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It's come to the the point that we have to finance game systems?

 

I think I'll put away money out of each paycheck into a shoe box to finance my eventual 360 purchase.

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It's come to the the point that we have to finance game systems?

 

I think I'll put away money out of each paycheck into a shoe box to finance my eventual 360 purchase.

 

Did it with my 360. I mean pay it off during that no month interest fairly easy and a good way to build up some credit.

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I bought my TV that way as well. Its not like I dont have $600 but to be able to charge it and have 18 months to pay it off without having to pay interest isn't a bad way to do it. It works out to like a little less than $40 a month to pay it off in the 18 months.

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No stores have Wii's sitting on the shelves.

 

Unless you're in podunk Wyoming, or something.

 

Nor will they, for quite a while. The longest they've lasted in my EB store was eight hours. We got the shipment a day before they usually came, and nobody asked for one all day. Of course, after the first one sold, the rest followed it in about half an hour. Usually, they'll be gone in half an hour, as we still have folks camping in the food court to get one.

 

PS3s, on the other hand, are readily available at pretty much all times. Nobody wants to spend $750 (with tax, and that doesn't even include games/utilities) on a video game system; the ones who do are the ones who trade their entire libraries in for one.

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I'm waiting for one more quality game to compliment VF5 before I buy a PS3. I have the cash saved up too, but I just don't want to buy it yet. Christ, maybe I should before Sony gimps the NA PS3s like they did to the Europe ones.

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18 x $40 = $720.

 

You're wasting money.

 

Well, first of all..I said a little less than $40, second if you add the game (which counts towards the 18 months deal) and tax on $660 its $33, so thats $693, and third I wouldnt wait until the 18th month to pay it off. Im still considering it, and I might go back out to Best Buy on Wednesday and mull it over again. Plus, maybe I might get my refund check from the wonderful state of Maryland for the amount of $72 to cover another game or the movies.

 

And My Best Buy had one Nintendo sitting on the shelf with all the Nintendo stuff tonight...but I live in the middle of nowhere and was able to get one on launch day only having to stand in line for at most 3 hours, so yeah..

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I'm waiting for one more quality game to compliment VF5 before I buy a PS3. I have the cash saved up too, but I just don't want to buy it yet. Christ, maybe I should before Sony gimps the NA PS3s like they did to the Europe ones.

Yeah, especially since it turns out that the cost savings of fucking the backwards compatibility won't be passed on to the consumer or anything.

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Hey guess what, you know that lovely backwards compatability you guys have with your american and japanese ps3's, not gonna happen here in europe, to "save costs", they have stripped out all of the ps2 components of the ps3, leaving it with "very limited" ps2 backwards compatability, what a fucking piece of shit.

 

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157441

 

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle1428386.ece

 

Sony cuts PlayStation 3's backward compatibility for European launch

Japanese and American models play nearly all PS2 software, but Europeans will have to buy new games

Holden Frith

The European version of the PlayStation 3, which goes on sale next month after a long delay, will be compatible with fewer PlayStation 2 games than versions launched at the end of last year in Japan and the US.

 

In those markets, the consoles played 98 per cent of the older games. Sony has not said what proportion will work with the European model, but it acknowledged that it would be lower.

 

“Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3,” David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said in a statement.

 

“Games designed for PS3 offer incredible graphics quality, stunning gameplay and massively improved audio and video fidelity that is simply not achievable with PS and PS2 games,” he said.

 

Game on: the battle of the superconsoles

The video gaming giants are fighting for supremacy with three new-generation machines touting advanced technology. Which is best?

 

The games that push the right buttons

Background

Sony PlayStation 3

Microsoft Xbox 360

Nintendo Wii

A spokesman for the company said that more PlayStation 2 games would become compatible with the new console after launch, as downloadable updates to the system were released. The first release is scheduled for March 23, the day of the console’s release.

 

Prospective buyers will be able to check whether the games they own are compatible with the PlayStation 3 by visiting a website which will also be available from March 23.

 

Today's announcement follows a troubled and protracted gestation for the new console, which has won praise for its speed and graphics but alienated many potential buyers with long delays and high prices. When it launches in the UK, the top-end models will cost £420, compared with £280 for the full-spec version of Microsoft's Xbox 360.

 

Sony cut the price of the console in Japan just before launch and has announced that it will bundle Blu-ray disc versions of Casino Royale with the Australian edition, also released next month.

 

Analysts suggested that this betrays a lack of confidence within the company that they are giving customers enough of an incentive to buy. “They have to sweeten the deal a little bit,” Hiroshi Kamide, a games industry researcher expert at KBC Securities Japan. “The problem with the product so far is that no one has fully understood why it’s so expensive.”

 

The PlayStation 3 was initially supposed to go on sale in early 2006, but the launch was put back when Sony encountered technical problems with the built-in Blu-ray disc player, a high-definition successor to the DVD. The delay meant that the company missed out on the Christmas sales peak in Europe.

 

Meanwhile, Nintendo launched its Wii console to an enthusiastic response. The Wii is much cheaper (£180) and less technologically advanced than either the PS3 or the Xbox 360, but it's wireless controller gave it novelty value and brought a new audience to video games.

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Wow, that's gotta suck.

 

-shrug- Having recently re-acquired a PS2, and after learning about the greatness that is Swap Magic, I'll be busy for a while. I could care less about the PS3 right now, save for the amusement I acquire whilst reading these threads.

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So like, either get one now with BC, or two years for a price drop and get one with spotty BC.

 

This is largely moot, though, because I'm practically sure everyone who is gonna get a PS3 already has a PS2.

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This is largely moot, though, because I'm practically sure everyone who is gonna get a PS3 already has a PS2.

 

Do you know many people who have a PS1 sitting around, incidentally?

 

I know that I traded in my PS1 to soften the blow of the PS2's cost--and that wasn't even nearly as expensive as PS3.

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Well, that's putting the cart before the horse, isn't it?

 

Anyone buying an American PS3 is getting a PS2 as well.

 

Of course, it's true that the European and *especially* the Aus models cost waaaaaaaaaaaay more, relatively, and actually.

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Eric's right; backwards compatibility is nice, but it's really pretty insignificant when you're talking about a system like PS2 that's sold 100 million copies and that everyone owns. People will just keep their PS2s now instead of getting rid of them. The only reason people don't have PS1s anymore is because they got rid of them because PS2 was backwards compatible. Yeah, you lose the ability to trade in your PS2, but that's what, $40 at best?

 

I don't really see why people are jumping all over this, other than it being trendy to bash everything Sony does. Sony needs to cut costs, and this is a way to cut costs without sacrificing any real functionality. Better this than using cheap components that break more often, or something.

 

They should pass the savings on to the consumer and cut prices, though. If they really keep the price at $599 for two more years like that article said, it's hard to see the PS3 staying competitive.

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Yeah, you lose the ability to trade in your PS2, but that's what, $40 at best?

 

$100, actually. At least that's what EB/Gamestop are offering now.

 

That's now, at least. Not necessarily 6 months from now when I presume the gimped ones hit the US/Japan markets.

 

My point is that Sony's really sacrificing the overall value of the console. The price is nearly double the PS2's, and anything to soften that really helps. Plus, let's hypothesize that in the next year or so that a lot of PS2s crap out (hypothetically--it's not like PS2s are known to do that, or anything). A PS3 with basically all of that system's functionality and then some would be more attractive than a PS3 with the ability to play (maybe) half of the games you already have.

 

The importance in the grand scheme of things is questionable, but I think it's hardly negligible like you're implying. I, personally, think it really sucks.

 

They should pass the savings on to the consumer and cut prices, though.

 

If this switchover led to a 400 dollar PS3, that would be great, but I'm not seeing it happen.

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Yes this sucks about the PS3 backward compatibility, but the 360 can't play all of the Xbox games either. And everytime I played a Gamecube game on my Wii, it froze up on me. (which was probably due to the scratches, but I'm just saying).

 

My PS3 hasn't had any problems playing PS2 games, so why should I care what's going on in Europe? I don't. Sucks for them, but mine works great (so far).

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My gamecube games all work fine on wii.

 

And with the 360, it isn't a situation where nearly all the games were working and they revised the hardware. PS2 games were working from the beginning, then Sony says "ok, we're going to be cheap here and yank out some of the crucial PS2 hardware in favor of emulation."

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And everytime I played a Gamecube game on my Wii, it froze up on me. (which was probably due to the scratches, but I'm just saying).

Christ.

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All GC games work fine. My DOR2 copy is all scratched up, but runs perfectly.

 

The problem might be the power cord. It's a piece of shit that gets loose very easily. If I drop the GC controller with it's already far too short cord, the power cord jostles and shuts off. I need a Wavebird.

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English Tekken 5 DR is now up. Expect a press release from MS and Nintendo soon annoucing they are conceding the console war.

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My gamecube games all work fine on wii.

 

Me too. Even my scratched to hell, overplayed copy of MVP 2004 that won't even play on my Gamecube anymore.

 

I just played some Def Jam Vendetta the other night on mine after seeing the previews for the new game..it looks good except for the prerendered cutscenes, no problem at all.

 

Somepeople have problems with Wind Waker though over the component inputs..Ive not tried it on mine yet.

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