| nightsurge said: I agree with this sentiment. Especially in the US the PS3 will never ever get within 6 million of the 360, imo. And as far as world wide, I think the 360 will still have more sales than the PS3 overall at the end of the generation. If the PS3 Slim can sell for $299, obviously the Elite could be sold for a lot cheaper and MS knows this. I mean, the Elite doesn't have built in WiFi (not too expensive) or Bluetooth support, or a Blu-Ray drive, and the Cell is more expensive than the 360's CPU. The whole $50 rebate program was just a small test to see how a $250 Elite would sell. The way I see it, the Elite could easily drop down to $249 at any moment, and the arcade to $179/149, and by next year the Elite could easily be $199. |
The PS3 might never get within 6 million of the 360 in America, but the gap in Japan at the end of the gen will be much larger than 6 million in the PS3's favor. It might come down to Europe, but the Europeans tend to prefer Sony and even at the old prices 360 could only outsell the PS3 in Europe by small margins. It took two price cuts for them to take back the lead in Europe, so once again you're looking at the Acrade for $100.00 as the only thing that could guarantee a win for Microsoft. And I've read that they're losing money on their consoles as it is.
