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10/21/2006

Sony's Console Price Comparison

Sony claims that the Xbox 360 is more expensive than the PlayStation 3 (20GB) when you add in the "required" accessories. What are your thoughts?
Needless to say, you are not required to buy a HD DVD drive to use a 360. And while a 20GB hard drive certainly is the more optimal 360 experience, you sure as hell don't need to buy that either. And since when are you required to buy a 12-month Xbox Live Gold Subscription? It stinks
[via Kotaku]

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Sony is full of anus creation. Go for the 399 premium and you have everything you need. You don't have to pay for the 20gb hdd, you get a wireless controller, so cut off the 50 bucks there. xbox live silver is free, cut off the 12 month gold membership, or just get a one month, or a 6 month, so cut off half at least. And WTF is with the hd dvd drive? When did that become required, as stated in the blog. Sony finds everything they can to cram the price up to make it look like a good deal. Sorry Sony, but your cappy schemes don't work on people with common sense. Nice try though. And isn't that your worst package. Isn't there some kind of premium package that runs like 599 or something? This cheap one doesn't have HDMI which you can't even upgrade to later, you have to go out and buy a 599 version to get HDMI later, which according to this list would be "required". And the memory card reader you don't get with the cheap version which would be "required". Need to go buy a whole new ps3 for that also. So jack your price up to $1098 to get all the "required" aspects of the ps3.
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I was going to post on the bullof Sony's calculation, but harhar sums it up quite nice.
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^^ The HDMI is included in the lower spec model BTW
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nice try sony.
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So Sony has free controllers? Nice try Sony. You've hit a new low.
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It's pointless to compare. Needless to say, let the consumers' dollars do the judging.
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this is bs. sony really really sucks.
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Pathetic attempt of trying to con people into believing that PS3 is cheaper. who the hell do they think is going to fall for that comparison? Im glad to hear that Sony is struggling to make its PS3 produtcion numbers for 2006 as a result of a lack blu ray diodes.
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harhar you don't even knoew what you are talking about the 499 version does have hdmi, looks like someone needs to do their own research and get hte facts straight. Second of all Sony is not saying you must get those things, they are saying if you got the same things for your 360 it would cost that muuch. Dunno why people always go to the bad, and look beyond their bias.
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who the hell let this even pass? anyone even sony fanboys knows that the hd dvd drive is not required, u really dont need teh hdd, u can just get some memory cards, but if u just get the premium and it has everything u really need, for 100 bucks less then sonys lowest set up, and then u have 100 bucks to buy what ever u want, be it a game and online or a new controler, dosent have to be wireless. whatever sony
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More willful misrepresentation of Sony from the perennial bashers. It's getting tiring, children. What this chart tells you is how to get three different consoles with the same funcionality as the first (the PS3). So to get an Xbox 360 that matches the straight out of the box base PS3, you have to spend more. MUCH MORE. And you CANNOT get a Wii that matches that base PS3. Now, given you lot are deliberately and arbitrarily acting dumb-stupid simply in order to criticise a company that has given gamers so much over the last ten years, just who are the pathetic and disingenuous ones here?
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PS For those of you not able to understand English correctly: The term "required" in this context means that you are required to pay for it if you want it (whereas with the PS3 it comes as part of the package - and remember, like-for-like, at a CHEAPER price).
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Microsoft sucks. Nintendo is amazing, Sony is the best
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Microsoft sucks. Nintendo is the amazing, Sony is the best, eat dust idiots...
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[...] Sony seems like can’t compete with Mirosoft’s “dirty technique” in slashing price of Xbox to kick PlayStation out of the market. Hence, Sony releases a price comparison chart and here is what Dave Karraker (Senior Director of Corporate Communications) has to say: “Through our comparison chart we are not implying that you must purchase the myriad of peripherals and add-ons that Microsoft offers to play your Xbox 360. You don’t. However, if you want to attempt to come close to the performance of the $499 PlayStation 3 by using your Xbox 360, Core or Premium, you could only do that through expensive add-ons — that is what our chart is demonstrating. Once you add it all up, it would cost you more than our $499 unit, and you would still not come close to everything we offer, ie: free multiplayer gaming, 50GB storage capacity of Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray disc player for games AND movies, processing power of the Cell Broadband Engine.” [...]
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[...] Sony responds to their price comparison chart and here is what Dave Karraker (Senior Director of Corporate Communications) has to say: “Through our comparison chart we are not implying that you must purchase the myriad of peripherals and add-ons that Microsoft offers to play your Xbox 360. You don’t. However, if you want to attempt to come close to the performance of the $499 PlayStation 3 by using your Xbox 360, Core or Premium, you could only do that through expensive add-ons — that is what our chart is demonstrating. Once you add it all up, it would cost you more than our $499 unit, and you would still not come close to everything we offer, ie: free multiplayer gaming, 50GB storage capacity of Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray disc player for games AND movies, processing power of the Cell Broadband Engine.” [...]
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Dave Interesting topic... I'm working in this industry myself and I don't agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future
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Dave Interesting topic... I'm working in this industry myself and I don't agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future
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The premium PS3 does come loaded, but the HD-DVD doesn't matter considering there isn't a PS3 game on the market that requires a disk the size of Blu-Ray, if that is the case then Sony has a lot of catching up to do because so far Gears has some of the best graphics around, and it only uses a standard DVD. Also by the time games do come out for the PS3 that use the full specs the 360 will most likely be upgraded, considering there is a full HD version in the works, with the almighty HDMI port and 60GB hard drive (I don't know about a built in HD-DVD player). The bottom line is these consoles are made for gaming, the 360 has more familiar hardware so it'll be years before Sony actually catches up, also Sony will not allow huge leaps over the 360 considering they will have to spend more money having to top the PS3. If Sony utilizes the hardware to at least keep with the 360 in graphics (which shouldn't be an issue) and throw in a good library with decent gameplay (their traditional formula) they'll top the market again.
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