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Farsala on 19 September 2012

Not sure, to me it depends on advertisement. If sony sucks at advertising their games and consoles like usual then they will fail again. MS will definitely advertise more with their vast wealth and halo 4 so I think they will win BF and December again.

 

Edit: After reading the whole thread some people seem to think it will not increase sales by much, with that I disagree. A new model even with increased price will still sell a lot. Other consoles have increased price before and gained more sales as well.



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cookingyourmama on 19 September 2012
Chris Hu said:
Kenology said:

Not at all. The base model being $269.00 is cool but I don't see a $30 price cut making to significant and impact.

If Microsoft should counters with it's own price cut, it's a wrap. And I expect Nintendo to drop the price of Wii (maybe) and that would surely undercut it.

I see better sales for the PS3 for sure, but let's not get too ridiculous.

 

EDIT: So wait... is it true that this new slim model is actually a lesser value and even more expensive than the base PS3 model already available?  If so, what a fail.

Even though the base model is going up by $20 its still a better value since you get 90GB more HDD space and one of the best exclusive games with it Uncharted 3 plus some PSN stuff.  I'm sure that Sony will drop the price once that bundle is sold out and the base model includes no extras.

THE BASE MODEL IS NOT GOING UP BY $20 TO $269 THAT IS THE BUNDLE PRICE, THE NORMAL PRICE IS STILL $249.



cookingyourmama on 19 September 2012
Baron said:
I will most certainly not be buying a PS3 this year. I had hoped Sony would reduce the price allowing me to pick one up real cheap. Then, with the rumors of a slimmer version, I reckoned "Well, that'll probably be the same price but with more storage and such". Here we are, slimmer version, more storage,......

And a higher price....

THE BASE MODEL IS NOT GOING UP BY $20 TO $269 THAT IS THE BUNDLE PRICE, THE NORMAL PRICE IS STILL $249.



iFlow on 19 September 2012

I think the redesign looks like kinda weak. I don't understand the group they were gonna go for. Besides, the Xbox always sells better than the PS3 during Nov-Dec. Western Culture thing, and I suppose Black Friday helps a lot too.

I can't recall correctly, but I do believe that the 360 almost sold a million in one week during December.



Farsala on 19 September 2012
iFlow said:
I think the redesign looks like kinda weak. I don't understand the group they were gonna go for. Besides, the Xbox always sells better than the PS3 during Nov-Dec. Western Culture thing, and I suppose Black Friday helps a lot too.

I can't recall correctly, but I do believe that the 360 almost sold a million in one week during December.

Key thing is adjustments. I think it did 1m the week it came out then got adjusted down a lot. Then about 5 months later got adjusted up due to financial releases. Whatever happens this holiday, cant know for sure until like 5 months after :(.



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Kenology on 19 September 2012

lol @ all the backpedaling in this thread...

Now we're redefining the word "dominate" after the reality has set in, lmao



iFlow on 19 September 2012
pezus said:
iFlow said:
I think the redesign looks like kinda weak. I don't understand the group they were gonna go for. Besides, the Xbox always sells better than the PS3 during Nov-Dec. Western Culture thing, and I suppose Black Friday helps a lot too.

I can't recall correctly, but I do believe that the 360 almost sold a million in one week during December.

PS3 outsold 360 in the 2009 holiday season, when the slim launched.


And it took a Slim that was actually better than the original PS3, not a "redesign".



Bossman112 on 19 September 2012

you would Assume the WIi U would be the console to dominate the holidays



iFlow on 19 September 2012
pezus said:
iFlow said:
pezus said:
iFlow said:
I think the redesign looks like kinda weak. I don't understand the group they were gonna go for. Besides, the Xbox always sells better than the PS3 during Nov-Dec. Western Culture thing, and I suppose Black Friday helps a lot too.

I can't recall correctly, but I do believe that the 360 almost sold a million in one week during December.

PS3 outsold 360 in the 2009 holiday season, when the slim launched.


And it took a Slim that was actually better than the original PS3, not a "redesign".

Better? It lost the PS2 emulation, a few USB ports, it was wide as fuck and lost its shine. People like new designs, and this one is even shiny!

Didn't it have better hardware, like the gigs of storage? Shiny is a very nice trait to have, unless you're a vampire in some terrible movie....



fillet on 19 September 2012

Pezus, take the blinkers off.

Go on, it's ok, relax :p