Nearly Double Bubble Again For 360 V PS3 Ouch.

[jcp234]

swyggi said:

jcp234 said:

swyggi said:
and yet, it isn't double at half the price.

 

Your comment would make a lot more sense if the most expensive or even middle tier 360 model was half the price of the PS3.

 

The lowest tier 360 model is half the price of the lowest tier PS3 model. The most basic 360 model does not account for 100% of the 360 units sold to customers, so I think your point has a flaw.

 

The price is the ultimate deciding point(consistently with most products) anyway you look at it, especially for the average consumer.  The fact that the 360 has several models should encourage other demographics (finding the consumer that gets discouraged is difficult to determine).But regardless of the sure consumers, the average consumer is the real meat.  The arcade version has already been said to be about half of the total 360s sold this holiday season.  If this turns out true, then there it is I guess.

You original comment was that sales are not double [for the 360] despite it being half the price. If 100% of the models sold were the base unit, you would have a pretty valid argument.

I do not contest your most recent idea, but the first was flawed. You state that the base model accounts for 50% of all 360 units sold, so why should the total number of all models be double that of the PS3 when all models are not half the price of the PS3?

I also think it's worth noting that Sony made the decision to release an absurdly expensive gaming console, just as Microsoft made the decision to wait too late to address unreliable hardware.