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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 462 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting BYATES1: Quote:
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Or they want to make the announcement at E3 and dont want people waiting for a price drop until they announce it.
It is going to happen, the ads are not fake.
The ads are real but Circuit City is having real financial problems and it may be an effort to boost sales for another retailer almost going under as Best Buy is not yet matching it. Then again who really knows. They're matching it - it's an official pricedrop. Still don't want one - it's inferior to the 360 in nearly every way, and I don't care at all about Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. | | | "I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture." |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Posts: 179 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting chibul: Quote:
Quoting BYATES1:
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Or they want to make the announcement at E3 and dont want people waiting for a price drop until they announce it.
It is going to happen, the ads are not fake.
The ads are real but Circuit City is having real financial problems and it may be an effort to boost sales for another retailer almost going under as Best Buy is not yet matching it. Then again who really knows.
They're matching it - it's an official pricedrop.
Still don't want one - it's inferior to the 360 in nearly every way, and I don't care at all about Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Right you are I just saw the official announcement. Thanks | | | | Brian |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting lyonsden5: Quote:
According to my 21 year old son they still don't have a good game selection. Nothing worth buying the new system for. Even the 5 free Blu-ray titles wasn't enough to get him to buy one. Good for him; shows uncommon good sense for a 21-year-old. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting chibul: Quote:
Quoting BYATES1:
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Quoting pplchamp:
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Or they want to make the announcement at E3 and dont want people waiting for a price drop until they announce it.
It is going to happen, the ads are not fake.
The ads are real but Circuit City is having real financial problems and it may be an effort to boost sales for another retailer almost going under as Best Buy is not yet matching it. Then again who really knows.
They're matching it - it's an official pricedrop.
Still don't want one - it's inferior to the 360 in nearly every way, and I don't care at all about Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Circuit City was in a franchise war with Best Buy for years during most of the 90's, trying to win the biggest market share for consumer electronics megastores. Best Buy say the folly of continuing that and backed off, and left Circuit City holding the bag. Now they're seriously over-extended. The Best Buy in my area is always busy, but CC is seldom that way. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Same thing happened to CompUSA. They closed all but one branch in Washington and now I have to drive 30 minutes (on a good day) to south Seattle to visit the nearest Fry's Electronics (a geeks wet dream that store is) in order to get stuff not sold at BB or CC. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Amazon has seen a 2800% increase in PS3 sales since the price drop.
Disney has announced that Sleeping Beauty will come to Blu-ray. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pplchamp: Quote:
Amazon has seen a 2800% increase in PS3 sales since the price drop.
Disney has announced that Sleeping Beauty will come to Blu-ray. So now I will need to collect all the Disney Classics on Blu-Ray!!!  | | | | My Collection!!! |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 462 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's already been announced...it was announced two days ago. | | | "I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture." |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Calidain: Quote:
You knew it was coming...
Should be announced today at E3!!! Let the price cuts begin I say, looks like I might make the plunge finally!!! The article he links to says Xbox 360 is dropping the price. All Microsoft announced was a new console to go on sale in September. The Halo 4 Xbox 360 Spedcial Edition. WOW! It's painted GRAY! LAME LAME LAME | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pplchamp: Quote:
Quoting Calidain:
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You knew it was coming...
Should be announced today at E3!!! Let the price cuts begin I say, looks like I might make the plunge finally!!!
The article he links to says Xbox 360 is dropping the price. All Microsoft announced was a new console to go on sale in September. The Halo 4 Xbox 360 Spedcial Edition. WOW! It's painted GRAY!
LAME LAME LAME Thought their press conference was today!!! | | | | My Collection!!! |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | I got it via eMail. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Calidain: Quote:
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You knew it was coming...
Should be announced today at E3!!! Let the price cuts begin I say, looks like I might make the plunge finally!!!
The article he links to says Xbox 360 is dropping the price. All Microsoft announced was a new console to go on sale in September. The Halo 4 Xbox 360 Spedcial Edition. WOW! It's painted GRAY!
LAME LAME LAME
Thought their press conference was today!!! Microsoft's press conference was last night from 11:20 to about 1am eastern time. I was not that impressed with anything they showed. It was surprisingly boring. Nintendo's press conference was this afternoon from 12 to about 1:30, it was better than Microsoft's, lots of announcements. Sony's press conferenmce was last from about 3:15 to about 4. The best of the bunch. I was surprised that they had the best one. I did not expect much, but that Killzone 2 real time footage was just jaw dropping. They also showed what was to come next year as well. Also announced several new exclusives. After the three PC's, I would not write off Sony just yet. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 405 |
| | Posted: | | | | I believe the PS3 has the greatest staying power, since it is the most powerful console!!! However that having been said, Nintendo is clearly proving that "most powerful" doesn't neccesarily mean squat, perhaps affordability and diversity are more important in the end!!!
Despite XBOX 360s overall lead in units sold (they were first afterall) and Nintendo's incredible sales both in Japan and the US, both Microsoft and Nintendo have stumbled and bumbled their way through this race so far to give SONY just enough of a slim chance to catch up.
Microsoft's surprising lack of a price cut in leui of SONY's recent cuts might just be because they will be taking a Billion Dollar hit with all the critical failure replacements. This is disappointing because I truly felt the price cut combined with the recent announcement of the extended warranties and replacement plan would seriously do wonders to win back the publics trust in the end. Clearly Microsoft is betting that the popularity of some of their upcoming software releases (ie. HALO 3...) will be more than enough to win over new buyers this coming up holiday season.
Nintendo's only big blunder has been lack of consoles on the market...still!!! Hopefully they correct this soon, but as of yet I still am not ready to buy into all the hype of this machine. I figure even with its low price, I will still probably buy the other 2 consoles first and add the Wii later simply for its cheap tag!!! | | | | My Collection!!! | | | | Last edited: by Calidain |
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