I think the main problem is this isn't even a good deal for most PS3 models. Sure, many are saying they wouldn't sell theirs personally, but even among general consumers who would jump at this deal when they can get more even at Gamestop and just buy an X1 there?
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I think the main problem is this isn't even a good deal for most PS3 models. Sure, many are saying they wouldn't sell theirs personally, but even among general consumers who would jump at this deal when they can get more even at Gamestop and just buy an X1 there?
I didn't recognize you, Lord Arbiter of Quality Discussion. My liege! An 8 month campaign in the "same shit" optional internet discussions must have been difficult for you.
PS3 Media Server work with the XB1?
It actually infuriates me that Sony removed DNLA for the PS4 with their lame ass "we didn't think people would want it" excuse
Still waiting with baited breathe for the update it is supposed to be added to
LilWayneSuckz
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beautiful. just beautiful
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Dat This is for the Players. Perfect.
Schweinehund
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Sorry, No. With no BC on PS4, and neither next gen consoles having strong offerings for awhile, I'd rather stick with ps3.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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There's nothing actually smart about it. If you mean sly, okay. If you mean slick,...okay. But I tend to reserve the term "smart" for acts that are also not so....underhanded.
It's absolutely no problem w/ the 360; MS made those consoles. But if this really is legit, they must have an agreement with Sony on cutting them in on profits from trade-in PS3s, otherwise I think it's questionable legally.
You know what? Fuck it if the law says it's legal. It shouldn't be legal.
Forsaken82
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even in Gamestop you get more than $ 100 for your ps3!
Perhaps with 10 or more games...
I haven't checked in a couple months but last fall Gamestop would only give me $80 for my PS3 so kept it... so &100 isn't bad. My PS3 is just a Bluray player at this point so when I get an Xbone this deal doesn't sound horrible to me... $100 for something I won't use again.
But I dont plan on buying one at an MS store so probably not useful to me anyway.
You won't get $100 for a PS3 there unless you happen to wait for the right moment and get in on one of the trade deals. Most PS3 owners don't even have a 500gb Super Slim, which would garner the most trade credit. Trade prices have gone through the floor since the XB1 and PS4 released.
Muppet of a Man
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Lol! Really MS, is that the best you got? Your hardware should have been better and cheaper from the outset.
VeryGooster
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They did this with iPads, I think, for a Surface RT.
I'd probably get more for my PS3 in B/S/T since I'd have to include my library which wouldn't be much use.
Maybe MS just really wants to play MLB The Show.
I'd probably get more for my PS3 in B/S/T since I'd have to include my library which wouldn't be much use.
Maybe MS just really wants to play MLB The Show.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Just about how I feel atm. It's getting more and more to the point that, by the time I'm in the neighborhood to buy an XBO, I don't know if I actually will. Not because lack of money, but because I can't separate the product from the sort of lowball tactics its manufacturer are using to push its' sales. Why would I support that kind of behavior with money?
This is getting to the equivalent of those episodes of shows on Nick or Disney with middle school kids running for President. "Every tactic under the sun", that's how one side usually does it.
Muppet of a Man
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The difference this time around is that PSN+ gives you an incentive to keep past gen PlayStation consoles, as you get additional (nearly) free software each month for every additional PlayStation platform you own.
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Ton's of awesome, right here.
Someone should tweet this to Yosp...
PeregrinSe7en
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almost sounds like that penello response
"there's no way were giving up 30 percent...."
but no MS, i'm keeping my ps3
Captain Tuttle
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haha, excellent!
this is just marketing, there's no "desperation", fanboy hyperventilating is embarrassing
LordBaztion
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Do I get something for my PS3 games?
3rdamention
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puffyshirt
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Sony answers this indirectly, by announcing one of the best PS+ months yet
People would be silly to get rid of their PS3
People would be silly to get rid of their PS3
UltraRascal
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I don't think that is at all what he is saying. He is saying that companies do this all the time; which is is right about. He is saying that because it is Microsoft this thread is going to blow up though simply because it fuels the fire that "Microsoft is evil and desperate." The reality is that this promotion does apply to the Xbox S & E, but because they specifically reached out to PS3 owners they are desperate.
It is just marketing is all. There are going to be boatloads of people who just do not want to play their PS3/XBOX360 anymore. Whether they want to get a PS4 or Xbox One is completely up to the consumer, but Microsoft reaching out and giving them a small incentive isn't evil or desperate. It is just business. Sure you could buy the PS4, keep your PS3 and have the more powerful machine. That isn't who Microsoft is aiming at here and there is no way for them to parse their e-mail lists to find that specific person so they send it to everyone.
There are tons of people out there who are going to want to sell their last generation system because it doesn't interest them anymore. They could bring it to Gamestop and get $100 right now too I am pretty sure, maybe even less. So what is the crime if Microsoft does it as a promotion?
Sword Of Doom
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It's aggressive if anything.
It's backwards compatible too. Mine's from January 2007
$100 seems like a bad deal. Definitely not worthwhile and may only cater to people who are uninformed of the current used cost of a PS360 and just want their old system and upgrade. It's pointless too since you lose all BC since neither platform has it yet.
This should actually be their response. This is perfect.
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This should actually be their response. This is perfect.
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Ahh! Was just working on my own version, haha. Beaten!
TheLostBigBoss
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Community is going to be much more active on the PS3
Also why would I turn in my console for $100 less when you are just going to release a $400 console by the end of the year?
aspiegamer
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Sell them on Craigslist for more than $100 just like the people trading them in could have done in the first place. Duh.
How about this-- Trade me straight-up for my 100% functioning launch 60GB fatty with BC and I might think about it. Might. I already bought, played and sold an X1 in December so you're going to have to make a damn good deal to get me to come back and start over.
FeiRR
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You, sir, win the interwebz today! Somebody tweet Yosp.
enanogrande
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Bonfire at Ballmer's.
Amazing work. And pretty much exactly what a response to this from Sony should look like.Sonys answer just came in:
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Sword Of Doom
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Stop with this Microsoft persecution complex
Vane_MagicCity
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Microsoft has no use for used PS3's so it's atleast possible that they will simply destroy them. If that is the case, then they are just giving $100 credit away with no return.
Why not just drop the price of the Xbone by $100 then?
Also, you would likely get more CASH than what Microsoft was offering if you sold your PS3 on eBay.
Why not just drop the price of the Xbone by $100 then?
Also, you would likely get more CASH than what Microsoft was offering if you sold your PS3 on eBay.
Col WillieSharp
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Can I trade in my Honda towards a brand new Toyota? Or should that be illegal too?
Jacksonlee
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instead of lowering the price of a xbone for 399, they'd rather destroy your ps3 .
la flama blanca
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Nice job.
And the games it does have don't match the $100 less powerful console (Sup, Tomb Raider 9), while having "exclusives" that you could basically play already on a farrr cheaper older brother of it so not really compelling to play on the newer system.
paperheart
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Bravo to you sir. Good job.Sonys answer just came in:
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Ha ha! I love how MS can't really say anything bad about PS4...seeing it has no bad press really... At least nothing that cant be directed back at itself for like backwards compatibility.
And yeah trade in your PS3...no thanks. PS3 actually still has games I'm looking forward to playing in the future... ha ha. (Bit harsh, ha ha, some games I'm looking forward to on X1 too...just not enough to buy the console for them)
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HA hA! Wow genius! Picture of the year award right here!
And yeah trade in your PS3...no thanks. PS3 actually still has games I'm looking forward to playing in the future... ha ha. (Bit harsh, ha ha, some games I'm looking forward to on X1 too...just not enough to buy the console for them)
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HA hA! Wow genius! Picture of the year award right here!
silver.tongue
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Oh yeah... this is going on twitter.
Wait... do I dare actually use my facebook account? Hum...
It's really hard to give up all those games.
Nymphae
Banned
I traded in my 40gb PSPhatty for like $60 ish bucks at EB late last year I just wanted the fucking thing out of my house and didn't want to deal with putting up ads or meeting buyers. I know it's terrible trade in value, but whatever, I didn't want or need it and just wanted to play NFS:Rivals.
I just wanted the fucking thing out of my house and didn't want to deal with putting up ads or meeting buyers. I know it's terrible trade in value, but whatever, I didn't want or need it and just wanted to play NFS:Rivals.Flame Lord
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Not really that bad when you consider people willingly let themselves get fucked over at Gamestop for far less.
Zabant
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Considering Sony's cheeky reactive PR and Marketing, this is exactly the kind of thing they would do. Very clever.
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