The war is far from over, time alone will tell.
I actually didn't read the articles, but I figured they would as many do, have merit. The argument of whether I will buy a PS3 in future is pretty up in the air, but I will lean towards NO cause to begin with I wasn't willing to buy the Xbox 360 even, it was bought FOR me. Quite frankly I have better things in life to spend my money on now (as I not getting younger) and 600USD is too much to swallow, heck 350USd is alot to swallow so whaev. I do believe as i've said before, that the PS3 will eventually begin to do well as the 360 is doing well. I disagree that the Wii is a throwaway console, but hey thats just mho. I could really care less about who wins to be honest, but I will chook a lil 2c now and again when i read the good and bad of all consoles.
"As mentioned when we made the product announcement for PS3, the system will have different configurations (thus, 60GB HDD with memory card slots and Wi-Fi and 20GB HDD without memory card slots or Wi-Fi both exists). Application to the FCC has been made with various possibilities in mind, however, it does not lead to a new product announcement at this time."
PS3 sales down 80 per cent in week twoBlue raygun firedBy INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 04 April 2007, 10:36SALES OF THE Sony PlayStation 3 dropped off by a gargantuan 80 per cent in the second week of availability, according to industry watchers ChartTrack.Whilst Sony reported better-than-expected sales of 165,000 consoles in the first week on sale - including the 100 or so chaps that got free tellies at the London launch - second week sales were in the region of 33,000 consoles, which is, well, a pretty significant drop off.Sales of PS3 games also fell by 60 per cent, despite a number of hot new releases hitting the shelves, including Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Tennis 3.Sony shipped 220,000 (ish) consoles to British shores for the PS3 launch, meaning that there is plentiful stock available for anyone who wants to snap one up. There are even websites that have been keeping track of the ample supply in a bid to discourage any notion that PS3 may have 'sold out'.With that said, sales of the Casino Royale Blu-ray disc have put it at the most popular HD disc ever shipped on either format, marking something of a milestone.Whilst there are no official figures available, we rather suspect that the DVD release did about 100x better, but that's not to take away from the fact that, no doubt, almost every Casino Royale B-R buyer must have been a PS3 owner.With purchasing power like that, Sony's move to put the drive in the PS3 could yet be vindicated. µ
Fans and critics alike are continuing to second-guess Sony's decision to release two separate models of the PS3 as more and more information suggests the possibility that the much-bemoaned 20 GB model will soon be completely phased out. Last month, sources at Best Buy reported that the mass market retail chain will no longer be carrying the low-end model, and will instead sell only the high-end 60 GB PS3.But now, even Sony's official retail outlet, Sony Style, no longer offers the 20 GB PS3 as an alternative. According to their website, the $600 60 GB model is the only type of PlayStation 3 available for purchase on their online store.Gaming blog Joystiq recently contacted both the website and one of its walk-in stores to confirm the information, and both retailers claimed that there are simply none in stock."We haven't gotten those [20 GB] models in for a long time," an anonymous sales representative from a Sony Style walk-in store confirmed. "We have plenty of 60 gig models in stock."A rep from SonyStyle.com offered similar information, stating that it's been a month since the last 20 GB PS3 was in stock. The rep later suggested that gamers wishing to purchase the machine seek the help of a third party retailer.As of now, Sony still has not yet made an official announcement regarding the status of the 20 GB PS3. However, in a previous statement made by Sony's Dave Karraker last month, the company is still manufacturing 20 GB models, albeit at a much reduced rate. Due to the model's low demand, Karraker stated that approximately 20% of manufactured PS3s contain 20 GB hard drives.Source: http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=4382
did Sony confirm that price cut? because considering that they have 2 supposed killer apps coming later this year it would make poor marketign sense to drop the price when the strength of Lair and MGS4 should boost their sales.And just for the record, Sony isn ot pushing Blu-Ray with the PS3, they are pushing the PS3 with Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray may very well come out on top of the format war since they seem to have the upperh and in terms of support,but HD-DVD will not be phased out as you put it "Over the next few months or year...." they guys behind HD-DVD will at least try to break even and possibly turn a small profit, and that will not take place in a few months.
There just MAY be a drop...but in my opinion..it will be a bad corporate decision...but would be a longterm good decision as more ps3's will get sold = more software income and blu-ray sales...