-system-seller titles do you need to buy a system? Is there a percentage? Is Resistance 85% of a system seller? It's good, but not quite enough. Warhawk is a ton of fun, I'd say that's up near 90% of a system seller. That's 175%; is it enough? If it is, you can get the multiplatform GRAW2, R6V, Armored Core 4, and several others.

Then there's also the future exclusives. I won't list them, we've all seen the list about a million times thanks to the SDF-tards. They're giving a bad name to anyone that likes the PS3. Idiots.

Anyway, How many of those have to be out before it equals a sold PS3?

My point is that even if system sellers sell systems, like Halo 1 and 2 did for the Xbox, it doesn't indicate a superior library or console purchase. I don't think anyone can argue that the PS2, while lacking games with the impact of the Halo series (I know people that don't have lots of PS2 games I like, but I don't know anyone with an Xbox without Halo), didn't have the superior library for that console generation.

From the GameRevolution review of Red Faction (06/06/06): "Indeed, the Playstation 2 thus far hasn't exactly won the hearts of gamers the way Sony would have liked. The general lack of amazing software hasn't done much to bolster Sony's reputation, and the few first person shooters we've seen haven't impressed us much at all."

We know how that turned out.

I decided to buy a 360 when I could name off the top of my head 5 games that I would like for one that are out or on the horizon.

Viva Piniata
Dead Rising
Gears of War
Eternal Sonata
Blue Dragon

I got one last spring after Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon were announced for this fall. I'll get a PS3 regardless of price when there are 5 games on it out or on the horizon that I want. Right now, there's FF13, and thats it.

Call me in a year or 2.