amirnetz on 19 November 2008
Nirvana_Nut85
"People will be looking to pick up bluray players for christmas with their newly purchased HDTV's and also looking for presents for kids ect which is usually some sort of gaming machine"
If people are interested in BR player, they can pick one up for less than $150 this black Friday. Last year the PS3 was the cheapest BR player around and it got a nice boost from it. Now the standalone BR players are way cheaper than the PS3. So much so that a 360 + BR player is actually cheaper than a PS3.
So, I don't think Sony can build on a BR boost this year in the current competitive landscape.
Prediction made on 11/1/2008:
Q4 2008: 27M xbox LTD, 20M PS3 LTD . 2009 sales: 11M xbox, 9M PS3
