MikeB said:
NJ5 said:
MikeB said:
Darc Requiem said:
NJ5 said:
Just when I thought I had seen everything from MikeB.
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Maybe he is taking up Crazzyman's slack? I don't know how else to explain it.
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With all the negativity, I thought I might just as well share some more balanced perspectives. As I said, I consider it a possibility for the given reasons.
Important will be a cheaper slimline PS3, so that Sony can finally start to push the platform they way it deserves. For instance selling at Wii levels early on Sony could never have afforded, so until they are near the break even point on the hardware it will be a balancing act for Sony.
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So the PS3 doubling its userbase (built in 2+ years) during a recession year is a balanced perspective?
By the way, your "Sony couldn't have afforded" argument doesn't work. They could have afforded it if the PS3 sold OK at 500-600 € as Sony was expecting.
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What do you mean? The console sold OK, it outsold the much overhyped 360 sales taking equal time frames.
And no, Sony couldn't have afforded selling at Wii like levels early on (at least not at 500 or 600 dollars, maybe at 800 to 900 dollars they could have). That would have costed billions extra without enough software sales revenue to balance the hardware investment costs.
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That flies in the face of the sale projections Sony gave for the PS3 at launch. Both Nintendo and Sony put the expected sales of the PS3 and the Wii at 6 million for fiscal year 2006.
http://dpad.gotfrag.com/ps3/story/36202/
http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/05/25/official-nintendo-wii-launch-price-announcement-under-250/
The PS3 didn't have Wii like sales but, Sony expected it too.
