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...are already in developement! But you might be asking, "Hey, how can that be if no one has developement kits?" Well, a few developers are working on high-end PC workstations that are probably similar in processing power to both next-generation systems - they'll adapt the titles to the dev kits when they get them.<
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Sony has decided to withhold the launching of the PS3 (originally slated for 2006) indefinatly because they feel that the PS2 has not yet reached it's maximum capability.<
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The US price will probably be just below cost as they are now. In the end, there can be only ONE!For true Dragonball fans, click the banner.(\__/)(=';'=)(")_(")Pat the Bunny!Only the
ave enter The PortalVisit Planet ZiCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!For J-Pop and Anime talk, come HEREGotta catch 'em all...Pokemon!<i></i>

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If the price is any less than US$500 I would be SEVERELY surprised... <
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Consoles are usually sold without any profit. But the starting prices will still be pretty high though.<
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It looks like there won't be a battle. Or rather, not any time soon anyway. Nintendo announced themselves that there was no need to release a new console since the Gamecube is more than powerful enough to handle whatever's necessary. After they took the first step, Sony must have felt less pressure on their system, and announced the same delay. No word from XBox, but they never established an XBox 2 approx. release time to my knowledge anyway, and if they're wise, that will be delayed as well.<
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The only reason Sony and Microsoft can afford to sell consoles below the cost of manufacture is because they make obscene profits off of everything else they produce, so it balances out. Nintendo doesn't pack their consoles with unnecessary capabilities, like playing DVD movies, so theirs are cheaper, but not below cost. Besides, the next Nintendo and Sony consoles will be sold in Japan first. After 1-2 million units have sold, the price will fall enough to
ing them over here. The PS1 sold 6 million units in Japan before ever setting foot over here in 1995. In the end, there can be only ONE!For true Dragonball fans, click the banner.(\__/)(=';'=)(")_(")Pat the Bunny!Only the
ave enter The PortalVisit Planet ZiCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!For J-Pop and Anime talk, come HEREGotta catch 'em all...Pokemon!<i></i>

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The main function of a console is to play games. If you look at it that way a dvd player is unnecissary. But it is a cool addition though. Most of the time I use the ps2 as a dvd player instead of a console. <
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Yup. Until this past Christmas when my parents bought me a DVD player, I used the PS2 to play all my DVDs. And a good chunk of my CDs. So even if it's not "nessicary" I'm sure as hell not going to complain about it. <
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Those discs Nintendo uses are very similar to DVDs. In fact, they are DVD discs, but smaller, and use a better type of compression, to keep the high file size on a small disc, and reduce loading times.<
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But they still can't play DVDs. So it's like having a full sized apple and getting all the good stuff, with the extra added fact that they're bigger, or getting a mini apple and still have the apple, just with not so much... bigness... and stuff....<
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