whatever - i am not saying that a price cut won't come (see my original post) in fact if you read my one of my earlier posts you will find that i actually said that there would be a new sku in the summer and a price cut at the end of summer.
however, i am saying this article is dressing up old news to create false hype. shoddy.
read this post:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/i...
"Xbox360 Arcade (Jasper / HDMI) £80 in WH Smiths Clearout / Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Jog £179"
like i said read what i wrote:
"whsmith are closing their INSTORE games and entertainment departments in A LOT of stores.. " those stores will not be selling xboxes, ps3 an...
70% increase = almost "double penetration"
wait until you get to triple penetration then the market will get very "saturated"
i am not suprised people had to resort to these blackmail measure since by the time Modern Warfare 4 comes out activision will probably charge two kidneys and a liver for it..
silly lazy journalist article.. whsmith are closing their INSTORE games and entertainment departments in A LOT of stores.. they were selling xbox arcade at 80 pounds, wii with wii fit for 180pounds and psp at 50 pounds.. this news is not only old but poorly researched..
not saying the ps3 price cut might not come but this was not the reason why whsmith were cutting the price of their console.
psp for 50 pounds:
you must be really interesting to talk to... lol .. j/k
generally when it comes to a shopping experience, as a consumer (which is also everyone else) i have a choice and buy the goods on promotion.. i (and anyone else) can buy the tin of baked beans that gives me bogoff or 40% discount etc..
however in this instance, if you are a ps3 owner, you can't just buy the xbox release because you can't play it on the ps3.. ms has made sure that the xbox version gets preferential treatment and the ps3 version gets delayed.. this is perfectly l...
go on then show me a link of someone saying what microsoft did is illegal with regards to team17 ..
taking payments/favours for exclusivity is NOT illegal in the gaming industry..
take this link as an example of the word bribe being used:
http://www.theregister.co.u...
clearly microsoft has done nothing illegal and everyone knows that microsoft has tried a...
no one here is saying msft did anything illegal.. like i said this is common practice.. but the irony is that by the standard dictionary definition of a bribe, team17 did actually take a bribe..
it's like your parents saying they will give you 50 bucks if you get good grades at school.. your parents aren't breaking the law but what they did is actually call a bribe
people can complain but this is standard practice.
the dictionary definition is the one gamers are talking about.
i think when people talk about bribes in this instance they talk about inducements/incentives since this practice of exclusivity payments has been part of the gaming industry for years and there has never ever been a question of it being illegal..
err. i am not saying it is right or wrong since all games companies (Sony, MS and Nintendo) are involved in bribes but..
"Speaking to VideoGamer.com in an interview at the Develop conference in Brighton, studio director Martyn Brown said that Team17, the developer behind the hugely successful Worms series, gets “MORE PROMOTION” from Microsoft in EXCHANGE for EXCLUSIVITY."
DEFINITIION of Bribe in dictionary.
With 2.8 it ...
i wouldn't call it insane power.
nice power upgrade but insane power is a bit OTT.
La Chance, no disrepect but after looking at your post history I think if MS had announced a huge steaming turd at E3 you would have lapped it up.
Anyways, this goes to show that Greenberg is someone I can respect because he puts games before fanboyism. This is what gaming is all about!
i think the word "whores" is more appropiate
these guys are cheating the gamers out of hard earned cash at the expense of lining their own pockets.
Business model as in management decision not new sku