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100 dollars less...after a price drop I'm sold.      I took a game theory class a few terms back and ever since I notice the moves these companies make in playing against one another, Nintendo was actually used as an example in one of the lectures.  It's only one hundred dollars less than the Xbox One but 100 bucks is 100 bucks and the more consoles that occupy peoples homes seems to determine the titles that get released on what consoles to some degree.  Xbox One seems to be the one not to go with with judging by negative views on social media because of all the restrictions they are putting on the console so far with used games and being on line.      Sony's doing the opposite (so it seems) for less money and may make people treat Sony like it's the good old PS2 days, when they were at their best.  They lost me at launch of the PS3 when it was $600 but it looks like they learned from their mistake.  I don't know ...

  It seems the most buzzing news I found today as far as gaming goes was the price of the Xbox One at $499.  That's not as bad as I was thinking, but not enough to get me to think about buying one either.  Sony still has to let us know their PS4 price to see who is really looking to get their consoles in our homes this coming holiday season. Is this number right?    I know I've already decided on what I am doing for the upcoming consoles and I don't think prices and games are going to have me very excited for anything else.  In fact, I am more excited to finish the games I have and some that are out now I won't be able to get to right away.   Last of Us is on my radar and I think I am going to want to play Watch Dogs as well, both of which are available for consoles I already own.  Graphics and game play are really good right now so I don't know how much better they will be with newer consoles. I think it is safer to wait and see which o...