| megaman2 said: Hi guys, as you will all know the Xbox 360 will receive a price cut on the 5th September in America, it has already received a price cut in Europe and Japan. The effects of these price cuts will only be momentarily, with its only effect in America. Despite a price cut in Europe and the ps3 being priced higher, the ps3 has consistenly outsold the Xbox 360 in the Pal terortories. This because of a few reasons they are:
The Sony Playstation brand has established itself well in Europe, due to the succes of the ps1 and continuing success of the ps2. With less than a year on the market the ps3 managed to overtake the Xbox 360 in Europe, reason for this was the established brand name and in Europe the Xbox 360 received too much bad press which really hurt sales e.g Scractched discs and several law suits by disgruntled consumers. What many people need to understand is that people in Europe/Japan are less tolerant. many people who initialy purchased a Xbox 360, who had encountered the rrod, will most likely have made jump to the ps3/wii. People in America would have probably sticked with their xbox 360 out of loyalty, but the Europeans/Japanese people dont have that connection with the 360, thatloyalty is with the ps3. Where I feel that Microsoft went wrong is that when the rrod was first discovered, they should have inmediately fixed the root of the problem and alerted consumers that they have fixed the problem. I must congratulate Microsoft for putting out the 3-year warranty, but cant they just erase the whole problem period. With the new release of the 60gb which has the improved the motherboard, reduction of heat emission and is less prone to the rrod. Despite all these improvements the rrod is still not been fixed, just the rate is reduced. In conclusion the Xbox 360 price cuts will only have an effect momentarily, despite the cheapest being priced at $199. The major will only be in America, price cuts in Europe have had little or no effect, I think that is why the ' Xbox 360 price cuts won't hurt the ps3'. If you do not agree with me please state your reason for this so we can all have a sensible discussion, love to hear your thoughts! Thank you, guys |
i think your reasons are wrong for why the price drop wont do much. my reasons are as follows:
1) RROD- ps2 had a sky high failure rate but it didnt stop anyone buying more ps2's. fact is, when you like a brand you will stick by it through thick and thin. Ps2 proved this with it's crappy construction and no doubt with the 360 i have seen the same. regardless of how many rrod's ppl have had, they have stuck by it.
2) I think PS3 is becoming more value for money as to when it was released. BR is now definitive HD format, more 1st party games being released, more exclusives being released, better games being released, PS3 now cheaper then when it was released and last but not least, people do not need to worry about the PS3 dying as it was predicted to do within the 1st few months of stale sales. The Ps3 is doing far better then it was on release and its future looks a hell of a lot brighter.
3) Overall, it is cheaper then a 360. If anyone is to buy a 360 and have it upto spec, they will need to spend money buying a wireless peripheral, hard drive and even then they wont have anything to watch HD movies on. to get the most of online gaming they will have to fork out even more money. The ps3 is a one of purchase and you get all that you would on a 360 and more.
4) games on the PS3 are cheaper. My mate bought DMC4 and Uncharted for £20. thats a total on £20!!!
This is the real reason i believe the price drop wont be having much of an impact.
