| darkfire001 said: I don't understand what how PS3 owners could possibly think 40K~ sales at this point are acceptable. PS3 has a HUGE Mountain to climb and the 360 gained another 10K of ground on it. Sure sales didn't triple, but thats because they weren't nearly as much in the crapper 18K is significantly worse then 35K. Anyways, I think much of the PS3 sales at this point (roughly 2/3's) are still going to be for the 60 Gig Packages since with the emotion engine its a far better deal. If Sony drops the 80 Gig to $499 later this Holiday it'll be a much better deal, but I think $599 locks out most of the mass market again. Parents are going to buying up 360s & Wiis en masse if thats the case. |
You say that 40k sales a week are unacceptable but the 53k a week for the 360 is good? How can you say both things at the same time?
We all know about the difference in numbers between the 360 and the PS3, how does that effect how much of a difference each price drop is making? The fact is the PS3 price drop has had an effect for 5 weeks now, let's see how the 360 price cut effects sales in the coming weeks cause the first week was unimpressive.
Even with the argument that it didn't change as much by percentage because the 360 was selling better than the PS3 was before the cut doesn't cut it because the PS3 went up in sales more on the week of the cut than the 360 for that week in numbers not just percentage.
Also, don't dismiss the 80 gb going down to 500 dollars on its own without a pack in game, especially since it's cheaper to make than the 60 gb console now that is at 500 dollars.
In addition to all that, the Emotion Engine thing matters only to perfectionist gamers not to the average person who goes to buy the PS3, he/she will probably not even know about it or if they even knew they probably wouldn't care much.
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