thismeintiel said:
angelsaremyplaything said:
Everyone who cares about halo or gears has a 360 already, and no I didn't forget it just doesn't matter, there's a reason kinect sales have been droping consistently it sucks people are starting to realize there aren't any good games for it, and from what I've seen there aren't going to be anytime soon, a price cut isn't going to change that, kinect is all MS has to drive sales and it's already running out of steam, and I know you forgot about the psmove, which sales are far more stable then kinects, Sony could cut the price of the move bundle and match it and again any equal price cut will favor the ps3 because it has more features and better games and is just a better piece of hardware
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While I agree with your overall point, you missed the biggest factor. An equal price cut will definitely go in the PS3's favor, but the main reason is because it will be the first time ever the PS3 has been offered for that price (most likely $249). The 360 has already had a model priced at $199 for the longest time, so a $249 250GB 360 won't have the same impact as the newly reduced PS3. It happened in '09, it will happen again. MS would have to cut the 250GB 360 by ~$100 to get an equal or greater bump.
Of course, you are right when you mention features and games. When you consider that HD TV's and Blu-ray are going to fair quite well during the holidays, it will only help the PS3 that it has a Blu-ray drive. As far as games go, the biggest help WW for the PS3 is that it has more exclusive releases this year. In Japan, it will actually be a multi-plat that helps it the most, in the form of FF13-2. In the end, the PS3 is going to have a very nice holiday season.
And I know some may have faith that Kinect will pull the 360 through to be #1, but I doubt it. One of the reasons Kinect did so well last year was that it was seen as the new "IT" gaming product to buy for the holiday season in America. This year, Kinect won't be seen as such. It probably will be replaced by the 3DS or PSV or both. Unless, MS aggressively cuts the Kinect by ~$100, which I doubt they will, I don't see it having much of an impact this holiday.
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