| FilaBrasileiro said: PS3 499/599 = 16.7 % price cut in 2 years 399/499 = 20.04% price cut in 2 years |
Sony's price cut was in about 8 months, wasn't it? not two years.
Sony was desparate for sales. Third parites were loudly complaining -- Square-Enix is a big example of this. They complained about Sony's performance and when Sony announced their $100 off fire sale, Square-Enix said it simply wasn't good enough.
You don't use it to play games and movies at the same time? If you have a standalone BD player or DVD player (depending on what kind of BDs or DVDs you're watching), then you'll almost certainly save a lot of power compared to having the PS3 play your movies. The same goes with music -- an ipod, for example, clearly uses a lot less power than a PS3. Sure, you could use it as a music player but it would be a hell of a waste of power. And I think that was the original poster's point.
But the issue here is that Microsoft waited nearly 3 years to cut $100 and Sony had to do it before their console was even one year old. So who is desperate this generation?
