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(Nov 17, 2006 - 3:54 PM)
oh wow.. another jew replaces another jew.. surprise..surprise.. nearly all the major media outlets are owned or ran by jews...
(Nov 16, 2006 - 5:45 PM)
no I know what MSRP is.. it's a number any company can just stick on their product and claim it's worth that much and that the consumer should pay that much..
Less people generally means less cost... You don't have to pay the machines to churn out product 24/7.
yes I understand that you need engineers to work on the machines, and design the product, but they generally get paid for their services way before the product hits the shelves..
Inflation plays a big part too... I remember buying a brandnew Camaro in the 70's was under $10,000. Now you have to pay $35,000 for a car that gets the same s***ty gas mileage and power for the most part, but looks a bit more stylish..
The PS3 is equal in power to the X360. It has a Blu-ray drive and a 60gb drive. Not much of an upgrade IMHO... Most of all the movies being released on Blu-Ray are crap and I doubt Sony will have any games that will fill a 50GB disc.. Oh well.. I'm sure there are thousands out there shelling $1600+ for a PS3 on Ebay.. I guess these are the same people that like to take it up the a** without lube...
(Nov 16, 2006 - 11:24 AM)
oh I just love this cripe!!! same cripe that M$ touted about losing so much per unit..
you know if you base everything on MSRP, (that Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) I imagine you could say every g** d*** electronic toy is being sold for far less then what it's worth...
I find it funny that Sony is paying $43 for a 20gb SATA harddrive... I wonder what M$ is paying for it's 20gb?? They sell the fuggin thing for $100... Seems they are making quite a profit just for a HD..
In a time when most everything electronic is stamped out and put together by an automated process, how the hell can these companies even suggest that they are losing money on each unit sold..
It's like in the world of cellphones.. Cellular providers claim its costing them $200 a phone of which they give to you free when you signup for the most part..
I've worked in a manfacturing facility for Nokia. 90% of the manufacturing process is totally automated.. They put a PCB on a track and it gets all the components mounted and soldered and even cutout by a robotic machine.. The end of the line they have low wage workers that assemble the phones of which takes about a minute a phone... and that was 10 years ago when I worked for Nokia.. Today I'm sure 98% of the creation of a phone, game console, etc is totally automated.
So when you get right down to it. every company that makes components that end up in finished products can claim they all are losing money in making what they make if they are going to base everything on a MSRP....
I don't care about these monster companies and their costs.. They aren't hurting that bad.. They still reel in their billions each quarter.. The CEOs and Board of Directors and Stock Holders all make way more than I do and most of them are fuggin morons when it comes to technology... Soooo fug them!!
(Nov 15, 2006 - 12:38 PM)
yeah along with many other devices like webcams and USB drives, etc. Microsoft's own Lifecams don't work on Vista as of yet..
and if you have Logitech cams, you'll be out of luck for who knows for how long, muchlike the Windows XP x64 users have been without drivers.. (they have released a beta driver only just recently for X64 though).
this seems to be the norm for M$ as of late.. They gotta get it out the door for market else they won't sell it as expected..
their X360 consoles that they shipped out nearly a year ago can easily be modified to play backups of all game titles.. so much for the idea of solid security...
(Nov 15, 2006 - 12:14 PM)
so be a sucker and pay out the a$$ on ebay for a PS3 which are selling in excess for $1400+
I guess Japan can't crankout as many PS3 consoles as M$ can with it's slave labor manufacturing facilities in China...