dallas on 20 March 2007
stof said:
dallas said:
I still don't think that this is that significant. Watch these companies reverse themselves as soon as higher hardware sales from the EU launch and home come out, price cuts, blu-ray's dominance etc. This is comparable to a couple of soldiers of one side falling in a battle, not a determining event at all....
EU Launch - How will being third place in another market change anything?
Price cut - How will 2009's console pricing effect the next two years of announcements?
Blu-ray - How a high def format war that will take years to play out and much longer to triumph over the current format effect the next 2, 3 or 6 years of game exclusives?
soldiers falling in battle - It's more like rats fleeing a sinking ship 
No I don't think the ps3 is sinking! It's just sagging a little.
1. The EU launch will help in two ways. One it will jack worldwide sales up, which will increase Sony's profit margin and therefore ability to make further price cuts down the road. The more games sold for Sony the more software support will come to them.
2. Price and performance are the only two things that matter. Thats it. If you have 3 similar products, one a budget, another a higher priced model out of the reach of many consumers an equal price-cut by all will aid the highest priced model the most. Are you saying that price is irrelevant? If you are arguing for the PS3's demise or even low sales for the future, then you should argue that prices DO matter, b/c that is why the PS3 is failing....sorry but this question made me laugh.
3. The high-def battle will not take years. If blu-ray is ALREADY selling 3:1 over its competitor the end has to be near. So you think that when it gets down to 10:1 that microsoft will keep going against all odds? Won't happen.
No I don't think the ps3 is sinking! It's just sagging a little.
