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Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts coming this fall

article published on 27 June, 2009

According to a "mole" speaking to Arstechnica, both Sony and Microsoft will introduce new hardware packages this fall, in addition to price cuts. This is all considered rumor for the time being, but the "mole" has broken a lot of stories in the past that have eventually been absolutely correct so keep that in mind. From Sony's end, across the board price cuts are coming as well as ... [ read the full article ]

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piracy is just as big if not bigger on The 360
I know it exist and have done my share and probably will continue in the future but i dont see any articles, sites posting or anything else to prove that as fact. My friend has a modded xbox360 and i admit i didnot buy many PS2 games back in the day. Please post link to verify. PC gaming piracy articles can be found a dime a dozen as some can be found right here on AD.

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Again, you have never played most of those games on 360, you're comparing pc to 360. The halo series were all made for 360 (except for ce). You're diverting from the fact that ps3 doesn't have any of those games... who cares if pc has them, last time I checked most pc's run on ms software, not sony. It is PC+360=Perfect combo gaming combo. Btw, tell me how halo 3 is clunky. L4D is a console exclusive, ps doesn't have it, sony doesn't own pc, so why did you even mention pc in a console discussion?

Basically what you're saying is two devices (not made by the same company) are better than one. One may be shit, but the other one is a $2000 machine 35 years in the making... you're depicting them being bundled together.
I have played most of the games you mentioned on the 360, I'm not a moron when I don't mention it. No they were not made for the 360, they were intended for a computer platform and made their way to the original Xbox, followed by the 360. The PS3 doesn't have them, the PC does. I would like to play a few 360 console exclusives such as Fable II but I'm waiting for the price of the 360 to come down to $150 (even if it is the Arcade) to contemplate for any problems I may have with the hardware. Play Halo 1, then play Halo 3... if you don't find it clunkier aka. heavier feel to the movements and other aspects, I couldn't care less. It's my complaint, so my apologies if you were affected by my opinion. No sh*t Sony doesn't "own" the PC. The PC isn't a closed system, it's not a fully proprietary piece of hardware. The PC, though, is the best gaming platform for the endless customization towards games.

If I seemed to be "depicting" the PS3 and the PC as a bundled set up, then my fullest condolences go out to you. I'll be more specific. The PS3 has exclusives that will never make their way to the PC or the 360. I happen to like those exclusives from my experience of playing them on previous PS consoles. As lxhotboy mentions, 360 exclusives may not make their way to the PC, so I was a bit quick to judge which is why I've been contemplating on getting a 360 for a cheap price since that claim was made by Microsoft. Though for the majority of exclusives that have made their way to the PC, I'm more than satisfied at the moment. My PC can play pretty much all games I have at nearly high to highest possible IQ settings. It's a mixture of my old PC with new parts. The new parts totaled an approximate value of $560. Yes they were expensive compared to the 360's $299 (average bundle) but the last time I fully upgraded my PC was in 2004, for $820 at the time. Again, your laughable $2000 monster octo-core tri-sli PC is not needed and is a very high estimate for a standard gaming PC.

And lxhotboy, I'm all for putting fun games before hardware. But one has to think about what types of games they're wanting to play and what hardware it's available for. I'm not gonna say "screw it, I'm gonna spend $200 today on a 360 for one game I want". I like to manage what I get and not just get a bunch of crap every 6 months. I'm not selling my self short on a gaming experience when I'm satisfied with what I have. I've played games on the Wii and 360 and I'm not compelled on wasting all my income on hundreds of useless products that I'm probably gonna spend 1 hour a month on. If you have hundreds of dollars to spend every week, well that's great. It's your money and you can spend it on all the things you want that you see fit. But when someone literally says that I'm an idiot because I wasted money on something one person thinks is crap (^^^), I get idea that they don't follow your type of ideology about gaming. That's pretty much the only reason I ended off with the whole "360 faith" thing. It works all ways, so sorry for not being more specific.

And yes DXR88, piracy is rampant among almost all consoles since the PS1. Ironically, the PS3 is the only console that doesn't have an issue with piracy. You need an authentic serial/cd-key to play most PC games online whereas all you need for a 360 is firmware like iXtreme and a patching utility for your game images before they're burnt called ABGX 360. Pop in your disc and you're ready to play the game as if you bought it, online and everything. Though I don't quite think it's as big as piracy on the PC. See Demigod as an example in this article (number 9).


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And lxhotboy, I'm all for putting fun games before hardware. But one has to think about what types of games they're wanting to play and what hardware it's available for. I'm not gonna say "screw it, I'm gonna spend $200 today on a 360 for one game I want". I like to manage what I get and not just get a bunch of crap every 6 months. I'm not selling my self short on a gaming experience when I'm satisfied with what I have. I've played games on the Wii and 360 and I'm not compelled on wasting all my income on hundreds of useless products that I'm probably gonna spend 1 hour a month on. If you have hundreds of dollars to spend every week, well that's great. It's your money and you can spend it on all the things you want that you see fit. But when someone literally says that I'm an idiot because I wasted money on something one person thinks is crap (^^^), I get idea that they don't follow your type of ideology about gaming. That's pretty much the only reason I ended off with the whole "360 faith" thing. It works all ways, so sorry for not being more specific.
My bad. I can understand that and gaming consoles can get expensive. I am budgeting also with 2 small kids, a wife and myself who both are working full time and are also attending school fulltime so my time and money are things i have to manage very carefully right now. If you love to game and budgeting is an option then you should get a 360 and make your own............cough cough.....Well i think you know what i meant. It may save you a lot of presidents in the long run for games that are available only on PS3 and Xbox360. My father-in-law said he is a homosexual......He likes all the men who have their faces on the dollar bills in US. LOL.....I like to hold on to my duckets as well.

Cant wait for PS3 to drop this price.
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Again, you have never played most of those games on 360, you're comparing pc to 360. The halo series were all made for 360 (except for ce). You're diverting from the fact that ps3 doesn't have any of those games... who cares if pc has them, last time I checked most pc's run on ms software, not sony. It is PC+360=Perfect combo gaming combo. Btw, tell me how halo 3 is clunky. L4D is a console exclusive, ps doesn't have it, sony doesn't own pc, so why did you even mention pc in a console discussion?

Basically what you're saying is two devices (not made by the same company) are better than one. One may be shit, but the other one is a $2000 machine 35 years in the making... you're depicting them being bundled together.
I have played most of the games you mentioned on the 360, I'm not a moron when I don't mention it. No they were not made for the 360, they were intended for a computer platform and made their way to the original Xbox, followed by the 360. The PS3 doesn't have them, the PC does. I would like to play a few 360 console exclusives such as Fable II but I'm waiting for the price of the 360 to come down to $150 (even if it is the Arcade) to contemplate for any problems I may have with the hardware. Play Halo 1, then play Halo 3... if you don't find it clunkier aka. heavier feel to the movements and other aspects, I couldn't care less. It's my complaint, so my apologies if you were affected by my opinion. No sh*t Sony doesn't "own" the PC. The PC isn't a closed system, it's not a fully proprietary piece of hardware. The PC, though, is the best gaming platform for the endless customization towards games.

If I seemed to be "depicting" the PS3 and the PC as a bundled set up, then my fullest condolences go out to you. I'll be more specific. The PS3 has exclusives that will never make their way to the PC or the 360. I happen to like those exclusives from my experience of playing them on previous PS consoles. As lxhotboy mentions, 360 exclusives may not make their way to the PC, so I was a bit quick to judge which is why I've been contemplating on getting a 360 for a cheap price since that claim was made by Microsoft. Though for the majority of exclusives that have made their way to the PC, I'm more than satisfied at the moment. My PC can play pretty much all games I have at nearly high to highest possible IQ settings. It's a mixture of my old PC with new parts. The new parts totaled an approximate value of $560. Yes they were expensive compared to the 360's $299 (average bundle) but the last time I fully upgraded my PC was in 2004, for $820 at the time. Again, your laughable $2000 monster octo-core tri-sli PC is not needed and is a very high estimate for a standard gaming PC.

And lxhotboy, I'm all for putting fun games before hardware. But one has to think about what types of games they're wanting to play and what hardware it's available for. I'm not gonna say "screw it, I'm gonna spend $200 today on a 360 for one game I want". I like to manage what I get and not just get a bunch of crap every 6 months. I'm not selling my self short on a gaming experience when I'm satisfied with what I have. I've played games on the Wii and 360 and I'm not compelled on wasting all my income on hundreds of useless products that I'm probably gonna spend 1 hour a month on. If you have hundreds of dollars to spend every week, well that's great. It's your money and you can spend it on all the things you want that you see fit. But when someone literally says that I'm an idiot because I wasted money on something one person thinks is crap (^^^), I get idea that they don't follow your type of ideology about gaming. That's pretty much the only reason I ended off with the whole "360 faith" thing. It works all ways, so sorry for not being more specific.

And yes DXR88, piracy is rampant among almost all consoles since the PS1. Ironically, the PS3 is the only console that doesn't have an issue with piracy. You need an authentic serial/cd-key to play most PC games online whereas all you need for a 360 is firmware like iXtreme and a patching utility for your game images before they're burnt called ABGX 360. Pop in your disc and you're ready to play the game as if you bought it, online and everything. Though I don't quite think it's as big as piracy on the PC. See Demigod as an example in this article (number 9).
Okay, I respect that, halo was orginally planned to be released on mac, but xbox bought a large share in bungie and most of the design was intended for xbox. Halo was also intended to be an rts.

Btw I don't know what the big issue with game piracy is about. MS/Sony/Nintendo make billions of dollars a year, a few thousand people not buying 4-5 games a year isn't going to impact on their profit margin.

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If anyone is in the market for a PS3, I have a promo code from Newegg. $359 for the 80GB and free shipping. Plus no sales tax. That's just a little more than what it would cost in-store with a $100 price cut. The promo is good until July 8th. I'll give it to anyone who PM's me for it. Don't know how it works, but give it a shot in your shopping cart and see if it takes.
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Originally posted by emugamer:
If anyone is in the market for a PS3, I have a promo code from Newegg. $359 for the 80GB and free shipping. Plus no sales tax. That's just a little more than what it would cost in-store with a $100 price cut. The promo is good until July 8th. I'll give it to anyone who PM's me for it. Don't know how it works, but give it a shot in your shopping cart and see if it takes.
I was totally about to post that, Woo Newegg and price cut irony...
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Yeah, a sale like that adds validity to the expected Fall price cuts. Can't beat the egg!
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Originally posted by emugamer:
Yeah, a sale like that adds validity to the expected Fall price cuts. Can't beat the egg!
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Originally posted by chris4160:
Okay, I don't know why don't understand this. MS released a new chipset called Jasper it eliminated the rrod completely. If you knew anything about the 360's design you would know that ms admitted the 3 rrod failure to be caused by a design flaw in the x-clamps... 99% of 3 rrod were caused by this.

That source 2 article was from Jan 2008, and you say I'm using old information. And I seriously doubt he works for ms, he claims to of invented the wii... to me that whole interview seems like a 13 y/o ps3 fanboy questioning himself. What industry professional (name one, don't link to an article questioning anonymous people) have you got information from?

This brings me back to the same question, morreale and oner, have you ever played xbox live? And have you played the halo series, left 4 dead (best horror game ever, rivalled only by bioshock, fear, RE), halo wars, gears of war?

Oh, and with the games "changing subject", I don't have time to argue with every loser, I have a life, I'm not on the computer 24/7. Btw, tell me why you think "That's not correct information"... you keep diverting the blame to me, atleast tell my why you are denying when ps3 wad scheduled to be released.

LoL! Are you honestly saying I don't know anything about the Xbox 360's design or have experience with Xbox LIVE or it's games!?!? That has to be one of the funniest damned things I have EVER heard! I think you need to go back a few pages and re-read some posts there guy...but anyway ~ First of all you got it all wrong, it's not the design of the Xclamps that causes the failure it's the damned cheap solder combined with the rushed & overall poor design of the 360 that causes the failure ALONG with the Xclamps....I should know I just fixed my launch day 360 for the 4th damned time just last week! Also if it's not based off a soldering problem then why do you have to re-heat/overheat the Xbox to make the connections work after an Xclamp mod 99% of the time?

Anyway, you want one industry professional? Sure, no problem. How about Microsoft THEMSELVES admitting that EVERY 360 sold in the first 19 months where defective? Only for them to have to extend the 3 year warranty INCLUDING Jaspers for an additional 3 years just a few months ago under inherent pressure from being sued with another class action suit. Oh and just for good measure here is a WiKi quote that supports my "anonymous people's information" that you questioned ~

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A source that has been identified as a team leader and key architect in the creation of the Xbox and Xbox 360 and a founding member of the Xbox team[13][14] provided insight as to the high rate of failures. The interviews suggest that Xbox 360 units that fail early in their life do so because of problems in the system design, parts supply, material reliability, and manufacturing issues as well as a system not tolerant to faults. These issues were alleged to be the end results of the decisions of management in Microsoft's Xbox team and inadequate testing resources prior to the console's release. A second source cited that, at one time, there was just a 32% yield of one of the test production runs. 68 of every 100 test units were found to be defective.
But you have already set the preface of "its old information" to try and play it down (as you have with all the proof I have given so far & of which you dismiss and don't actually address). YET it is PROOF nonetheless. That is something you cannot deny, only try to divert the REAL facts I have given over your "opinion & conjecture". You haven't given any supportive evidence as of yet via links, documentation, proof or for that matter ANYTHING! So while you think I am the one changing subjects it's really you who has quite a few times already.

Oh and as far as your "Jasper it eliminated the rrod completely" comment, here's just 2 videos that disprove that "opinion" ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JxrbQFwdAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruv2QK2EGrU

If it totally eliminated it why do people still have the issue? Why would MS extend the warranty if there was no problem? You can't be at all serious...can you? All you have done is avoid certain questions I have brought up and since you can't "argue" with every "loser" why are you bothering then at all? Why not just post some verifiable facts to prove your point? To make what you say valid?

I don't know....people can say or believe what they like about me personally, but one thing is for damned sure, I give supporting verifiable facts when I give information out to solidify what I say/comment and that cannot be mistaken. EVER.

Lastly I will address the "when ps3 was scheduled to be released" question you asked. It was meant to come out earlier yes but not because they where trying to rush to market. They took their time to PROPERLY design something that has proven to be of better quality craftsmanship than it's competitors and offer MORE than basic off the shelf PC components. So while you still say I am denying or diverting something (when I have clearly at each time not) I will point this out again for a 2nd time ~ You never really addressed how you posted old "exclusives" over upcoming exclusives like I did....I wonder why?





Originally posted by chris4160:
Originally posted by Morreale:
I have a Jasper 360 but I still don't trust it. That's 360's reputation. It's too late for M$ to change that image.
That's why ms has a 3 year rrod warranty, because even though they know they won't fail, they're issuing peace of mind. It's no different from home insurrance, even though there's a small chance your house will burn down, you still pay thousands a year, just incase.

Wait until 2015 when the next gen consoles are released, you will see which consoles has sold the most, then try saying xbox 360 is a piece of junk.

Nobody has to wait until 2015 to say the 360 is a piece of junk. They can say it right now. HARDWARE WISE it is absolutely appalling. Plus last I checked Nintendo had this gen in the bag currently. And I am actually sorry to say this, but if you actually believe what you said about "because even though they know they won't fail, they're issuing peace of mind" then WoW have they pulled the wool over your eyes! (and I have a bridge I want to sell you in Brooklyn if you're interested...)







Originally posted by lxhotboy:
Originally posted by Oner:
@ Morreale ~ I absolutely agree when you say "Who cares how many players a game has online. If the game is crap, its crap regardless." Killzone 2 is well within that comment along with WiiPlay (because good sales does not always equate to a quality title).
I am not speaking on the number or players playing online but if a game has great reviews from every website, and magazine article i have read and the rating for a game like Killzone 2 is consistent wherever you look, and with almost every single person who has played it, I would hardly call it crap. I myself have never even played Killzone 1 or 2 nor do i own a PS3 but if i had to bet my money that if approximately 90% of the gamers say its awesome then i am sure it is at least worth checking out. That is just logical reasoning. I have never played Halo 2 or 3 either and i doubt it is crap either. The game may not be your cup of tea and i think you guys are running off a little with all the criticism of some pretty solid games not to mention Killzone 2 was the first game that came to your mind when you made your list ONER so is it really that bad that is was on your mind. I bought GTA for xbox360 and sold it after a 2 weeks of playing just b/c i was burned out after San Andreas but that doesnot make the game crap. Everyone has their opinions but... oh well ....all i am saying is at least try to keep an open mind.

Please don't get me wrong. I know it is an excellent game in it's respect, but I am one of those people who can clearly notice the aiming issues it has had since the beta! And THAT's what crap about it, so while I could not enjoy the game because of that aspect that doesn't mean I think the game doesn't deserve it's accolades and awards it has received thus far. I guess I should have elaborated more on what I meant by agreeing with Morreale in the "crap comment"; again I apologize as I did earlier in this thread for the almost the same thing. Because I soooo desperately wanted to enjoy KZ2, and I honestly think if it had a perfect/better/equal aiming control scheme more in line with other top games like Halo, Gears, Resistance, COD, Bioshock, Uncharted etc etc etc....it would have been THE unequivocal FPS this generation (on a console) of massive proportions. But my apology still doesn't apply to WiiFit! LoL!


Back on topic for a bit ~ I have also come across some information that says the PS3 Slim will NOT have an external power brick.



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Oner you cant win. its like a cute fuzzy ball of hate the more you play with it the bigger it gets.
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Well he is a mod, after all...

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It's not about winning guys, it's always been about factual information being provided for people to make their own proper conclusions instead of just going off of opinion and misinformation (in the media or otherwise).

But in all honestly I am getting tried of saying the same shit over and over anyway because I don't want to argue with people. Just have real discussions with people who are intellectually adept, and a perfect example is Varnull. She is absolutely on point with MANY topics, and her vast knowledge/information on Windows, Linux, Privacy, Fair Use and such are quite interesting and very truthful but our discussion become arguments 99% of the time...do I want to argue with her? Nope, not at all. I actually respect a lot of what she says, but it just so happens to go south most of the time when we talk.

The bottom line as I said before is, that it's not about winning. It's about proper information. Simple as that.

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Originally posted by Oner:
It's not about winning guys, it's always been about factual information being provided for people to make their own proper conclusions instead of just going off of opinion and misinformation (in the media or otherwise).

But in all honestly I am getting tried of saying the same shit over and over anyway because I don't want to argue with people. Just have real discussions with people who are intellectually adept, and a perfect example is Varnull. She is absolutely on point with MANY topics, and her vast knowledge/information on Windows, Linux, Privacy, Fair Use and such are quite interesting and very truthful but our discussion become arguments 99% of the time...do I want to argue with her? Nope, not at all. I actually respect a lot of what she says, but it just so happens to go south most of the time when we talk.

The bottom line as I said before is, that it's not about winning. It's about proper information. Simple as that.
Okay, how about we agree to disagree, this thread is taking up to much time. People all have different likings etc, you like ps3 I like 360... nobody can change personal opinion. I apologise for any pain and suffering I may have caused in the duration of this thread.

Btw I really think they should make an online system where 360, ps3 and wii owners can vs each other.
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I want the PS3 to go down in price. But the thing I really don't like about the PS3 is the lack of piracy. I don't pirate 360 stuff as is because I don't want to be banned from XBL. There are precautions (iXtreme, stealthed ISOs) but the risk is always there. Even with single-player games, there are patches and at times free downloadable content. You can't even get New Game+ in Blue Dragon without downloading the free DLC. So the idea of owning two 360s: one for online, one for offline is out of the question unless I want to miss out on free DLC (and there is some paid DLC I might get in the future even though I'm not exactly crazy about the idea of being charged for add-ons. And then there's the whole XBLA thing that you'll lose if you get banned. Castle Crashers looks like it might be fun).

And quite frankly, I don't want to have to go through the game purchasing thing for more than one console. Whose had the experience of buying a game they thought they would love and finding out they didn't like it? What are you gonna do trade-it-in for a low price? Or try selling it on ebay? (which can be tedious and often times you can get screwed over). Buying games can be a hassle for these reasons. With the Wii, as far as I know anyway, I could get Twilight Princess for the Twilight hack (or whatever the new hack is these days), install homebrew channel and backup loader, burn all the games I want to try and play away (even online since apparently Nintendo doesn't ban you for doing this. Though Online play for the Wii isn't that good to begin with anyway obviously).

The Wii may have the weakest overall library but the library is still pretty good if you don't care about graphics all that much. So if I get a second home console, it just may be the Wii. Never thought I'd be saying this. Trust me, not a Nintendo fanboy at all (the DS is the first Nintendo thing I owned since NES) and I'm not anti-Sony (PS1 and PS2 owner). But the easy piracy is tempting and I've realized recently that buying games can suck ass (not because I'm too cheap to buy them but because I might end up paying money for something that I dislike).

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Rent before buying either locally or via Gamefly (or similar) you could also ask your local Gamestop/EB/Movie Gallery if you could try the game out before buying in the store.

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Originally posted by Oner:
Rent before buying either locally or via Gamefly (or similar) you could also ask your local Gamestop/EB/Movie Gallery if you could try the game out before buying in the store.
I totally agree with Oner on this one. A new released game now days is approximately $59.99 before tax. Thats a lot of money to waste on a game is how I look at it as well so i rent first and buy second and usually take into account a lot of reviews of the games and listen to those who have already played the game. In the end it still comes down to preference so a games review could be misleading in either a pro or con way. Renting is the best option.

Got a look at Uncharted on PS3 yesterday @ 1080p resolution when my cousins were over celebrating the 4th of July. It looked amazing but overall from what i have read and heard it is a great game. Thats why i cant wait to PS3 lowers the price. I have to play all the great games.

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Originally posted by Oner:
Rent before buying either locally or via Gamefly (or similar) you could also ask your local Gamestop/EB/Movie Gallery if you could try the game out before buying in the store.
We don't have a Gamefly in Canada. There's a similar service here in Canada called Game Access but I've heard that they weren't really good. Apparently it takes a long time for them to mail out games to you (about a week from the time you send a game back and receive a new one) even though you're paying $17.95/month for the service. I might try Blockbuster or Rogers Video but if I'm in the mood for renting a particular game and Blockbuster/Rogers Video doesn't have it (ie. say something older or niche), then I'd either have to not play that game or just bite the bullet and buy it.

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