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It is not just a gaming system. Discuss.

*edit* they lose ~$200 on each system sold.

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Who gives a crap if Sony loses $200 per machine. $600 is still a butt load of money for gamers. Throw in the cost of four games and another controller and your looking at close to a GRAND. They are playing with fire and daring gamers to jump ship for 360 or more likely Wii.

SSJGohan wrote:It is not just a gaming system. Discuss.

*edit* they lose ~$200 on each system sold.

Nothing to discuss really.. $600 is a lot of money for most gamers especially when the competing systems are quite a bit less. I'm glad you think it's worth it but a lot of people don't agree.

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as ive said before. youre not getting cheated that much. at least they are MAKING a system in the first place. they are just attempting to keep up with the demand from a new generation of 21-century gamers who require better-than-real-life graphics, perfect framerate and enough bells and whistles to rival a space shuttle. With the availability of state of the art, cutting edge technology, we put too much pressure on companies to incorporate ALL of this technology into their consoles and then bitch when we see the price of what WE wanted. $600 is nothing but a preview of what is to come from the next generation of consoles (Wii2, Xbox 3, Playstation 4). so before you complain about not getting a free system, think about what you expect out of a console and put a price tag on it.

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Do you even know why PS3 costs $600? It's not because of its amazing graphics. It's because of Blu-Ray. Yet another new format from Sony. A new format that is untested in the marketplace. A new format that costs more than DVD so that you can watch the same stuff but only prettier. Of course, same stuff, only prettier, can also be said about what the Playstation 3 has shown off so far. Just look at GT-HD.

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To support Sony:

Gamers have been looking for better graphics, better sound, better realism in games. Have been demanding it. They want backwards compatibility, they want a HD, they want all this stuff. Sony did their best to please them. You want a cheaper system, stop demanding all this stuff.

To support the gamer: Sony should have found a better way of doing these things, or opted for the optional HD. However, with more games going online and requiring downloadable content, that is a nearly impossible dream.

Frankly, both parties are to blame for the cost. To say Sony is stupid is like saying that Alienware is stupid for selling a 3 grand system that we can buy from Dell for a grand. *shrugs*

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yah I agree with you Sylvas on this one, yah alot of gamers have been asking for a system like this form teh beginning of gaming time, so you can't get everything and taht is the price tag. I know 500 and 600 is alot, but if you can affors a new laptop, TV, desktop, or antthing taht cost above 500 dollars don't say you really can't afford it.

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It is outrageous...not everyone has money to waist on something like this. Then again, people have bought $400 Ipods...U_U

If Sony really is losing $200 for every system they sell, then they must have gone retarded. I don't buy that at all.

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SSJ wrote: "It is not just a gaming system." im gonna buy a gaming system to play games. i can get the 360 & wii for much less. in fact, i will be able to purchase both for the price of a ps3. considering the 360 can be bought for $300-$400 & the wii for $250, im going to agree w/ the vast majority of gamers polled here at GamePro & say '$600 is completely outrageous!'

REAGAN wrote: "youre not getting cheated that much." either way, $ony is still cheating us. & frankly, gamers don't like to get cheated.

LIQUID wrote: "[w/ Bluray> you can watch the same stuff but only prettier." only if u have an expensive 1080p-capable hdtv.

u sony-suckers do wat u wanna do (if ur not one, then this does not apply to u). go ahead & spend $600 on the ps3, i've been enjoying my 360 & Oblivion & i will be enjoying my Wii when it launches. i'll be doing a lot of next-gen gaming, & i won't have a big hole burnt through my wallet.

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HaloMatrix02 wrote:LIQUID wrote: "[w/ Bluray> you can watch the same stuff but only prettier." only if u have an expensive 1080p-capable hdtv.
A 720p TV playing a Blu-Ray disk would look better than a DVD on the same set. 1080p is just the max. Not that I really care all that much about either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD at this point.

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