If Sony drops the PS3 price, will the 360 continue to outsell it?

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I highly doubt that any price cut be it fifty or a hundred dollars would grant Sony a position reversal. The reality is stark, and the competition in the upcoming year will be far more fierce. We have to be realistic this year was not the best year from either Microsoft or Nintendo. Both had production difficulties, both had lineup issues. Basically they both spent themselves relatively dry in the previous year.

Sony took supreme advantage of this. They were able to meet demand, and they played their lineup superbly up until the final few months of this year. They performed a perfect chain. As soon as one game faded another joined in. Which helped to buoy demand. Sony will however not enjoy this advantage next year. Which is the critical advantage that can counter a price point that is still going to be higher then the competition.

Both Microsoft and Nintendo will be fully reloaded next year. Nintendo will begin to deliver on the core gaming front where they floundered this year for sure. Microsoft will definitely be delivering from both its first and second party studios. Thus far it looks like a three fold increase. So Sony will not be so shiny next year. They are going to actually have competition in the spot light, and ironically it looks as if Sony spent itself this year. So much of the hype lineup gone.

A lot of posters in this thread are expecting Sony to carry over last years advantages into this upcoming year. Well to be blunt I do not see that happening. Your not going to be seeing three month or four month gaps out of the competition. They are going to deliver far more consistently, and it is a real question as to whether Sony can even manage to match up. It is one thing to face off Metal Gear Solid against Alaskan Storm. It is another thing to match up your premier franchise against the competitions main franchise.

How will Sony fair against a new Zelda, Halo, Starfox, Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, Pilotwings, and so on and so forth. I think everyone saying Sony did fantastic this year in spite of the price forgot why it did better in spite of the price, and the answer has to be delivery and lineup. Thanks to all those delays the console was having a feast in the midst of famine. I do not see next year being even remotely comparable to this year.