goldenpp72
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MS needs to drop the prices of the damn harddrives the next time the 360 drops in price.
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Official November 2007 NPD Preview Thread
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BenjaminBirdie
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goldenpp72 said:
Preferably way before that.
BenjaminBirdie said:
If MS is serious about DD this gen, they will. Sure I have enough room for RB, some XBLA titles, and maybe a few trailers, but anything beyond that requires at least 40 gigs, preferably 80. After a few albums are released, my HDD just won't be able to handle another RB. The thing is beyond all the hype and rumors, I don't know how serious MS and Sony are about DD this gen; seems to be more of a first step. I think this is reinforced by Sony's move to 40GB on the low end and MS's obstinate HDD pricing.
Clearly this model is sacrificing DD revenue expansion for current hardware revenues.
goldenpp72
Member
They just need to drop the prices with the consoles in cohesion with the harddrives. Make the 20 gig HDD 40 bucks and the 120 gig one like 100 bucks. The fact is, harddrives being in consumer hands are GOOD for microsoft, it allows us to put content we BUY on them. If they want the xbox originals feature to take off for example, the 120 gig HDD will need to be a lot more reasonably priced.
Forza 2 is being bundled with 360s heavily in the UK as part of the pack with Viva Pinata and an extra wireless pad.chespace said:What are the software predictions for Uncharted this Thursday?
Forza Motorsport 2 outsold Uncharted in the UK last week.
AdmiralViscen
Banned
theBishop said:
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It doesn't surprise me to see the 360 tapering off hard. As time goes on, 360's global weakness is going to become a liability. What surprises me is they have Wii going strong all the way through 2011. I don't see how Nintendo can keep their vastly inferior hardware (both in power and in network functions) interesting in the face of more advanced technology (and presumably games).
I thought you hate sales? Get a grip dude.
The Innocent X
Banned
Sharp said:
Its not in the box, its a separate pack. It does count to charttrack
Kind of a silly question, but one I have not seen answered: How is the Wii planning to double sales? Have they doubled production? From every report, it seems the Wii has been selling very close to all produced units. It seems unlikely they would, or even be able to, double production for the holidays. So where are the extra half a million expected units sold coming from?
The Innocent X
Banned
chespace said:
Are we speaking the same language?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123762&highlight=forza
is the bundle that is making the chart. NOT the pack in version
S
Shepherd
Unconfirmed Member
FirstInHell said:
You forgot March Madness.
S
Shepherd
Unconfirmed Member
GhaleonEB said:
That would only be a $50 price drop for the Pro and Elite. I think we will see a $50 cut before GTA4 and another price drop before Holiday 2008. So maybe a $249 Pro and a $349 Elite for Christmas 2008.
Thought I'd pop in here to say the economist has a rather silly graph IMO on console sales:
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10276394
Apologies if already posted elsewhere.
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10276394
Apologies if already posted elsewhere.
speculawyer
Member
He became a man when he handled his first Wii.Sir Fragula said:
jordan0386
Member
FirstInHell said:
you know, that wouldnt be a bad library to have...the first five I would obviously buy used
WrathOfOtaibah
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PS3 is 5 million units behind the 360 in the US. If it can't close the gap this holiday season, PS3 is never going to overtake the 360 in the US.
sooperkool
Member
why don't people understand the simple math that the PS3 can NEVER catch the 360 in NA ???
It's mathematically impossible.
It's mathematically impossible.
goldenpp72
Member
It isn't impossible, the ps3 would need to sell like wii and the 360 would need to sell like.. ps3.
sooperkool said:
I don't think many are arguing that- they are arguing that the PS3 can overtake 360 worldwide. While there is certainly a chance, those people are drastically overestimating the amount of success PS3 is having in Europe and Japan IMO.
WrathOfOtaibah
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schuelma said:
No, people are still arguing it. They believe that MGS4, a game which only sells a few million copies at most, and FFXIII will somehow cause it to shoot past the 360.
Yeah, most people also think 360 sales have screeched to a halt in Europe. It isn't doing that well but PS3 isn't doing that much better in Europe to compensate for the increasingly growing gap in the US.
The Experiment said:
PS3 doesn't necessarily rely on it's exclusives to beat X360 in Europe, just becoming the preferred platform for people to buy multiplatform titles on, of which there is some evidence in recent Euro software charts. Europe and NA have both similar numbers of total PS2 sold, so Europe can support similar numbers of hardware to NA in the longterm. Unless NA grows in global importance, discounting the rest of the world is short-sighted for eventual LTD of the competing home consoles.
OldJadedGamer
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schuelma said:
So people are arguing that it will take the PS3 sales in three countries to equal the sales of the 360 in two? (are we really counting 360 sales in Japan?)
speculawyer
Member
sooperkool said:
It is not 'mathematically impossible' but it is extremely improbable.
Opus Angelorum
Member
LukeSmith said:
Luke!
Ain't seen you around here lately, you must be testing those news maps to death.
speculawyer
Member
Well the internet has created hundreds if not thousands of new words, so why not cause syntax changes too? Language is always changing . . . but one of the things the internet will definitely do is harmonize differences between British & American English.Sir Fragula said:
Even though Sony is struggling, Microsoft isn't exactly setting the world on fire. Having barely a $50 price cut 2 years after launching the console is inexcusable. If Microsoft would have been agressive with their pricing this year they could have put the dagger into Sony but with the new year they could still make a decent comeback. If Sony turns things around in 2008 Microsoft doesn't really have any weapons to fight back going forward. There is no Halo 4 to speak of and it appears Playstation 3 is going to have the superior library going forward and it also has the benefit of being the bluray player. Only thing Microsoft can do is release their next console in 2010 which is still 3 years away.
LukeSmith said:
Your the Ex-1UP Luke Smith right?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213477
Germany/Spain/France
PS3 versions of CoD4/NFS/AC ahead of X360 versions.
rage1973 said:
There will be some pretty big games next year on 360, at least on the 1st party horizon.
3rd party will be no slouch either.
Price cuts is a strange science altogether. Slash the price too much and you may undermine consumer confidence and hurt your bottom line. Don't cut the price for too long and you're seen as milking old tech... it really is just a case by case basis.
speculawyer
Member
I agree that MS could have gone for the kill with a deeper price cut . . . but they want to make money too . . . and they had to deal with that massive RRoD charge.rage1973 said:
But I disagree that they have nothing to fight back with . . . how about two episodes of exclusive GTA IV downloadable content? Alan Wake. Banjo. Gears of War 2? And they can always buy some more third party exclusives.