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Sony UK Boss Calls the US a ‘Land of Cheap People’ to Justify PS3 Price
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| 03/25/2007
Posted on 03/25/2007 7:47:23 PM PDT by JohnSheppard
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To: This Just In
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posted on
03/25/2007 9:07:19 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(I'm holding out hope that at least the DEMOCRATS might accidentally nominate a conservative.)
To: JohnSheppard
Hell yeah I'm cheap and damned proud of it. I don't pay for somebody's R&D, I wait until the price comes down.
42
posted on
03/25/2007 9:11:48 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: jveritas
They get shocked every time to see the price of "Europeans manufactured products" in the US vastly cheaper than the price in their own country of origin in Europe.
That was the general concensus reaction of many Europeans interviewed by the CNN reporter on the sidewalks of New York City. They were both shocked and amazed at the prices for such items as computers, gaming consoles, and flat screen televisions.
43
posted on
03/25/2007 9:17:02 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: JohnSheppard
"Cheap" people is insulting to those who make up the majority of the Sony market. Could they mean "frugal"? The dollar exchange with the pound right now puts those American people at quite a disadvantage. The writer does not have a way with words.
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posted on
03/25/2007 9:17:54 PM PDT
by
Paperdoll
( Duncan Hunter '08)
To: Obie Wan
Americans are CHEAP While the socialist faction in Great Britain measures value & worth with a childs toy; America believes noble acts are an obligation owed to our fellow man, and to God.
It is an honor, and we are proud to be measured by a more substantial ruler than that crowed over in this article.
45
posted on
03/25/2007 9:25:31 PM PDT
by
laotzu
To: laotzu
Game stations aren't really exculsivly for children anymore. I'm just nickping, I agree with you there.
To: Psycho_Bunny
Sony won itself a place on my "Permanent Boycott" list for its arrogant overweening practices with regards to DRM. Notice my tagline.
47
posted on
03/25/2007 9:40:43 PM PDT
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: JohnSheppard
Sony, aiming squarely at their foot.
48
posted on
03/25/2007 10:03:11 PM PDT
by
gilor
(Pull the wool over your own eyes!)
To: sionnsar
I don't buy anything "Sony" anymore -- most recently that cost them a several hundred dollar digital camera purchase that went to a competitor.Same here.
Twenty-five years ago, four out of five electronic devices I owned were Sony.
Today, my latest purchases, an 8 megapixel digital camera is a Panasonic... My DVD recorder a JVC, my theater sound unit is a Phillips...
Articles like this one just validate the decision I made years ago to dump SONY.
49
posted on
03/25/2007 10:15:19 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Not to worry.
SONY couldn't get it right, so now Microshaft is taking a crack at it with VISTA.
Good luck to them.
50
posted on
03/25/2007 10:25:48 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: DrGunsforHands
I wonder when this guy will tell us how he
really feels about SONY?
Has SONY sued him yet?
51
posted on
03/25/2007 10:29:44 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: JohnSheppard
Piss on Sony. No way I'm paying that much for a fscking game console. Nintendo did it right....you get the whole shebang for less than $250.
Starting with the Betamax, Sony has a history of arrogance in dealing with it's US customers. Screw them.
52
posted on
03/25/2007 10:30:54 PM PDT
by
DesScorp
(.)
To: stainlessbanner
I liked the little tiebacks to Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley in the shooting game. Still, Billiards has been the top timewaster around here lately.
53
posted on
03/25/2007 10:31:43 PM PDT
by
Fire_on_High
(I am so proud of what we were...)
To: JohnSheppard
54
posted on
03/25/2007 10:32:49 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.)
To: JohnSheppard
What kind of answer is that? England's terribly more expensive, so that's why we're really socking it to you with the Playstation price.
55
posted on
03/25/2007 10:34:45 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Myrddin
In fact, one of the biggest problems the UK experiences is Brits buying goods from continental Europe at VASTLY lower prices than you can get in the UK, even after import duty taxes are imposed when the UK citizen brings the goods back into the country. In fact, in the Calais area (the southern end of the Channel Tunnel and a major shipping port for cross-channel shipping to the UK) there are many French stores that specialize in selling food products produced in continental Europe specifically to UK citizens.
To: JohnSheppard
Obvioulsy this was a backhanded attack by Matt on Wal-Mart.
57
posted on
03/25/2007 10:51:23 PM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Drive By Media is America's worst enemy and American people don't know it.)
To: bicyclerepair
One word: Wii.
My son wants to buy one, he has the money saved up... But oddly enough, we can't find one locally. They seem to be all sold out. XBox 360? Sure. PS3, can-do. But he wants, and can afford, a Wii.
Economics in action.
To: Pox
The Wii is somehow amazing. We spent hours playing at making Mii's with family and friends. Everyone enjoys making a Mii of somebody else in the room. The things turn out amazingly lifelike when you get a consensus from a bunch of people.
Then you take a simple game like bowling. We had 6 people of all ages playing for hours. Playstation is coming up with Super Splinter Cell Double Halo Explosion Race II and you have people all over the country playing a cheesy little bowling game till their arms are sore.
I think its pretty cool that the graphics uber alles sellers are getting shocked that people like to do fun halfway cheesy things together more than they like to see every blood droplet in high definition....especially at 1/3 the price.
Maybe game-makers and entertainment people now have to take a second look at their industry. Maybe they have been slapped in the face with the fact that the game market is not exclusively violent 15 year old boys with millionaire parents like they thought.
59
posted on
03/25/2007 11:03:41 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: antiRepublicrat
Except they screwed the pooch on the aging Nvidia card inside the thing. All that processing power being held back because the video card is slightly weaker than the ATI one in the Xbox360.
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posted on
03/25/2007 11:06:13 PM PDT
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
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