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Originally posted by ContourStrike:
Originally posted by 99SEsport2004:
i dont think its worth it. save your money and get the new x-box. sony is struggling to prefect the blue ray technology for ps3 plus microsoft is basically gonna drive sony off the game market. right now it costs microsoft and sony approximately 400 bucks to produce the xbox and ps2. microsoft cut the price for more competition down to 150 as you see it now. microsoft (mainly bill gates) has enough money that they dont even care that they loose 250 bucks on every sale. gates make up the money loss in interest on his investments. microsoft also bought out all the licenses on the new games and will produce them, so i a few years a huge chunk of the us gaming market will be dominated by microsoft. and sony and nintendo wont be able to compete
You are VERY misinformed. It does not take Sony or Microsoft $400 to make a console.
I suggest you read this page.
well i got all that info in a long discussion between a sony rep and an epson rep recently at work, so one of them must be wrong
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it takes a looong time to load, but I think I'm gonna buy a used one just for GTA and GT4  I already got Halo 2 ready for my x-box
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Originally posted by 99SEsport2004:
Originally posted by ContourStrike:
Originally posted by 99SEsport2004:
i dont think its worth it. save your money and get the new x-box. sony is struggling to prefect the blue ray technology for ps3 plus microsoft is basically gonna drive sony off the game market. right now it costs microsoft and sony approximately 400 bucks to produce the xbox and ps2. microsoft cut the price for more competition down to 150 as you see it now. microsoft (mainly bill gates) has enough money that they dont even care that they loose 250 bucks on every sale. gates make up the money loss in interest on his investments. microsoft also bought out all the licenses on the new games and will produce them, so i a few years a huge chunk of the us gaming market will be dominated by microsoft. and sony and nintendo wont be able to compete
You are VERY misinformed. It does not take Sony or Microsoft $400 to make a console.
I suggest you read this page.
well i got all that info in a long discussion between a sony rep and an epson rep recently at work, so one of them must be wrong
well the next time you talk to them make sure you tell them to keep their lips sealed because "dumping" (selling below cost--unfair trade practice) is a violation of FTC regulations and the company can be SEVERELY penalized for it including any and all persons who take part in it. There are only certain instances in which this practice is permitted and is typically for a good cause or for a company to get rid of a product that they are unable to sell, like the Dreamcast. (even then it's highly scrutinized) 
*ps companies do commit this practice and I'm not saying that Sony definitely doesn't. This happens probably more than we know but the companies don't get caught. when they do, they get burned quite bad. it has happened to car companies a number of times in the past, as well as other product makers. There's an old famous saying "figures lie and liars figure". Sony may be realllll good at shifting their numbers so that regualatory agencies think they are squeaky clean, but who knows? we never know about it until they get caught. 
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Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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the ps2 probably has another 2 healthy years left in it, there's tons of software coming out for it and it has a huge installed base. for $150, you can't go wrong...though at this point i'd probably pick up a used one to save some $$$.
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Originally posted by sigma:
Your locak GameStop or EBGames will sell them lightly used for $100. They might even be new ones for that price since the released the redesigned slimmer version a couple weeks ago.
Yea last week I traded in my old PS2 for the slimmer one which has all the internet stuff built on really nice. And it was only 135 brand new at a local Game Stop.
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Why PS2 when you can have XBOX? 
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Originally posted by TronX:
Why PS2 when you can have XBOX?
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PS2 is DA BOMB. We just got wireless controllers for ours. I think it will be around for a long time. They have great games for them, especially for kids. Even when the PS3 comes out, PS2 will still be popular.
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Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by TronX:
Why PS2 when you can have XBOX?
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Originally posted by Jason43:
Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by TronX:
Why PS2 when you can have XBOX?
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