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"I think it's unfair that you ignore the fact that the PS3 had/has a much higher pricer point than it's closest rival , if they were equaly or similarly priced then I'd understand that a $200 price drop on the cost of a PS3 show'd microsoft succesfullness or new found dominance. Sony will likely never sell the PS3 below the cost of the XBOX 360."
Why is it not fair? Microsoft did not decide the price point for Sony, Sony did. Their inclusion of the Blu-Ray drive (in support of other objectives) and Wi-Fi is what drove the price up.
I think what is often conveniently forgotten as well is the changing of the PS3 specs that happened in parallel with the price drops. Specifically, along with the 100 dollar price reduction, they basically gimped the originally designed PS3 by removing the emotion engine, effectively removing backwards compatibility (also a cost-savings effort).
The fact that I don't own a PS3 yet, could be used to say that I am 360 biased, and that is a fair, if not completely accurate, comment. But do you refute that any of the things I mentioned above are true? If you agree then what we would disagree on is our analysis of that.
So, on topic, I would suggest that given the original price/configuration of the 360 and the PS3, that the 360 showed it had longer legs at closer to it's original configuration/price. Given it's recent relative decline in sales vs its closest HD competitor I'd also suggest it's price drop was probably a couple months late in coming.
