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Bboid on 11 December 2008
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HappySqurriel said:
damkira said:

The bad economy.

You can get a Wii for $250 or the lowest Xbox 360 for $200 OR you can get a PS3 for $400. People really don't have the extra cash to spend right now and are not going to go out of their way to get a PS3 now when the Wii is legendary and the Xbox 360 seems to have most of the "must have" games this season.

Sony really has dug themselves in a hole and its not one they will likely get out of soon, if ever.

 

 

I don't think it is just the price of the console ... Whether it is fair or not, I think the PS3 has become directly associated with HDTV (even more than the XBox 360) and if people don't have a lot of extra cash they're not going to replace their perfectly good SDTV for a fancy HDTV.

 

I somewhat agree with this.  Consoles are pushed in package deals at most box stores (it is actually how I bought my 360 and ps3) and at almost every retailer 1080p top of the line HDTV's are packaged with a PS3, partially for blu-ray.  720p models are often times pushed with the 360.  So I do agree that your viewpoint represents at least part of the public perception.