redspear said:
You are going to need to clarify this potentially vague statement. They are not losing gamers and if they are what does this have to say about the 360 and PS3 because they are not selling anywhere near as well. I think you meant to say that they are losing hardcore gamers which is possible and something that was even mentioned in the interview but the install base is growing and it will outsell the GC total LTD sales by the end of next year maybe even as early as June 2008. So there is no way it is losing gamers but only a small fragmetn who will come back agfter teh install base peaks over 50 million and the biggest franchises will be on the Wii.
What will happen when the PS3 sells for 300? Not that much really the 400 dollar market is being dried up by the 360 at the moment. The PS3 has mostly dried up the 600 dollar market. By hte time the PS3 gets to 300 the 360 will have dried that one up as well and the 360 will be toying with the 200 dollar impulse buy market while the Wii will be messing with the value level market of sub 150. Blu Ray won't make a difference as by the time the PS3 is 300 Blu ray players should be sub 100 dollar range if they have had any type of market penetration if not than consumers will not care about it as much.
Sure the PS3 will see sales spikes with price cuts but they won't be long lived until it gets under 300 and that will only matter if the average gamer hasn't got tired of waiting and moved on already. Not that the PS3 is doomed but the price at this point will always be a hinderance to its success. |
i totally agree with your statement..nothing to add as far as me is concerned...^_^
