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needs more poll, seriously.

I will buy a PS3 when it drops to the launch price of the Wii. Absolutely not a dime more.

$500, because that's what it costs.

Then I'll get a second to sell, and try to break even on the two.

I will happily play my Nintendo Wii until PS3 hits that magical $100 price point.

Originally Posted by Roufuss $500, because that's what it costs. Then I'll get a second to sell, and try to break even on the two.

I had considered this also, but were I to buy two, I would sell both, and have a half generations' supply of Wii games covered.

retail prices are easy to work around. $500 directly out of my pocket? PFT. haven't paid in full out of my pocket without some kind of supplement, coupon, deal, or loophole for anything expensive ever. I'll try and get the PS3 down to $200.

$300 - $400. I refuse to pay $499 for it. I still have a huge backlog of current generation games to play so I don't mind waiting for a deal/price drop.

Not until it reaches around $200 to $300 for the 60 GB HD version. Why? Well, there are a few reasons behind my madness...

1) It'll take a few good years for the PS3 to hit that somewhat-affordable level.
2) In that time the PS3 will hopefully amass a worthwhile library.
3) In that time hopefully most of the hardware kinks will be worked out.
4) Honestly, even as a gamer, I just can't justify throwing hundreds upon hundreds down on release unless it's something I've got to own.

Let's see...I'm not an early adopter of Blu-Ray (I'll be sticking with my regular ol' DVDs for a while, thanks), I already have PS1 and PS2 import capabilities, I don't really care about backwards compatibility when I have my PS1 and PS2 in a nice little corner together, and I much rather prefered spending $20 and adding a nice 120 GB HD to my PS2 rather than letting tossing Sony $50 for their own HDD.

That and...eh, it's just a system. They're only games. I can't believe I'm actually saying that but...damn.

Nice idea for a poll, and to answer your question - I'll be willing to shell out $200-$300 for a PS3 unit. I believe that will mean waiting untill 2008, but I don't mind.

I think I really ed myself over this past generation. I skipped out on the PS2 launch and forced myself to wait for the Xbox. Finally buying the GC and PS2 at roughly the same time not too long ago with loads of good games. I think because of this I couldn't really appreciate the value of any individual game. I turned the hobby of gaming into a job where I would force myself to grind through games only to never play them over again.

This generation I plan on learning from my mistakes and pacing myself.

I'm gonna preorder one as soon as they become available for doing so. It's going to be to sell for a quick profit though. I stupidly sold my PS2 a few months before God Of War came out so one of these days i'll be rebuying a slim PS2 and have lots of games to catch up on! $600 or 500 is stupid let the game library build and the price drop a couple times on both the games and the system and then consider it. I got the 360 at launch and MANY times wish i'd just sold it and did what I just said above. That said waiting when you already have 1 next gen system its alot easier then waiting when you have none.

Originally Posted by Roufuss $500, because that's what it costs. Then I'll get a second to sell, and try to break even on the two.

when was this confirmed?

Originally Posted by CaoPi when was this confirmed?

I'm confused. Are you saying you are not aware of the price confirmation?

Thats ADORABLE.

$300-400 sounds about right to me. I've always been the type to preorder and get my systems on launch day, but they've priced me right out of that habit.

I'm going to do what a few other posters have already said- play through my backlog of current gen titles and patiently wait for the PS3 library to build and the prices on both system and games to drop. I never thought I'd see the day where my cheapness overtook my love of gaming, but $499 and $599? Damn. My kids would be living on macaroni and cheese and store-brand corn flakes for months.

I'm gonna buy used I guess, just like last generation.

Bad choices for answers since two people could be willing to pay $300 yet still pick different choices.

Originally Posted by Dr Mario Kart I'm confused. Are you saying you are not aware of the price confirmation? Thats ADORABLE.

Not everybody lives and breathes the internet 24 hours a day.

Originally Posted by Roufuss Not everybody lives and breathes the internet 24 hours a day.

Oh I know. I wouldve mentioned anything except that it was by the OP. I thought this thread was in response to the price announcment, trying to gauge how long people would wait as far as price drops.

Originally Posted by Dr Mario Kart Oh I know. I wouldve mentioned anything except that it was by the OP. I thought this thread was in response to the price announcment, trying to gauge how long people would wait as far as price drops.

I didn't even notice that.

WII will get my $$$ on release date. Ofcourse i'll get PS3 unless it drop down $300 or less. I know PS3 have alot GOOD exclusive games but who care i still have HUGE backlog titles to mess around over 2 yrs.

The only way I'm getting a PS3 anytime soon is if I can score 2 or 3 of them at launch to eBay and make up the difference... and even then I don't know because if I had $700 in profits from something I still don't think I'd buy a PS3 for that much money...