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Top 10: Reasons why the PS3 doesn't need a price cut

FeaturePublish Date 13/03/2008 - 3:14pm GMT

We tell you why Sony should be in no rush to reduce the price of its console.

With Microsoft's move to cut the price of all Xbox 360 models in the UK the automatic reaction by everyone is to ask when Sony will cut the price of the PlayStation 3. Sony isn't in the same position as Microsoft though and a price cut might not be as necessary as it's being made out to be. We put our heads together and came up with the Top 10: Reasons why the PS3 doesn't need a price cut.

10. Free online play

Don't want to pay £40 a year to play online games? On the PlayStation 3 all your online gaming is free. While some of the functionality seen in Xbox LIVE isn't currently present, Sony is continuing to improve the PSN service. With network-wide friends lists access starting to appear in more and more PS3 games, Xbox LIVE is slowly being caught up.

9. Home

This online virtual network where you'll be able to meet up with friends, share content and organise online game is unlike anything available on the Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE. With Sony working on new content for their games accessible via Home, it's certainly looking like more than a novelty virtual chat room. Being able to head over to a mate's online apartment, chat to the gathered friends and then seamlessly head off into a game sounds good to us.

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Ominater

I think these are basically all valid points. Although tbh I wouldn't mind paying a bit for psn every year if they made it really amazing. Although I doubt it would go down very well.

Posted 17:13 on 14 May 2008

jaime

well done, you are looking the full picture.
point 8, should be more ranked

Posted 18:30 on 19 April 2008

Claude

What on Earth? Some of these reasons aren't even relevant to price and you used 'games' twice.

Posted 08:12 on 04 April 2008

RaZoR_GTX

Well honestly game data that is installed on the ps3 when inserting a game for the first time can be as big as 1.5 - 2gb! I have 2 albums 50 photos and 4 reg films on my HDD with game saves and data, and i only have 15gb left! Karlius has filled his HDD with simlair stuff but i am thinking that Sony will release future content etc like pain that will need alot of space.

Posted 16:25 on 31 March 2008

Karlius

Be around 2gb each High Def and 800MB per regular film. I currently have 620gb on my 360 and most of that is movies and music stored on my external 500gb hdd. It has no problems addressing it. I don't think you can save games to it though? I haven't tried anyone know if you can?

Posted 10:34 on 31 March 2008

Marink @ RaZoR_GTX

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Originally Posted by RaZoR_GTX

Sorry Karlius but game saves, useful game updates, media such as movies which will be downloable (summit for you to boast about on PS3) music albums, pictures, and dont forget home content along with PSN games

There's no way you're going to use up 320GBs of memory with that. Not unless you have almost every game on the console and 100s of song, etc. (although I'm not sure how much the movies will use up)

Posted 10:28 on 31 March 2008

RaZoR_GTX @ Karlius

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Originally Posted by Karlius

Oh yer and the PS3 will never utilise a 200gb disk it is simply uneeded. By the time PS3 power is getting unleashed the next generation of consoles will be due.

Sorry Karlius but game saves, useful game updates, media such as movies which will be downloable (summit for you to boast about on PS3) music albums, pictures, and dont forget home content along with PSN games. Hmm i think a 320gb HDD would be greatly needed!

Sorry had to point that out! Im going to be upgrading my HDD to 320gb and then not have to worry for a long long time :D

Posted 20:12 on 28 March 2008

po3mone

Blinded fool

Posted 20:02 on 28 March 2008

Karlius

Please don't talk to me anymore you are just an idiot.

Posted 18:12 on 28 March 2008

po3mone

thats because i was on my ps3 u dumb ass.. and did not want to spend my effort

obviously it has nothing to do with games , bu yet again i am trying to save karlius life and yours as well

AND WERE AM I LYING ???????? ASK ME ILL PROVE IT TO U

now since when did i became a fan boy ??? i state facts.... u know it ..

and preety soon home is going to make xbox live look like **** !

Posted 17:57 on 28 March 2008

Karlius@ po3mone

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Originally Posted by po3mone

im going to fold ...TRYING TO SAVE LIARUS LIFE... how ever u spll it

What i found funny is you spelt "spell" wrongly.

Posted 17:40 on 28 March 2008

Karlius @ Rogue_Soul

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Originally Posted by Rogue Soul

I've been there... and I can tell you for certain... it has nothing to do with videogames!

Lol thats awesome.

Posted 17:39 on 28 March 2008

Rogue_Soul @ Karlius

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Originally Posted by Karlius

Please go join a playboyism site.

I've been there... and I can tell you for certain... it has nothing to do with videogames!

Posted 17:35 on 28 March 2008

po3mone

im going to fold ...TRYING TO SAVE LIARUS LIFE... how ever u spll it

Posted 17:33 on 28 March 2008

Karlius

po3mone stop take a breath and read what your writing! Pure and utter fanboyism. Nothing you say makes sense and is full of rumour, speculation with no fact. Please go join a playboyism site.

Have you gone around all 120 million of the PS2 owners and asked them their intentions? Statistics are nothing if you pluck them out of your bum! 79.6% of people know that! lol.

As for 360 games on the PC some of the games can appear on PC mainly the ones that also appear on the PS3 but you get some exclusives such as Halo appear on PCs as Microsoft (World Leading OS Distributer) Gets money from it. But there are plenty of games not on PC for example Project Gothem and Crack Down.

Posted 17:31 on 28 March 2008

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