How much are you willing to pay?

[Ogio]

All i see all over the place about the PS3 is how much its going to cost sony to make the damm machine. I dont plan on picking one up anyway(not a fan of sony at all) but am very interested on just how much people are willing to pay for one of these things or even the nintendo rev.

So how much are you willing to dish out B4 you say noway screw that?

Personally i wouldn't fork out much more than I did for the 360 for any console, unless it came with a blonde Swedish maid.

[Wingman1977]

I'll buy the Revolution if it's $200 or less. If it's more, I'll pass. I'm not even gonna bother with the PS3. Your gonna have to give up your 1st born child to get one.

[Eilujin]

not going to get a PS3 at all. I may get a Revo for the boy if the price is right. Hmmm maybe $100-$150. So I will probably won't get one at its launch.

[Liquids]

If i WAS to buy a PS3 i'd wait until price drop so the console is about US$200-300 (probably a few years at least). When im paying so much for a 360 and they are VERY similar machines, I don't want to give away my money just so I can play maybe two exclusive titles...

Unless the PS3 has some unique awesome feature like Free and GOOD online service, or if by some miracle all the PS3 game vids WERE in realtime (lol) :)

[Ogio]

if only it came with a boomerang or something, oh wait.......

[SUBKEG145]

$400.00 is the most I would pay for a ps3. and I also thought about getting a revo. for my child but I will wait untill it has been out for a while.

[Ogio]

:dito:

[360rulz]

for revo i'd pay maybe $100 if the games were $30 or less, if games were over $30 i wouldnt get one, for ps3 i'd take one for free, cuz with all the overpriced stuff it will prolly be something expensive to keep getting new games for

[Ogio]

... for ps3 i'd take one for free, cuz with all the overpriced stuff it will prolly be something expensive to keep getting new games for

lol 500 or up for the system and 80-100 bucks for games(wouldnt be suprised if the games were that high)
hope all the PS fanboys have deep pockets.

[Don_Rico]

I never considered a PS3. I might get a Revolution though, if it's around $100-200. Just for trying out the gyro controller.

[Ogio]

that controller scares me. Its either gonna be really cool and work great, or bomb like the powerglove did for them.

[Cougar50]

I will get a Revo if it is under $200 and I don't think I will get a PS3 unless it is less than the 360.

[Agent Smith]

At this point with a 360 already in hand, the PS3 would have to be $250 or less for me to get one. When you factor in the purchase of accessories and another online service (probable) I just couldn't afford it.

If the Rev. is $150 and it has some good games I'll pick that up to play on my standard TV upstairs.

[360rulz]

that controller scares me. Its either gonna be really cool and work great, or bomb like the powerglove did for them.
yea i def wont get one on release day

[Quiz]

Don't forget that there are people that would pay like $1000 on ebay. SO if i got one i would sell it on ebay. i wouldn't mind paying $500 to get a PS3 if it means making more on ebay.

[Ogio]

Don't forget that there are people that would pay like $1000 on ebay. SO if i got one i would sell it on ebay. i wouldn't mind paying $500 to get a PS3 if it means making more on ebay.

If they turn out to be as expensive as everyone is saying, I dont think itll be very hard to find one. So you may not see them go that high like the 360 did or other consoles in the past.

[Molneze]

Def going to get one on launch day, maybe even save up enough to get two, and turn around and sell one on ebay. Seeing as how much the 360 went for.

[taylor410]

Everyone has been thinking that nintendo is out of the race, but look at the people who own a 360 or will own a ps3 who are also buying the revolution because of its cost! Nintendo might yet have some suprises when it comes to their new console and the number it sells.

[Gamerkid360]

Nothing for the PS3 because of the boomerang controllers and $199 or les for the revo!I will buy a PS3 and hen sell it on ebay though, never will I own one and play it, I hate the boomerang controllers!!!



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[Grindstone]

Hmm.

Lets just assume that I wanted to buy a PS3. How much would I be willing to shell out for that console. In order for me to reply to this, I need to know what this console can do for me to improve upon my gaming needs.

Cell tech: from what I have read, not the best suited porcessor for gaming in some regards. Not incapable, but not made for gaming specifically. So in my opinion, it isn't a necessary function for gaming.

Blu-ray: probably the next format to replace DVDs. Helpful for sloppy code for Cell programming. Definitely eliminates any threat of "changing disks". So it is potentially helpful.

Dual 1080p support: well, I don't even have one 1080p TV... so it's not beneficial.

Blue-tooth controllers: What's wrong with the cheaper wireless 2.4Ghz frequency? Nothing.

7 controller support: seven people on one TV? No thanks. 7 people on 2 TVs. Uhm... okay. Kinda neat.

Boomerang Controller design: Fugly. No I haven't tried it, but I have held a boomerang. No triggers?!?!? WTF! This is the 21st century, get with the FPS program!

nVidia GPU: While inferior to the ATI GPU the 360, it is still an impressive peice of hardware. But still, inferior. Not cool.

No Hardrive included: Well, okay, but only if I have a selection of harddrive sizes to chose from.

Online service: In its enfancy. No idea how successful it will be. Understandable.

Consering these things, the PS3 would have to be slightly cheaper than the 360 launch for me to consider it if I were in the market for one. In my book, it does not appear that it will offer any benefits above that which MSoft is offering.

[Wingman1977]

Hmm.

Lets just assume that I wanted to buy a PS3. How much would I be willing to shell out for that console. In order for me to reply to this, I need to know what this console can do for me to improve upon my gaming needs.

Cell tech: from what I have read, not the best suited porcessor for gaming in some regards. Not incapable, but not made for gaming specifically. So in my opinion, it isn't a necessary function for gaming.

Blu-ray: probably the next format to replace DVDs. Helpful for sloppy code for Cell programming. Definitely eliminates any threat of "changing disks". So it is potentially helpful.

Dual 1080p support: well, I don't even have one 1080p TV... so it's not beneficial.

Blue-tooth controllers: What's wrong with the cheaper wireless 2.4Ghz frequency? Nothing.

7 controller support: seven people on one TV? No thanks. 7 people on 2 TVs. Uhm... okay. Kinda neat.

Boomerang Controller design: Fugly. No I haven't tried it, but I have held a boomerang. No triggers?!?!? WTF! This is the 21st century, get with the FPS program!

nVidia GPU: While inferior to the ATI GPU the 360, it is still an impressive peice of hardware. But still, inferior. Not cool.

No Hardrive included: Well, okay, but only if I have a selection of harddrive sizes to chose from.

Online service: In its enfancy. No idea how successful it will be. Understandable.

Consering these things, the PS3 would have to be slightly cheaper than the 360 launch for me to consider it if I were in the market for one. In my book, it does not appear that it will offer any benefits above that which MSoft is offering.

Well put Grind.

[1@ngrydude]

ill buy it in a few years....once it goes down to about 149.99...thats all im willing to pay for it...and im being very genorous

[Drunkship]

First of all, I'd wait a month or two and see how the Playstation 3 plays out. But one must also take into account a few things. What features does it have? Is it better graphically than the Xbox 360? How's the online features? Better than Xbox Live?

If overall it was totally superior to the Xbox 360 in everyway I'd eBay all my Xbox 360 things and chip in the rest for the Playstation 3. Honestly though, I doubt it will be as good.

[Did the Dew Won the Box]

i would like to get a ps3, but will wait for final price check on console and games. seeing how i got a free 360, i can still shell out for a new ps3. i'd prolly not buy any games for it really, just gamefly the exclusives. inferior to 360 or not, ps3 will still have some games i want to play.

[Ogio]

I've become a xbox fanboy over the last 5 years, and just will not buy a PS3 at any cost period. Sony Sucks :P, All hail Microsoft

[Jay2984]

I've become a xbox fanboy over the last 5 years, and just will not buy a PS3 at any cost period. Sony Sucks :P, All hail Microsoft
Same here, I will buy a PS3 when I can find one at Value City in the discount bin with the PS1 games.

[Ogio]

Same here, I will buy a PS3 when I can find one at Value City in the discount bin with the PS1 games.

but the lot and burn it all.

[Wingman1977]

Honestly, I've lost all respect for Sony video game wise after that PS2 launch fiasco. Underdelivering (they said that will have 1million units at launch and only delivered 500,00) defective units like crazy (allegedly they knew about it but didn't do anything about it until afterwards). I know that the 360 launch units were in short supply, but at least MS said up front that there were going to be shortages at launch. I didn't get a 360 at launch because I didn't have any bankroll. I'll pass on the PS3. I'll probably get the Revolution instead.

[Gamerkid360]

Honestly, I've lost all respect for Sony video game wise after that PS2 launch fiasco. Underdelivering (they said that will have 1million units at launch and only delivered 500,00) defective units like crazy (allegedly they knew about it but didn't do anything about it until afterwards). I know that the 360 launch units were in short supply, but at least MS said up front that there were going to be shortages at launch. I didn't get a 360 at launch because I didn't have any bankroll. I'll pass on the PS3. I'll probably get the Revolution instead.


:withstupi

I will probably get the revolution also, I can't stand the PS3's Controllers, Its a freakin boomerang with buttons, what's up with sony!??

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[Myaxmatosis 803]

I will never pay more then $400 for a console.. they are not even worth $400.. but that is my limit.. because I have a brain.. Unlike these idiots who will buy the ps3.

[Scotracer]

Well I am a student so my funds are vast as with most of us. But i did make an exception and bought a 360, HDTV and Logitech Z5500 surround sound because I love gaming. Unless the PS3 was £100 and came with a free cookie I would not even consider it.

[Wingman1977]

Honestly, I'll pay twee fity ($3.50). South Park fans will know where I got that from.

[Shotty]

I paid 499 canadian plus tax which made it $ 575 canadian for my 360. I would never play that for a playstation. Their build quality are horrible. I know 2 guys with ps2 and they both dont work properly. 1 has to shake the system vertically to get the game to load and the other system just died. I guess similar cost cuting with the ps3 is gonna happen since the system is too expensive. Expect noname parts in the ps3. The 360 is perfectly balanced in specs so they are no bottleneck and has been properly though out. I heard sony initally planned out the ps3 so the graphics are also done on the cell processor they then reliezed it wasnt powerful enough so they contacted nvidia and made them rush the video card which is on par with the 7800 and since the ps3 plays at a lower resolution than a computer the video card should perform better than on a computer. While on the 360 the unified archeitect lets the developers choose where they want the power, if shader heavy they use more shader pipelines, if more vertercises are needed than more power can be used there. Even the memory is unified so the developer can partition that too. Thats why games like tony hawks american wasteland have no load time. Even the 360's 12x DVd rom can stream more data than the ps3 optical drive which is most likely 1x or 2x blu-ray drive. Sony needs to overhaul the ps3 and remove the bottle necks in the system it was poorly planned out. I would never pay as much as I did for a xbox 360 on a ps3. ITs just a bunch of fancy crap stuck together. Imagine the overheating issues with the ps3, the cell produces even more heat than the 360 tricore processor which is why it is not pratical in laptop and in most computers.

[Wingman1977]

Sony has been known for using cheap parts on thier pc, notebooks and PS1 and PS2 (they have stepped thier game up with thier pc and notebook manufacturing). I have no clue how well the PS3 will be built but I'm not going to take any chances on it.
I don't kow if peple on here know about this MS and Nvidia had some sort of disagreement (I'm not sure if it was a financial or not). When they patched things up, MS slapped them in the face by going with ATI to develop the GPU for the 360 (which is a good choice since ATI is better than Nvidia). I remember reading about this in a old issue of OXM. That's one of the reasons why Nvidia stopped producing the GPU for the xbox at the end of 2004 (even though the xbox was still selling like hot cakes that holiday due to Halo2).

[Shotty]

Nvidia screwed MS because Nvidia owned th IP for the videocard so MS couldnt manufact the videocard. Since Nvidia owned the Ip for the videocard and Intel owned the IP for the processor MS couldn't make any of their own parts. Which prevented them from developing more cost effective methods of creating the chips which is why the xbox is still more expensice than the ps2. Sony own all the ip's for the system which is why they can create a ps2 slim and shrink the ps2's die sizes making it cheaper to manufactur. This time around MS owns all the IP's so expect a xbox 360 slim somewhere down the line when they get to the 45nm manufacturing.

[Wingman1977]

The PS2 and xbox were the same price ($150). The only reason it's now more because they included Forza.
PS I rather have well know GPU and CPU makers make parts for my console than making it myself (Sony's emotion GPU is crap).

[Shotty]

The reason sony's is crap is because they always use cheap parts to save money. Like MS even though own the IP work with ATI closely to make the gpu and constantly research new ways of producing it to cut costs. In canada the xbox with no games is 179.99 canadian while the ps2 is 150 canadian. The US and japanese normally get the best deals. SInce the loonie is getting close to the US dollar I might consider crossing the boarder to buy some games and accesories.

[Myaxmatosis 803]

Sony sucks, everything about them sucks, their system sucks, their hardware sucks, their computers suck, they suck.

[citizen X]

This is to those guys that start bashing on the people that want a ps3..



ok im sick and tired of all this flaming...some people want the PS3( i sure as hell dont, but some do)...but people that start bashing on those that do want one should keep there mouths shut…if they want to pay all that money for something that will make them happy cuz thats what they really want…good let them waste there cash on some thing that in my opinion is not as good as the 360. Its not my problem..

im honestly sick and tired of 360 fanboys there just as bad as the PS3 fanboys...i love 360 and would only trade it for a ps3 if...hell for nothing, i would never trade it for a PS3. but some guys and their fanboyism...just read some specs and some real information...so u have a real reasons for liking the 360 more. Most people have reasons...but the ones that don’t really frustrate me.. they just keep on flapping their mouths and looking like idiots because they obviously don’t know what there really talking about.

[360rulz]

that's exactly what i was thinking but didn't want to get in trouble so i didn't say anything.

also i'm betting last generation myaxmatosis was saying he'd never spend more than $300, or the only reason he said he'd never pay over $400 was because that's how much the 360 is

[three-sixty]

the revo seems that it will be very popular if it goes for under $200 if the ps3 was the same price would you buy it???

[Wingman1977]

I'd seriously think about it but then it's really gonna be crap if they were selling it at that price.

[Sharky]

Sony sucks, everything about them sucks, their system sucks, their hardware sucks, their computers suck, they suck.

:stoned:

Right... :banghead:

:tomato:

[Darth Regnier]

Sony sucks, everything about them sucks, their system sucks, their hardware sucks, their computers suck, they suck.

That's why they are #1. MS is #3 and LOSING. I'm not trying to diss the 360 or MS here, but cmon, anyone who can sit there and say Sony sucks is a complete idiot. The PS2 overall is the best system out of current-gen. Don't be surprised to see the PS3 dominate the 360 with better graphics, a wider game selection (it takes more then FPS games to have sucess people) and an overall better experience. The one area that I'll say MS has down pat is online. Xbox Live is king.