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Old 06-19-2009, 08:58 PM   #1
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Activision CEO threatens to drop PS3/PSP if they don't drop prices

Activision threatens to drop PS3, PSP - News at GameSpot

meanwhile, the bundle for Band Hero was recently announced as $200 on amazon.com
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Another not so surprising story of how Sony screwed up and the after-effects.
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What's wrong, Activision?

Is whoring it up not getting you enough money?
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Old 06-20-2009, 03:15 PM   #4
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if this means a lower ps3 price that would be great
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:31 PM   #5
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It costs a lot to buy the equipment needed to manufacture games in the Blu-Ray format. Blu-Ray was still too new for it to be profitable to produce games on the PS3. Should've stuck with HD-DVD.


Also, for Activision to stop whoring out Guitar Hero, maybe you guys should stop buying their new titles. Last I heard Guitar hero Metallica is still selling out. Being excited for DJ Hero doesn't help take down the whore either.
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^ but the games are fun

and as I said in the DJ Hero thread you made, DJ SHADOW. DJ MOTHER****ING SHADOW MADE SONGS FOR IT.
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I thought the PS3 was the "greatest system in the world".
Apparently not.
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Also, for Activision to stop whoring out Guitar Hero, maybe you guys should stop buying their new titles. Last I heard Guitar hero Metallica is still selling out. Being excited for DJ Hero doesn't help take down the whore either.
I don't really care if Guitar Hero is successful or not. I'm not spending 100 dollars for a music game.

Activision themselves said they would not take on projects that couldn't be exploited year after year. I'm just spreading the joke around

Actually, they would totally do this. What with being so money-hungry
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But didn't you buy the killer instinct killer cuts CD?
$30 for non vocal music from a game.
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^ That came free with my cartridge.
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Last I heard, Sony's already selling the PS3 at a loss. They might as well give them away for free if they drop the price. Cost of manufacturing is just too high, what with the totally excessive components they have included.

This is why Nintendo doesn't add things like DVD support into their systems. It costs too much, then you have to forfeit any hope of profit. It's a bad business decision.
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My mind does odd things.
Right now it is imaging Activision as a truck stop hooker getting into a fight with a High class call girl's pimp's lawyer's bodyguard.
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Meh. Sony should've marketed the PS3 technology as a PC. The only thing stopping them is, Windows bein the dominant operating system on the market and owned by their competitor Microsoft.
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DVD is actually really cheap to put in nowadays.
Blu-Ray, on the other hand, is really expensive. It's that single format that's the killer.

Cell is a huge barrier too. I've seen code for that, and it's like being forced to play a game of Twister every time you cross a room. Oh, and your job is to carry water pails back and forth across the room without spilling any.
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^ But a totally superfluous cost, all the same. You can't add in DVD for free, one way or another. *shrug*
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