I agree the timing was good, but the price drop was totally gonna come before the holiday season. The crisis is what really made it good for them. We also must consider that it is not really impacting the gaming market either. The one thing it is hurting are overall profits, especially for the Wii and Sony due to the strong rate of the yen.
The real question is how the Christmas season will turn out. I think the Xbox360 will make further gains in marketshare due to the cost disparity and consumer weariness of spending.
In the long run it is an entirely different matter. No way we can forsee market trends a year from now. It would be like trying to anticipate the current crisis last October. Even so it will be difficult for the Sony to overtake the Xbox 360 the way things look now.
