if sony is right.... damn sony, you beat the wii(i think)

Well with the leaked internal memo, Sony in the works of bringing PS,PS2, and Dreamcast games to the PSN. I think that will bring in some more numbers for its sales and come the holiday season.

i am seriously thinking of buying one, but i think i will wait until boxing day (don't judge me, lol). yes i know with the $299 price tag its a steal, but i think i can probably get a better deal on Boxing day, because stores usually throw in a game or something.

I still think their only flaw with this console is not adding an IR receiver for Blu-ray control with universal remotes. Aside from that they hit a homerun.

agreed, with the addition of hd audio streaming, reduction in noise and power consumption, it seemed like they were focusing on improving it as a media player, really thought they would have added this.

More for less? Well those who miss the PS2 compatibility may disagree. It's not like the PS3 currently has a huge library after all. Make no mistake, the driving force here is simply price no matter how else Sony tries to dress it up.

Who needs PS2 backward compatability???? Most people that buy a PS3 are looking to move foward not backward. Worrying about PS2 with a PS3 is like pulling your Vette engine out and putting a 4 banger in it.

Who needs PS2 backward compatability???? Most people that buy a PS3 are looking to move foward not backward. Worrying about PS2 with a PS3 is like pulling your Vette engine out and putting a 4 banger in it.

^ I still cant play some of my Xbox games on my 360 or my Gamecube games on my Wii, but neither of them can play Blu Rays either.

I highly doubt PS3 slim is now more attractive to average Joe. Its because Sony dropped the darn thing by $100. Again Sony speaking out of thier two but cheeks.

-$100 for PS3 = me purchasing a PS3 before years end. Plain and simple.

Who needs backwards compatability? People like me who have invested thousands of dollars on PS2 and PS1 games over the years. I'd rather have one console from Sony able to play my "Playstation" library of games vs using three different generations and iterations of the Playstation. I don't need that all that clutter unless someone can sell me the "R2-D2" console bot thingy.

What with all the improvements from the original such a surge is very befitting of Sony. And it's still a blu-ray no less. Probably has samsung scratching their heads right now.

The fact they are bragging is till no reason to replace my 360 that ive had from ay one and plays everything proven better than the PS3. They have been in the market enough years and all the crossplatform cant perform as good, which is good enough proof after so many years Ive had it... The thing is that PS3 used to consume more electricity than my fridge if you check the stats etc. ffs

And what ever happened to the 999% sale increase? lol

i too invested tons of money over the years into my PS2 but like other normal people i am able to say it was money well spent and move on

It's the price. The only reason Sony is trying to look elsewhere they don't want to admit the thing was too damn expensive for what a wider market was willing to pay. Blueray player or not, people just were not willing to pay $400 bucks for one. I wasn't, until 3 weeks ago when I got my PS3 Slim, which sits next to my Xbox 360. Now I have a good Blueray player and TWO great gaming systems.

Sony could have had a much bigger piece of the gaming market pie, if it hadn't cost so much. They banked on it being the EVERYTHING machine. Well as nice as it is, it wasn't worth that to the majority of people. Now that it is cheaper AND large (40" and above) flat screen TV's are getting ridiculously cheaper, this is the best time for them to push it.

Right up to that little red ring...

You make it sound like refrigerators are inefficient power hogs. Modern day refrigerators are quite efficient. They require some juice when the compressor fires up, but after that very little energy is used.

two consoles says ps2 can play ps1 games. you act as if those two consoles take up all the space in the world. keep crying its hilarious.

The argument about backward compatibility has some valor but the little PS2 slim is so small I say buy one of those if you have a huge selection of old games you still want to play. The PS2 is still backward with all PS1 games too.

Some people do actually play games from older generations, and want to be able to do it on their new system, and sell the old one. I for one have a BC PS3, but unfortunately can't sell my PS2 because I have a 'special' PS2 library to go with my 'special' PS2, and that library won't work on my PS3.

still a about 6-7 million behind the 360 and about 25 million behind the Wii, but hey, good job on selling 1 million. I would curious to see how well the others did after dropping their price as well.

you stopped humping your 360 to write that? RROD FTW!

I think he managed to pull himself away from his precious halo to write that BECAUSE of RROD

You have to remember that the 360 was released a year earlier, but it is still impressive they sold a million in a non holiday time.

The PS3 has always been a year behind (because of blu-ray) so they have been 6~7million units behind the Xbox360. but in the mid-term/long term, it was the right thing to do. They don't have the high failure-rates and have a complete HiDef entertainment system.

It would be interesting to see if the PS3 can actually sell a million units a month. It won't make them surpass the Xbox360 anytime soon... but it could increase sales month to month.

One of the big reasons people buy Xbox360s is because their friends have one and HALO. The more PS3s, the more people will buy them.

Lets do some math.
In almost 3 years, 25million units sold, about = 8mil a year. And by the month, about 690,000. So that is about a 30% increase in sales.

In another 12 months, we'll see how good the sales are. If the 30%+ can hold, then the 6million units behind the 360 will be reduced to 2 million.

And because of the all 360 failure problems, end users getting refurbs or constantly buying newer units... there maybe about 2-3million Xboxes short (dead units). The price-reduced Elite isn't going to change sales... Its a $300 console, other than black and a bigger HD, its no different than the pro.

Its funny that I dont give a f**k about Ms, you obviously dont have one and obviously are the one that cares way too much about your own console which I can be your ass even if you deny it, its a PS3, yet like every tard you talk about RROD when you havent seen one from close in your life and neither have I.. lol tard.

And no I have a woman and I havent used my 360 more than check a few games I bought for more than a year now. I dont have time to play yet i have time to f**k. Its not called humping. Since you seemed to interested about me I thought id share with you


P.S. The 360s can be and will be replaced / fixxed for 3 years after the purchase. shitloads of PS3s are reported unfixable unless you pay for it after 1,5 year of purchase which is only the first year covered from Sony. So even if I had a RRoD till a year ago Id be covered x3 more than you for free. Still dont get your point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFcz0FmGiLc
probably already RROD anyways, i suggest you do the same, check the vid as your in it ~1:53, priceless

My 4 banger will smoke most V8's, so it better be a higher-end vette to stand a chance. Better use a different analogy that holds true in all cases.

Nice , i want my PS2 to be "special" too .
Must start put money aside for a PS3 [drool]