SWAT Team Breaks Up Noisy Gaming
A pair of gamers in Copenhagen, Denmark found that playing too loudly can be hazardous, reports Qj.net (via GamePolitics). A 21-year-old and his friend were playing an unspecified PlayStation 3 game -- presumably a shooter -- when a concerned neighbor called the police, mistaking the sounds for real gunfire. A Danish SWAT team was dispatched to the scene, which you'd think would be reserved for cases where actual guns are confirmed in the area. They called for the two men to surrender, which the gamers promptly did. They were arrested on "suspicion of mayhem," but then released after a search of the apartment found no guns.
So let that be a lesson to those of you living in apartments with amazing sound systems. Turn the volume down, or a confused neighbor might call the fuzz on you.
Pachter Expects PS3 Price Cut by April
Quite a fuss has been made over the price comparison chart Sony released last week which pitted the PS3 against the Xbox 360 and Wii in a comparison of value. The biggest problem with Sony's argument is the high price -- $400 is a lot of money. A price drop would undeniably be a major boon to Sony's cause, and Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter thinks a drop may be coming soon.
In a note to investors, Pachter has predicted that the 80GB PlayStation 3 will see its price dropped from $399 down to $299 by April. Pachter added, "Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point, we think that sales of that device will once again begin to grow."
But if everything develops as Pachter believes it will, we'll be seeing Microsoft further drop the price of the 360 at E3 -- although it'll be the premium SKU that sees the drop, not the Arcade -- from $300 to $250.
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