Comments on: Desperate, Sony Finally Goes Mad http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/ Write the sequel first. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gamestore Girl http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1097 Gamestore Girl Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:12:34 +0000 http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1097 We have a similar $100 deal that's running indefinitely - the ps2, a controller and 3 games that trade in at $8 - or just an old xbox or a gamecube and 4 games at $8 trade in - will get you the $100 off a next gen system. You can't combine those with each other, but you can add one of them to the PS3 deal I mentioned, so you end up getting a PS3 for roughly $200 cheaper than a premium 360 if you had 13 games that traded in at $8 each and an old ps2 - or 10 games and an xbox ... you get the picture. When I decided to purchase a 360 I immediately started going through various websites to see upcoming titles for the 360 over the next year. Obviously we can see the ones with release dates or at least a Qx of 2007-type release date but we don't know anything about them. I was surprised at HOW many of the games I was looking up had some sort of blurb at the top saying something along the lines of "formerly a PS3 exclusive title". The only really exclusives I can see them having at this point is the next god of war and final fantasy ... which is already starting to pop up on the DS, so who knows what will happen there. I'll be glad if final fantasy gets a home on another system, I enjoy playing them but not enough to shell out for a ps3. If someone wants to hand me one for free - I'll take it, but that's about it. I'll keep my ps2, wii and 360 :D We have a similar $100 deal that’s running indefinitely - the ps2, a controller and 3 games that trade in at $8 - or just an old xbox or a gamecube and 4 games at $8 trade in - will get you the $100 off a next gen system. You can’t combine those with each other, but you can add one of them to the PS3 deal I mentioned, so you end up getting a PS3 for roughly $200 cheaper than a premium 360 if you had 13 games that traded in at $8 each and an old ps2 - or 10 games and an xbox … you get the picture.

When I decided to purchase a 360 I immediately started going through various websites to see upcoming titles for the 360 over the next year. Obviously we can see the ones with release dates or at least a Qx of 2007-type release date but we don’t know anything about them. I was surprised at HOW many of the games I was looking up had some sort of blurb at the top saying something along the lines of “formerly a PS3 exclusive title”.

The only really exclusives I can see them having at this point is the next god of war and final fantasy … which is already starting to pop up on the DS, so who knows what will happen there. I’ll be glad if final fantasy gets a home on another system, I enjoy playing them but not enough to shell out for a ps3. If someone wants to hand me one for free - I’ll take it, but that’s about it. I’ll keep my ps2, wii and 360 :D

]]> By: Chief Oddball http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1092 Chief Oddball Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:31:28 +0000 http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1092 Hey, thanks for dropping by! I've seen similar deals in the stores here, too. In fact, I just got an email advertisement for the local game store that says if I trade in my PS2, two controllers and an 8MB PS2 memory card, I'll get $100 off the PS3. Since I rarely play my PS2 anymore, I'll admit I considered doing it, until I realized "Yeah, but you'll still have to fork over $500 for something you'll hardly use." And that was that. If I really wanted rid of my PS2, I'd eBay it. (But the truth is, I still enjoy playing <i>Final Fantasy X</i> and <i>Silent Hill 3</i> once in a while! Sales of the PS3 have been similarly slow here in the U.S. There just aren't any killer apps for the system right now, and they're too far behind the 360's curve to have scads of people buy the system "just because" it's next-gen tech. If Sony gets some mega-hit exclusive titles out there, then sales might pick up. Unfortunately for Sony, though -- and I'm sure you already know this -- they have actually been <em>losing</em> exclusive titles lately. Case in point: <i>Grand Theft Auto IV</i>, which will be launched simultaneously on the 360 and the PS3. That game honestly might have got me to buy a PS3, had it been an exclusive. Not anymore... Hey, thanks for dropping by!

I’ve seen similar deals in the stores here, too. In fact, I just got an email advertisement for the local game store that says if I trade in my PS2, two controllers and an 8MB PS2 memory card, I’ll get $100 off the PS3. Since I rarely play my PS2 anymore, I’ll admit I considered doing it, until I realized “Yeah, but you’ll still have to fork over $500 for something you’ll hardly use.” And that was that. If I really wanted rid of my PS2, I’d eBay it. (But the truth is, I still enjoy playing Final Fantasy X and Silent Hill 3 once in a while!

Sales of the PS3 have been similarly slow here in the U.S. There just aren’t any killer apps for the system right now, and they’re too far behind the 360’s curve to have scads of people buy the system “just because” it’s next-gen tech. If Sony gets some mega-hit exclusive titles out there, then sales might pick up.

Unfortunately for Sony, though — and I’m sure you already know this — they have actually been losing exclusive titles lately. Case in point: Grand Theft Auto IV, which will be launched simultaneously on the 360 and the PS3. That game honestly might have got me to buy a PS3, had it been an exclusive. Not anymore…

]]> By: Gamestore Girl http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1067 Gamestore Girl Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:44:08 +0000 http://oddballupdate.com/2007/04/28/desperate-sony-finally-goes-mad/#comment-1067 We always have loads of PS3's in stock - usually at least half a dozen. Give me a shipment of Wii's and I'll have them all sold within half an hour. Honestly we moved PS3's slower than an old man with no fiber in his diet for the longest time. The only reason we sell them at all now is because of this deal that's been going on. If you trade in 10 games that are worth at least $8 in trade in value, the price of the PS3 drops to be roughly $100 cheaper than the 360 premium bundle. This is something offered by the company and not Sony - they're just working out a way to profit from the selling of PS3's. The markup on the used games more than makes up the difference. The sale was to only run a month but because we actually started moving the systems they've extended it indefinitely. We always have loads of PS3’s in stock - usually at least half a dozen. Give me a shipment of Wii’s and I’ll have them all sold within half an hour. Honestly we moved PS3’s slower than an old man with no fiber in his diet for the longest time. The only reason we sell them at all now is because of this deal that’s been going on. If you trade in 10 games that are worth at least $8 in trade in value, the price of the PS3 drops to be roughly $100 cheaper than the 360 premium bundle. This is something offered by the company and not Sony - they’re just working out a way to profit from the selling of PS3’s. The markup on the used games more than makes up the difference. The sale was to only run a month but because we actually started moving the systems they’ve extended it indefinitely.

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