I doubt that is going to be the case, they'd never make a profit. Maybe at the start, but within 6 motnhs they'll have dropped in prive. I usually get the consile when its about $150 (roughly 2 years after its release).

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i agree with you,i think the prices of the console and the games are absurd. i will never buy that because i'm not rich to give all that money for a game. i also think that sony made a bad move with that. i'm sure the PS3 is great but i don't think that it compensates.

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of course, the ps3 have much problems yet, need more time os tests and other things, sony will down in the games area with ps3

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I personally don't have the money for a ps3 BUT I'm certainly not going to hate on it just cause I'm to poor to afford one, unlike SOME people. PS3 totally pwns, it is teh_sex, and I'm going to be saving and saving to get one. the end.

P.S. In response to the whole halo thing, all I have to say is Final Fantasy XIII

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What do you guys expect? A Blu-Ray with a price below $100?

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Have you guys seen the iSuppli Corporation pricing of the PS3? It's located at http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919 - basically they break down the individual components of the Playstation 3, on a cost per component basis. Essentially, they're making huge losses, especially on the cheaper "Core/20gb" version. Even the Xbox 360 doesn't compare to the value of the hardware to selling price.

I've always been a bit skeptical of the huge pricetag on the PS3, but I guess it is justified, considering it is a "Supercomputer". In the end it boils down to the Console vs PC thing again, where the PC has the versatility while the Console has the specialization to play games better with cheaper hardware costs.

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yea i heard they are loosing a lot of money for each unit. I also heard that it shouldn't hurt them because the pieces of hardware get cheaper each year. I also heard that they are making a lot of money on the games. But i still think they should have tried to make it around $500.

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ps3 to me is worth the money if you think about yes i know 500 or 600 $ but the $600 ps3 have 60 gb of storage thats $10 a gb plus the graphics are awesome its worth the money its just not many people have the money to afford it

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Buddy, games sell for like no more than $70 CAD. American prices must be $60 USD. Get your facts straight On-top of that, the 360 will win the war for the next-gen system, not because it's better in anyway (in terms of specs/games), but because it had a 1-year frame of a lead comapred to Nintendo and Sony.

The Nintendo Wii seems to be gaining more momentum though, due to the fact that it's innovative, and has a very attractive price tag on it.

 

 

 

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Yes, $600 is a lot of money. The success of the PS3 is going to be very closely correlated with the success of the Blu-Ray technology that comes with it.

The PS2 became extremely popular largely because not only did it play games, but it was one of the cheaper DVD players on the market. Basically, it was like getting a free DVD player.

If Blu-Ray DVDs become the new rage, which it probably will, then the PS3 will most likely succeed, because both hard-core gamers and semi-gamers/ movie watchers will want to buy them.

From what I have heard, Sony might even be losing money on each PS3 sold. I hear that productions costs of creating such a unit are enormous, and Sony only makes its money by selling games (and lots of them).

The PS3 will most likely sell. There are over 100 million PS2s in existence today. Surely there are quite a few that can not now or ever afford a $600 product, but there are probably enough people who are willing to pay that much in order to get the best Blu-Ray player/ gaming system on the market.

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