| Orca_Azure said: They really need to lower the price ASAP. A large part of the gaming community is the teenage group. As most of us know from experiences from the past or present, a 5 dollar allowance is not going to get a ps3. 200 dollars is a lot easier to get than 400.
The other major problems are that the xbox 360 has very similar titles to the ps3, is on par with graphics, and is literally half the price. Final fantasy XIII and Grand Theft Auto already jumped ship from Sony; both devasting since they were key to the Ps2 success. Sony needs some more exclusives for sure. Downloadable content would also be a great benefit. Since most ps3 models are no longer backwards compatible, I'm sure Sony could rake in a fortune by releasing ps2 games via download. We'll have to wait and see if Sony decides to step up its game plan.
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Sony really can't afford to lower the price at the moment. They've said it multiple times that profitibility is what they're after at the moment and they won't reach that until March. Once they're at that point, then they will ride it out for a while and issue a price drop when they need it and when it would bring them the most profit in the long run, which is in Q4. Furthermore, PS3 really isn't going to be so beaten by the 360 come two weeks from now as they appear to be currently. Much of the 360's current sales are do to the Christmas rush, once that runs out mid-January, 360 sales and PS3 sales will be within 75,000 worldwide every week again. At that point, it comes down to not so much which one costs less, but more so which one is has the bigger new releases and the most desirable features.
As far as PS3's problems against the 360 on the software front, your assertions are quite unfounded. The fact of the matter is that the PS3 has, by far, the bigger hardware moving releases of 2009. God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, and Final Fantasy XIII (It's exclusive in Japan where it will sell the most anyway) are bigger than every single upcoming game on 360 this year. Furthermore, M.A.G., Uncharted 2, inFAMOUS, Quatum Theory, Yakuza 3, White Knight Chronicles, Demon's Souls, Heavy Rain, EyePet, Ratchet & Clank Future 2, ICO 3, and the various SingStar games are enough to compete well enough with the 360's line up of Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Ninja Blade, Mass Effect 2, Ninety-Nine Nights II, Alan Wake, Star Ocean 4, Forza Motorsport 3, Blue Dragon 2, and the 2 games that Rare will likely release.
