Playstation 3 Games you have to PURCHASE but you WILL NOT OWN THEM!!

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: skace
0% of my games are pre-played.

but have you sold any of your games on forums or whatever? this won't allow for that ... atleast not legally. (i think)

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

 

[batmang]

wow... im so glad i got a 360.

 

[stag3]

i'll just wait until the ps3 blu ray protection is cracked

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

/whisper
psssst ... check my post a few posts above.

 

[Panthro]

If this is true, it is the most idiotic thing Sony can do to their newest console. Why does Sony even care if the games have been sold numerous times? They already made a profit from the first time the game was sold.

I think it's great that retailers can sell previously owned games at a much lower price.

The only way I can see this working is if they sold the games like Microsoft sells the Xbox LIVE subscription cards. You would buy the game card at any retailer and them go on Sony Online and punch in the unique game code and then be able to download the game.

But I see a real potential problem. I know several people that have numerous games now with their current PS2 and 20-60GB will not hold that many PS3 games.

This is a flawed plan from the start and should not be implemented if Sony wants to be #1 in the next generation console industry.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

You think they'll only go for $1200?

 

[MrWizzard]

WTS a box of paperclips for $30

I will be using 2 PS3 games as stuffing to protect the paperclips.


HEHEH I win.

 

[batmang]

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

so true... but i def. wont be getting a ps3 until it drops dramatically in price. i only want it for gran turismo 5. i dont want it for anything else. im sure forza motorsports 2 and pgr3 are going to hold me over for a long while. i love my 360.

 

[mugs]

Only one of the video games I own was not used when I bought it, and that one was a gift. So... yeah I don't think I'll ever be buying a PS3 if this is true. Although I'm sure people will still sell them on eBay (until eBay gets pressured by Sony) and AT FS/FT.

 

[batmang]

i bet sony has ebay by the balls already. " allow sales of ps3 and we will destroy you. "

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

You think they'll only go for $1200?

It made a nice round 100% price markup. I fully expect the gouging to top $2K.

- M4H

 

[xanis]

This PS3 is turning into a fiasco... Almost everything Sony is doing with the PS3 is absurd.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

I know I will be one of those people getting on launch night standing in a line overnight, and also reserving a couple that I can pick up later the next day, but i'm sure as hell going to sell them and probably make 10x from the PS3 in profit than I would in that 1 day at work.

Haha.. good luck with that plan. At that price you might find that there are plenty to go around. Sony's going to have to create an artificial shortage to create the illusion of demand, IMO. The price is too steep for the console market.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

You think they'll only go for $1200?

It made a nice round 100% price markup. I fully expect the gouging to top $2K.

- M4H

Any number you pick is just going to be pulled out of your ass, because we don't know how many units Sony will have ready by then (I say then as if it's an actual date - do they even have a date yet?), and you don't really know how large the demand will be. It sounds like a lot of the people who want a PS3 want to use it as a cheap Blu-Ray player. They're not going to pay $1200 for a "cheap" Blu-Ray player that's more expensive than an actual Blu-Ray player (unless they want it for games too). Who knows how the Wii will affect demand for the PS3? Who knows if Microsoft will cut prices on the 360 around the time of the PS3 launch? And maybe people will remember that 360s were readily available in stores just a few weeks after the initial launch. Who knows.

And don't flatter yourself, you're an opportunist not a capitalist. You're fortunate that Sony and/or the stores that sell the systems are not taking advantage of the demand to make the profits for themselves.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

I know I will be one of those people getting on launch night standing in a line overnight, and also reserving a couple that I can pick up later the next day, but i'm sure as hell going to sell them and probably make 10x from the PS3 in profit than I would in that 1 day at work.

Haha.. good luck with that plan. At that price you might find that there are plenty to go around. Sony's going to have to create an artificial shortage to create the illusion of demand, IMO. The price is too steep for the console market.

There will still be a HUGE demand for the PS3 at it's launch, probably more than the 360 IMO. Sony has a much larger fanbase than microsoft did when the 360 launched.

Considering I sold an xbox360 for $1700 and they go for $400 retail, the PS3's will easily reach that much if not more on launch day.

 

[Thraxen]

I still doubt it. You can;t compare the two situations and here's why... most of the 360's were being bought at retail prices in the stores. Some were then being re-sold on E-bay. Yes, there are people willing to spend a ton of money and since the in-store supply was so hard to get they went to E-bay. But with the PS3 being priced so high I fully expect a lot of customers to skip out on the launch systems (I know I am). So that will then mean that people who are willing to spend the big buck will be more likely to find systems in stores... especially if Sony has a bigger launch supply than MS did. That will then drive down the demand on E-bay. Plus if MS hits Sony with a price drop and Halo 3 at the time of the PS3 launch that drives demand down further. IMO, you will be taking a big risk buying multiple $600 systems.

 

[zephyrprime]

Well I guess we can all safely buy a hddvd player now since Sony hase signed the death warrant on the ps3 and hence blu-ray.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
I still doubt it. You can;t compare the two situations and here's why... most of the 360's were being bought at retail prices in the stores. Some were then being re-sold on E-bay. Yes, there are people willing to spend a ton of money and since the in-store supply was so hard to get they went to E-bay. But with the PS3 being priced so high I fully expect a lot of customers to skip out on the launch systems (I know I am). So that will then mean that people who are willing to spend the big buck will be more likely to find systems in stores... especially if Sony has a bigger launch supply than MS did. That will then drive down the demand on E-bay. Plus if MS hits Sony with a price drop and Halo 3 at the time of the PS3 launch that drives demand down further. IMO, you will be taking a big risk buying multiple $600 systems.

What risk is there?

The biggest risk is you lose out on listing fees at eBay.

 

[Thraxen]

No, the biggest risk is your auction doesn't even make the retail price. If you set a reserve at the retail price then you are out the listings fees and still saddled with a $600 system you don't need.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Trippin315
You all b!tch and moan about it, but there are still plenty for 40 you old virgins that will take a day off work to stand in line to get a PS3 regardless of what Sony does.

How about us 23-year-old capitalists, that are going to turn around and sell that $600 PS3 for $1200 to the aforementioned 40 "you" old virgins on eBay?

- M4H

You think they'll only go for $1200?

It made a nice round 100% price markup. I fully expect the gouging to top $2K.

- M4H

Any number you pick is just going to be pulled out of your ass, because we don't know how many units Sony will have ready by then (I say then as if it's an actual date - do they even have a date yet?), and you don't really know how large the demand will be. It sounds like a lot of the people who want a PS3 want to use it as a cheap Blu-Ray player. They're not going to pay $1200 for a "cheap" Blu-Ray player that's more expensive than an actual Blu-Ray player (unless they want it for games too). Who knows how the Wii will affect demand for the PS3? Who knows if Microsoft will cut prices on the 360 around the time of the PS3 launch? And maybe people will remember that 360s were readily available in stores just a few weeks after the initial launch. Who knows.

And don't flatter yourself, you're an opportunist not a capitalist. You're fortunate that Sony and/or the stores that sell the systems are not taking advantage of the demand to make the profits for themselves.

Who cares? If I can buy one for $600, try to scalp some dumbass on launch day, and return it if I fail - what do I have to lose? Hell, I could shift gears from opportunistic capitalist to benevolent capitalist and resell it for cost on AT FS/T. "PS3 sold out in your area? Sick of getting jacked on eBay? Buy mine for exactly what I paid + shipping."

- M4H

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
I still doubt it. You can;t compare the two situations and here's why... most of the 360's were being bought at retail prices in the stores. Some were then being re-sold on E-bay. Yes, there are people willing to spend a ton of money and since the in-store supply was so hard to get they went to E-bay. But with the PS3 being priced so high I fully expect a lot of customers to skip out on the launch systems (I know I am). So that will then mean that people who are willing to spend the big buck will be more likely to find systems in stores... especially if Sony has a bigger launch supply than MS did. That will then drive down the demand on E-bay. Plus if MS hits Sony with a price drop and Halo 3 at the time of the PS3 launch that drives demand down further. IMO, you will be taking a big risk buying multiple $600 systems.

1. Sony will NOT have 2 million units at launch as they promised, they are having issues with bluray hardware.
2. Halo 3 isn't coming out until 2007.
3. As I said before, sony has a MUCH larger fanbase than MS does, so just because people are turned off by the $600 price doesn't mean it has a huge affect on the launch.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
No, the biggest risk is your that auction doesn't even make the retail price. If you set a reserve at the retail price then you out the listings fees and still saddled with a $600 system you don't need.

Assuming he doesn't buy them out of a white van, I wager he'll just invoke this little thing called a "return policy."

Go to store A: "Hi, my preorder came in at Store B. Don't need this one."
Go to store B: "Hi, my preorder came in at Store A. Don't need this one."

Etc.

- M4H

 

[jlmadyson]

Ah yea, they will sell out at the beginning, after that the magic 8 ball says, it doesn't look good. Also on the supply side of things, Sony may not have a very good supply from the start due to chip yield issues. How many units is the US getting at launch? 1 million, 500k?

 

[Thraxen]

Fine.. do what you want. I still think it's a risk. I think the PS3 launch is going to be a bust.