Did sony defeat themselves this generation?

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darthdevidem01 said:

For Gods Sake.

SONY did not defeat themselves.

Even if PS3 was $399 or $299 at launch it wouldn't offer that DIFFERENT experience.....it wouldn't tap into that BLUE OCEAN that the wii does.

WHY is the Xbox 360 not selling more than the wii right now?? same reason.

THe day nintendo sai "we are not competing with MS & SONY" at E3 was the day I laughed at them....so did many others

BUT that was the day that defined this generations future.

Nintendo defeated SONY by their strategy.

Crap, I can't believe I even debating this, but after this last statement I have say something.  Do you know how many PS2 are out there right now?  It was one of the hottest consoles in history, bar none.  But the price is what help make it so.  At the time of the PS2 launch, the Dreamcast was down to $199.  I actually bought one because I wasn't able to get a PS2 at launch.  And in the end, I chucked the Dreamcast so fast when I got my PS2 and was having Madden tournments for months.  The main reason, cause it wasn't nothing else to play on the system (IMO) for almost a half a year.  Nothing but Madden and DOA2 and I was still happy with it then the Dreamcast.  The PS2 actually cured me of my Everquest addiction (unfortunately WoW came along and voided me three years of my life). 

So when I say if the PS3 launched even at $400 for the 60 gig, it would have done a lot better and then what it has done now.  It has been a trickle down effect ever since.  $600 for a launch PS3 = Good place for Nintendo's $250 Wii = MS decent looking price = Not enough brand loyalty to pay a high price for system = Lack of developers wanting to develop for such smaller user base with a huge learning curve = more time for the 360 and the Wii to get a bigger user base = Wii madness takes effect = XBox able to launch its big titles = Sony rush titles to catch up with the competition ( Motorstorm, Lair, Heavenly Sword) and delayed others (MGS4, LBP, GT5, Home)  and lose many exclusives.  You get the picture.  To this day, I say if the PS3 was launched at $300 to $400 price point, they would be neck and neck with 360 (especially with RROD that was happening) and the Wii would not have blown up like it did in the first year.  People would have blindly bought a PS3 with B/C simply because of the strength of PS2 name.  But not for $600 because of Blu Ray and a cell processor.  

Like I said in the other post, thanks Ken Kutaragi and Execs at Sony.  Better luck next console.