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  • #91
    Originally posted by DanS
    So when is the price cut for the 360 and HD-DVD drive?

    I'm becoming impatient.
    Why? There is still less than a dozen good games out for it.

    JM
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    • #92
      Originally posted by DanS
      I anticipate the PS3 price will be cut soon. I wonder whether Sony will even be able to sell out its Christmas allotment in the US.
      Considering they shipped so few units to the US, I'd say it is quite likely.
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      • #93
        Originally posted by Jon Miller

        Why? There is still less than a dozen good games out for it.

        JM
        I'm more interested in the HD-DVD part, to be honest.

        But Gears of War, Call of Duty, and Live Arcade have piqued my interest.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #94
          Contra and Mortal Kombat were recently released on XBLA.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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          • #95
            Originally posted by DinoDoc
            Considering they shipped so few units to the US, I'd say it is quite likely.
            How many have they ended up shipping? I thought the US was on tap for 400,000 units.
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #96
              They haven't said, but a Sony exec said the other week that "400,000 is more of a target".
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #97
                In other words, that's no longer the target, right?

                Doublespeak
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #98
                  Originally posted by Asher

                  Err. No, it's really not.

                  There were design flaws with the batteries. That is why they've been recalled across MANY different products -- fundamental design flaws.
                  Its quite normal to recall products if they have problems. Many companies do this. Sony is again showing exceptional sense of responsibility by recalling millions and millions of batteries just to be sure no-one gets hurt!

                  I myself am confident holding my Dell on my lap, with Sony batteries right next to my gherkins.

                  Microsoft on the other hand just released a music player that has a wifi sharing capabilities. It surely wont be long before we see the first Zune wifi virus spreading trough the community. How has MS addressed this problem? Now thats irresposible and a major design flaw.
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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by laurentius
                    Its quite normal to recall products if they have problems. Many companies do this. Sony is again showing exceptional sense of responsibility by recalling millions and millions of batteries just to be sure no-one gets hurt!
                    It's a liability issue -- they had to recall them.

                    It's not quite normal to recall millions of units across many different products for fundamental design flaws, sorry.

                    Microsoft on the other hand just released a music player that has a wifi sharing capabilities. It surely wont be long before we see the first Zune wifi virus spreading trough the community. How has MS addressed this problem? Now thats irresposible and a major design flaw.
                    Err. What?

                    Anything with wifi is a major design flaw?

                    PS3 has Bluetooth -- when is Sony going to address that design flaw.

                    PSP has Wifi -- when is Sony going to address that design flaw.

                    Actually, though, the PSP does have wifi security design flaws (Zune doesn't, at least not yet discovered):
                    Bad news for PSP owners who want to use the device on a secure network: the …


                    Sony drops the ball on the PSP's wireless security

                    4/29/2005 8:41:38 PM, by Hannibal

                    Now here's a major technical fumble of the kind you don't see every day: Sony launches the PSP worldwide, touting its 802.11b support, and only includes WEP support! As you know if you read our Wi-Fi blackpaper (or if you've been paying any attention at all to wireless news for the past few years), WEP is garbage. Someone clever commented in a Sony message board thread about this issue that WEP is so insecure and fast WEP-cracking utils are so widespread and easy to use, that it's almost like there's a Ron Popeil product out that'll do it for you.


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                    • Wow. Laurentius, I know you're just trolling, but jesus, you're making yourself look less intelligent than even the ilk on the WoW boards.
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                      • Originally posted by Asher
                        They haven't said, but a Sony exec said the other week that "400,000 is more of a target".
                        Is it 400k just to the US? I thought it was that many worldwide especially once I heard about the delayed Eurocom launch.
                        I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                        For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                        • 400,000 to North America, was 80,000 to Japan.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • Ah well. I'm still dreading having to walkover people camping out the day before the launch in my store.
                            I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                            For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                            • Just bring a water gun
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                              • To me, this is incredible. Sony took the lame route of having a PS2 embedded inside the PS3,


                                That seems like the sensible route to me.

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