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cubabit
01/05/09

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Well done to Microsoft. I must admit they played it brilliantly - their advertising coverage over the Xmas period was immense. I am a PS3 man myself, but every game that came on the telly, multi-platform or not was concluded with "buy it on Xbox - from £129.99". And there were loads of them - I barely saw a single PS3 ad.
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metalnut
01/05/09

@cubabit: I think Sony realised there was little point advertising until they can cut the price; otherwise with all the 360 ads saying 'from £129.99', a PS3 ad after it saying 'from £299.99' with the same quality game footage wouldn't have won them many customers. They were on to a loser with that kind of price difference from the start.

I think you'll see more ads once they drop the price in 2009. It had better be a decent drop though, £50 minimum but really $100 is needed.
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ThursdayNext
01/06/09

@metalnut: You don't have to put the price, SONY just need to put an end frame on some big multi-plat ads. It looks like PS3 doesn't exist when you watch the ol' telly box.
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cubabit
01/06/09

@ThursdayNext: Exactly! The only ad I think I saw that ended in "Playstation 3" (no price) was Mirrors Edge. I saw it, erm, twice maybe?
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ThursdayNext
01/06/09

@cubabit: and that is only because sony had an exclusivity agreement with EA. TBH EA have the same problem as SONY. Not enough TV ads. Get the TV ads right and the internet will take care of itself.
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ThursdayNext
01/05/09

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As long as the gap stays within a couple of million I'm not too fussed who's on top. Keeping the market competetive is, to my mind, more important than corporate point scoring. Let Wii run ahead into irrelevance and keep Xbox/PS neck a neck please. :)

Regards,

The last level headed PS3 owner (apparently)
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Archaotic
01/05/09

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Merry Chrismtas, Merry Chrismtas everyone.
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killah101
01/05/09

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I would be surprised if M$ did poorly.
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Americo
01/05/09

@killah101: I'm not surprised you kids still poorly refer to Microsoft as M$.
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The Cap'n
01/05/09

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So, they sold 4 instead of 2? Kidding! Kidding!

No, but seriously Fahey, what is this other shoe that you envision dropping? Or is it just pessimism springing eternal?
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up2nogood_316
01/05/09

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why add a dire 'for now'? i seem to remember everyone saying xbox is ok 'for now' until MGS4 comes out!!!...then nothing happened. then the same happened when little big planet came out...nothing. the only thing dire thats going to be added here are the sony fans denial, never mind, killzone 2 soon, that'l kill off the 360, right guys!?..right?!
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lionkitten
01/05/09

@up2nogood_316: Well, in fairness, the best thing to happen to the 360 over the PS3 is the economic meltdown and Microsoft's ability/willingness/desparation to cut prices versus Sony's awful economic situation and production costs that prevents them from following suit in a meaningful way.

We will never know what would have happened had there been an economic boom right now, but I'd guess that PS3 would be doing better, especially in Europe.
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jayntampa
01/05/09

@lionkitten: I would argue that is was Sony's short-sightedness in creating a unit that would be so difficult to lower the production price for that has hurt them. MS had a better plan for lowering prices, and Nintendo pretty much had that dealt with from the get go by adapting the GC hardware.
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animexplorer
01/05/09

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ok? should i be as excited as MS people?
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animexplorer
01/05/09

@animexplorer: flap flap flap
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ThursdayNext
01/05/09

@animexplorer: think you need to remove the l's :)
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