lowrider007
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Father_Brain said:
But how much have Nintendo cut the price on the DS from the original launch price?
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Sony: PSP2 (NGP) will be affordable
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But how much have Nintendo cut the price on the DS from the original launch price?
brain_stew
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It was always possible, nay likely, once we learned Sony were to spend significantly less on R&D and silicon than they did with the original PSP. The internal specifications we got were incredibly conservative by Sony's usual standards. Confirmation of multiple SKUs should have been the final tip off.Salaadin said:
XiaNaphryz
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35000 yen incomingiapetus said:
Grampa Simpson
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3 SKUs:
No Memory card and just WiFi - $399
32gb Memory card and Wifi - $499
32gb Memory card, WiFi, and 3G - Five Hundred and Ninety Nine US Dollars!
No Memory card and just WiFi - $399
32gb Memory card and Wifi - $499
32gb Memory card, WiFi, and 3G - Five Hundred and Ninety Nine US Dollars!
For as crazy as the system is 300 bucks would be cheap. A 32 gb iPod touch costs that much. I doubt that will be the price though. If it does release around the holidays Nintendo would be smart to cut the 3ds price to 200. Right now the PSP2 seems to do more that I'm interested, I just don't really play handheld games that much.
Iron_Scimitar
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I have 11 months to save up for the console plus games. Im ready.
LosDaddie said:
Sony is banking on people having the mindset of "Oh, it's more expensive, which means it's better than the other guy's stuff. I'm going to save up for it and buy it" Yeah...In the US at least, people don't think that way at all when it comes to consumer products (especially electronics). When you step outside of Sony's delusional way of thinking, you'll quickly understand, in reality, people are more inclined to think "Yeah...$300...for that? Fuck that shit. I ain't buying it. I don't care what it does."
Just look at what happened when Sony tried marketing and selling the PS3 as a "luxury" product. 599 anyone?
Relaxed Muscle
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Father_Brain said:
I don't think Nintendo really wants to cut the price just a few months after it was released, certainly the PSP being more expensive, help a lot, it was a good advantage, that gone and they'll lose sales, specifically the sales they were aiming with their more core gamer focused output in the first months.
Father_Brain
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lowrider007 said:
Why on earth would they, when the hardware sells as well as it does?
There are only two conceivable reasons why 3DS' price would drop this year: if post-launch sales are underwhelming, or if Nintendo sees NGP as enough of a threat to justify a price drop. Neither is likely, IMO, but the latter is a tad more so if Sony actually matches or (LOL) undercuts 3DS on price.
Relaxed Muscle said:
Of course they don't want to. My point is that they can. Personally, I think that 3DS just has broader appeal and will comfortably outsell NGP at the same price (and that Nintendo probably thinks this as well), but the sales figures either will or won't bear that out.
XiaNaphryz
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8 months is a few now?Relaxed Muscle said:
And depending when PSP2 launches in NA/EU, the launch gap there could easily be 10-12 months.
The Super Bob
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Can we have less of the "it will be affordable" bollocks and more of the "it is £xxx" bollocks please.
That they haven't cut it more doesn't mean they couldn't have. But yes, even if NGP comes closer in price to the 3DS than expected, I'd expect Nintendo to increase the value by offering a bundle at the same price point, well before they actually drop the upfront price.lowrider007 said:
XiaNaphryz
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I'm guessing price reveal and launch dates at E3.NathanPGibson said:
Pureauthor said:
:lol seriously.
And to clarify my earlier comment, the issue with this whole NGP business is that whereas it's made strides in its online and gameplay infrastructure, the main lure is still sheer power and aesthetics when, as noted in the Digital Foundry article, no one sure that the portable market is asking that question anymore. I think that there's a good chance that the NGP will have much better presence than the PSP, but this game is now being played in the portable space where the 3DS is expanding their audience and the ios is a major player.
Let this not be an endorsement of the 3DS; I think that that platform is having trouble as well. However, I feel like Nintendo is aiming to gobble up more of the PSP's market than the other way around, and both of them are only making marginal headway, if that, into the ios platforms' market.
Lovely Salsa
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Hold on, the PSP will have a OLED screen? The one that costs a fortune?? The next gen tv screens??
If so
ALL OVER MY TITS!
If so
ALL OVER MY TITS!
Why are you laughing?FoneBone said:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1102449p1.html
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-ps3-now-profitable
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061112072652AA627hWPureauthor said:
Not that yahoo answers is the most reliable source, but it's good enough for this estimate on sony's worth. 40billion ain't small, but 5 billion ain't game over. For profit see my Answer for FoneBone.
I agree with you on not doing them favours from a financial standpoint. That said we are still guessing, there is no official statement on the price and we don't know their exact plans. You have to remember that a company as a whole doesn't change from one moment to another. It's not just a matter of hiring someone who invents something creative and that's it. So staying on the known path can be fortunate if they handle the marketing and their relations with 3rd parties well enough. In case they offer contracts, mobile networks will be added to that equation and that IMO might just turn a lot of things around.
You have tit's? Are they nice? LoLLovely Salsa said:
The 3DS uses CPU and GPU from 2006/2007. The most modern component in the device is the 3D screen, which is 2009 tech at most. I'm sure the original planned price was $199, but Nintendo decided to get greedy after the feedback they got after the E3 reveal and added more $50 to the price tag.
Sony is using the very best mobile components available, including limited-availability OLED screens and a GPU that was expected to show up in smartphones only in 2012. Are people really expecting it to cost anywhere less than $349 (which is already at loss)? The only way they can make a "miracle" is to bundle it with 3G contracts.
Sony is using the very best mobile components available, including limited-availability OLED screens and a GPU that was expected to show up in smartphones only in 2012. Are people really expecting it to cost anywhere less than $349 (which is already at loss)? The only way they can make a "miracle" is to bundle it with 3G contracts.
Relaxed Muscle
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M3d10n said:
People were using iPhone hardware cost (180$) as a reason behind the 300$ tag possibility.
kallisto76
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http://www.vg247.com/2011/01/27/yoshida-on-psp2-pricing-its-not-going-to-be-599/
Yoshida on PSP2 pricing: Its not going to be $599″
So none of this, then. Unless its actually higher than that. In which case, as you were.
SCE WWS boss Shuhei Yoshida has said itll avoid a repeat of its E3 2006 press conference by not pricing its next-gen PSP successor, codenamed NGP, $599.
Its not going to be $599, he told Game Informer.
Yoshida does admit that pricing has been a big concern for Sony since project work on the handheld began in 2008.
From the very beginning of the project since 2008 pricing was one of the considerations that we had. Hopefully when we announce the price, people will see the proper value.
The comment follows that of earlier remarks from SCEE head Andrew House, saying the price of the machine will be affordable.
NGP releases this year in Japan. Catch up on everything from the event here.
dreamer3kx
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This thing will not sell if its $400+, Im sorry, people are just not going to pay this price, ps3 all over again.
CPU and GPU concur only for a small fraction of the final price. The screen is by far the most expensive part, and the PSP2 screen isn't that much different than iPhone 4 and Nexus S ones. Then it's unlikely the profit margin will be obscene as the iPhone. If they sell at production cost, it is not unimaginable to have the 3G less model at around $300.Celine said:
Yoshida statement is compatible with $300 for the 3G-less SKU and $400 for the 3G enabled one.
I'll buy it for a sub 400 price... because I'm a sucker for technology. But I have no doubt that the success of this device is very price dependent.
Sony, you're going to get about a million customers that will buy anything from you. Another few million that will see the value of this technology for what it's worth (inclusive of the content)... and the majority will look at the price tag first before considering whether or not it's in their price range, if not, then they'll keep looking.
Hope you know what you're doing.
Sony, you're going to get about a million customers that will buy anything from you. Another few million that will see the value of this technology for what it's worth (inclusive of the content)... and the majority will look at the price tag first before considering whether or not it's in their price range, if not, then they'll keep looking.
Hope you know what you're doing.
bodyofanamerican
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the low end model HAS to be targeting 3DS, right? $248.99? :lol
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