Was just over at amazon.com looking at some games I was interested in and I realized that once again, they are out of the MGS4 80GB PS3(hows that for some acronyms). Its nice to see that the PS3 is still selling like hot cakes on there, especially when half the people on this site are crying price cut. Now, by the time you read this (if anyone reads this) they might have some back up, but I think this shows the the PS3 is doing just fine. Oh and same goes for Wii fit, that seems to be out too(but thats always out), and Mario Cart Wii. The point I'm trying to make is that with the system still selling strong why would they feel forced to make a price cut? Maybe they'll start feeling more pressured once that new 360 price cut is put into play.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
...but, I don't think Sony is going to make a price cut just yet. Maybe closer to the christmas shopping season. At their current price, the PS3's still selling quite well, and even outsold the 360 in the U.S. for the month of july. Sony's gaming division is just getting back to being profitable, and they probably don't feel any real push to lower their prices just yet. I still think, if it's going to happen in '08, it will be around christmas, and Sony won't anounce anything until TGS. I guess we'll all have to wait till then to find out. Just don't hold your breath.
Yeah, the PS3 is still selling very well. If the 80GB PS3 MGS4 bundle is selling out at $499 price points, it's a clear indicator that people definantly want PS3's.
It would be nice if Sony could get the PS3 down to $299 by the end of this year but that probably wont happen until next year... but I'm thinking that Sony might drop the PS3's price by $50-75 bucks or so by the end of this year because they'll definantly need that price drop if they still want to stay in this console war.
But, after seeing the performance of the Xbox 360 at a $279.99 price point, it's just pretty obvious that price really doesn't matter to some people, or the Xbox appeal just hasn't gone as far because Microsoft doesn't have much of a built up userbase/fanbase like Sony does.
A bundle with LBP would end the race for 2nd place of the console war. This machine is still $500 and it's only a $100 cheaper than when it launched with the 60gb with Talledega nights. It's impressive and it definately shows the long tail of the PS3.
There are multiple reasons for why this bundle is selling well:
1) BC and the fear of it's complete discontinuation
2) MGS4
3) 40GB Extra
Once the MGS4 sales has reached its saturation point, it would be much more interresting to see how the 360 and PS3 fares.
I would say the 360 is doing well considering it hasn't had any big releases for a while (excluding NG2, since it was never expected to be a system seller anyhow... but is my favorite game on the 360 thus far).
Ever think they don't stock so many because they're pricey?