Comments on: Expected price drop: $299 for PS3 in June

By: Cheddar

Cheddar — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:25:41 +0000

K I have been building computers since i was 15 years old for 1 thing. For 2 go to any computer store and build a top of the line (not the phenom 1's they are trash,phenom 2,intel quad) quad core with top of the line video cards top of the line ram and top of the line mobo tack onto that a minimum of 800 watt psu and a bluray drive with a case and a minimum of 32 inch lcd monitor . tell me what that comes to if its even under $2000 I'll take it all back.

Have fun trying!! because you seriously wont be able to unless you got some inside deal where you get all the parts for 90% off. Seriously buddy hit the nail on the head the only ones comparing your $2000+ rigs to consoles are you guys. The rest of the world realizes its a heck of alot cheaper to buy a ps3 which outperforms most pc's.

@51 no, he prolly knows this based on the demo they released when you pre-ordered flame on flamer.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:51:08 +0000

@18 "Killzone 2 is also out next month, the best console FPS this generation."

serious? "this generation"??? you know this because u got in your little time machine and went into the future??

By: thehun

thehun — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:27:29 +0000

In this f%$kin economy the price is still high….not interested

I would pay $75USD and no more

By: ken

ken — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:03:11 +0000

I bought a ps3 as a replacement media player for my aging chipped xbox, while I still prefer xbmc to sony's implementation I think the PS3 is a fantastic device for a media center. The HD content looks great.

I use a java ps3 media server. It forces the re-encode of mkv files unlike tversity.

By: wii_lover

wii_lover — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:51:45 +0000

Who the hell buys two PS3's????
f$cking id!ot!

By: @ 44

@ 44 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:16:05 +0000

pretty much all new PC games support the resolutions and textures he mentioned. And personally I have both, xbox for online with friends, and PC for the better graphics, gameplay, and customizations.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:12:56 +0000

@Cheddar (Post #8)

You are a fool. That thing doesn't cost THAT much to make. Blu-Ray drives are $90 now, the cost of a 80GB 2.5-inch HDD is $50. DRAM prices are at all time lows. Besides, they make profit off of each game sold anyway. Lower the price of the PS3 and more people will have them which means more people buying the PS3 games so they can make more money.

It's all logic there. Not too hard to grasp really.

By: playstation fan

playstation fan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:45:42 +0000

I have owned a ps1 and ps2 and both had modchips … all my games were copied …

Its not our fault sony is losing money on ps3 and is only making money off the games, this is just not fair to us consumers who have to hand over $100 Aussie dollars for a new game.

I have been waiting & waiting years for a big price drop on ps3 here in Australia so I would go buy one and actually buy a original game or two but they have to drop the price on the games.

If it takes for the ps3 the be hacked so i can play copied games and if that ruins ps3 game releases then so be it ..

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:25:48 +0000

@39. No PC is not better in "every" aspect. How much did all of that cost? How many new PC games have come out that utilize all of those amazing graphics you purport? Exactly.

By: finally damn

finally damn — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:13:43 +0000

This is friggin awsome news. The price has been a big reason why Sony has been losing the next-gen war, the other being that the other consoles have all been hacked. If the ps3 gets hacked one of these days, with a reasonable method of playing backups, I expect console sales to skyrocket. I bought my 360 as a way of playing next-gen games for close to free (piracy) and still laugh at Microsoft (still mad at them for Vista) All the good games that were cross platform, I bought for my ps3. I'll laugh my arse off if FFXIII for 360 tanks because everyone pirated it out of spite for the back stabbing.

By: dasp

dasp — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:30:34 +0000

Did they manage to make a mod chip for the PS3 that overrides the copyright protection?

By: tienzing

tienzing — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:40:53 +0000

its funny, idk if any1 realized this but in the title it says price drop in June, but the article says April!

By: Oneijack

Oneijack — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:04:20 +0000

I just want a PS3 so I can replace my xbox 1 which I use for xbmc only. Now they have xbmc for linux I see it as a cheap and easy htpc with a hdmi plug. Can give a rats ass about the games. I'd go xbox 360 but dont want to deal with RRoD problems.

By: Consoles Graphics are Sh!t.

Consoles Graphics are Sh!t. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:03:19 +0000

@ 37

"Why do people always argue over which system is best. There is no best system just different."

Maybe between 360 and PS3 that is true, but the PC is superior in every aspect. Every single thing you can do on the consoles can be done on a PC, and better. So yeah, you kids have fun playing with your toy with jagged cr@ppy looking games in upscaled 720, while I play in 2650×1600HD with 16xQSAA.

By: STFU

STFU — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:24:33 +0000

32: I'm not a fanboy par say, I simply hate $ony and the army of morons who blindly follow them and if Killzone 2 is all you have to look forward to then 2009 is going to be a very baron year for gaming as a PS3 fanboy.