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Looking through the new catalog of Media Markt I see a range of PlayStation 3 80 GB with the new controller with vibration and games Little Big Planet and Fallout 3 (For me the game of the year) for 399 euros. We talk about when PS3 will drop in price, but it seems to me as a price drop fledged masked by the addition of two sets, one of the house.

One thing is clear: Sony needs to lower the price if you do not want to lose. The question is when and the answer is soon, very soon for many reasons. Following the price cut of Xbox 360 and no more room for maneuver. There are high hopes on the horizon except Killzone 2 and PlayStation Home is not the consoles sold-waiting. To compete and be no more than the global number one PlayStation 2 on the third and last in this generation can only play and with the price.
It's funny that the big plus that brought the PS3, the blu-ray, the big selling point, has become his great burden. Wii is the big winner ( winners are not Xbox 360 and Wii Mr. Greenberg, is Wii solo ) and the Xbox, which had all the papers back to be again the big loser appears to be consolidated in second place thanks to Microsoft's financial muscle, its wide acceptance in North America and its ability to cut parts faster than their competitors. PS3 is stuck in no man's land, with games that have no direct gameplay and Wii outstrip anything like the Xbox 360. Is that they have no choice but to lower the price.

At Christmas there was no point decrease. Purchases are also going to produce and not forget that Sony loses money on every PS3 sold, then try to recover money with games. I bet that the drop will occur in late March, just at the end of the first quarter and the doors of its fiscal year end.
More reasons to think that the fall is imminent: A) The console has been going since late 2007 at this price , it is not much time to play with this variable. B) People are waiting for further falls as rain in May and what people want is, after all, what counts. C) Sony has done a great job lowering components . Though outwardly as you see, inside the machine you buy today with mine, backwards compatible with PS3, seem very little. D) Sony will present the second worst financial results in its history . Its goal is profitability, but if its leaders are a little smart will not lead to the urgent short-term and see the need to increase sales now to avoid being last. Wii has had an excellent December, Xbox has increased its sales by 19% and PS3 has fallen around 10%. Something must be done gentlemen! E) We are in an acute economic crisis, with consequences as yet undiscovered and not let the oven to 400 euros as well.
My conclusion is that it will drop at the end of March. Gamble of all I would say around 26 or 27. You see I'm not like a typical football player, who does not get wet or hot tub ¿Will Succeed?

Update: I encourage you to take a look at Joystiq, which sums up the disastrous 2008 that Sony has.

Update 2: I was just in the center and there is an offer Game PlayStation 3 plus 2 blu-ray movies for 356 euros. As you see, is another price drop, but has not been officially announced via press release. Will be true what I heard about a month ago that sales were going very badly and after Christmas would not be forced to lower prices.

Ban was lifted yesterday and are already available analyzes of Fable 2. The new game from Peter Molyneux turned expectantly after the first Fable, a game more than acceptable, has passed into history as the paradigm of game that did not fulfill its promises, that raised too many expectations that ultimately failed to comply, that prompted the apology Molynewx own. Because of who he is, one of our beloved gurus, forgive him and praise now the second part of his game, which I have not tested beta because I'm flush with FIFA 09, Saints Row 2 and Bioshock PS3.

The new Fable is much closer to the game that Molyneux promised. Particularly remarkable for the refinement of social relations, which now depend on more factors such as fear we have, the grace that we or our clothing, and the new fighting system that goes from the typical "aporreabotones" to something more subtle. In any case, very good marks for the new team's work Molyneux, an imperative that is only available for Xbox 360. ( See the full analysis )

The hacking that comes from within:

Via JackCore on Twitter and then in the other game sites I find that several bombs this Christmas already circulating in the piracy networks. I see Gears of War 2 is already out there long before its launch on November 7, but we can also find Far Cry 2 or Fallout 3. This confirms what we already knew, that in a number of times, companies have the enemy at home and piracy comes from within, so less people accused of piracy. I guess all these companies are conducting research to discover the culprit, whom you may lose your hair, but good. ( More info on Anait )

Little Big Planet, free of religious references, will be released on November 5:

Yesterday I told you that someone has messed brown when choosing the soundtrack to Little Big Planet. One of his songs contained Quranic verses that came to say that everything on earth would perish and stuff ... This has prompted the withdrawal version up like foam on Ebay and the game was delayed until November 5. So you will have to wait a little longer to enjoy this harmless game. (Source: Gamesindustry.biz )

Sony, pure puzzlement:

If the other day we mentioned the deliberate intention of focusing Sony PS3 games (It requires at least ten 4-MBA managers each meeting a week to reach this conclusion), today confirmed its firm intention to reinvigorate the PSP thanks to digital distribution. Finally, on the one hand they put the blu-ray using the PS3 as a Trojan horse on the other we want to sell digital distribution in a device that has occurred are not even get hard. Gentlemen, if you want to restart the PSP Open it Put him to touch screen and external developments following the example of iPhone. Overall, it is already more than pirated ... ( more info ).

E3 returns to his roots ... including the stewardesses?:

To finish, a western movie, the kind that can only happen in USA. The E3 event was a great noise, geeks, public, somewhat crowded. Was decided to change its headquarters and make it more "intimate" and focused on journalists. This benefited the big video game that did not get the old format with all the relevance they wanted. It now appears that the E3 will return to Los Angeles and try to be what it was, without opening to the public, but a great event that generates the excitement of the past and which are made more relevant ads of the year. Will they come back too scantily clad flight attendants? Recall that the question is not trivial, since they were banned ... ( News of E3 returns to its origins ).

Today there are many video game news out there and, more importantly, have substance. Breakfast today with the news of the weekend was the sudden delay of Little Big Planet , Sony's flagship video game, because someone has been included in the soundtrack of the game a song with a few sentences from the Koran. Seen as the spend some Muslims have decided to delay the game. Of course, you have committed this blunder has bundled brown , because it means collecting copies and stores waiting to be sold, representing a bundle. It seems the game finally hit stores on October 31, according vandal , and the delay will be only one week. For those who do not understand the delay, I reproduce what I said harmless appointments Koran, according to El Pais : "Every soul should taste of death" and "All that is on earth will perish."

Via Kotaku and I learn that the best sellers have come September. I go to ADES to see them and I find that Wii Fit still on top form. Thanks to yoga, balance exercises and an occasional ride with the remote in your pocket remains the first. What most caught my attention in the list is:

- Wii Fit is Nintendo as well as. Five of the 10 most sold are from Nintendo.
- That Wii Play is in the second position is a national disgrace.
- Warhammer Online is exploding. Will deal with World of Warcraft?
- Spore does not curdle. Even expansion of the building above is above Will Wright.
- Again, not a single Xbox 360 game. Or PSP. It says only, right?

1 - WII FIT + BALANCE BOARD (WII)
2 - WII PLAY (Wii)
3 - STAR WARS: THE POWER OF THE FORCE (PS3)
4 - WII MARIO KART + WHEEL (WII)
5 - The Sims 2 Apartment Life (PC)
6 - WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING (PC)
7 - Cooking Guide: What to Eat? (NDS)
8 - SPORE (PC)
9 - Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (PS3)
10 - SUPER SMASH BROS. Brawl (WII)

I am out with the news that the 50th anniversary of the creation of the game. Allow me to doubt that this is the father of video games. As far as I know, there are enough people who want to attribute the paternity of video games and no consensus. For my part, videogames are still orphans in the absence of a rigorous and serious ( Seen in The World ).

In Kotaku read a magazine I do not know MentalFloss Miyamoto has chosen one of the 9 brightest minds of our era, a "new Einstein". No doubt that the creator of Mario and Zelda has had an enormous influence on our culture today, I think they have gone a tad. Miyamoto is one of the great geniuses of the entertainment world, but a par with scientists trying to cure malaria or scholars of black holes is perhaps excessive.

And finally, a light theme: A video that compares a real goal Cristiano Ronaldo with one made ​​with FIFA 09 ( Seen Akihabarablues ).

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