The "If XXX console came out at $yyy.yy price argument", and why its WRONG.

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ChichiriMuyo said:

Sqrl said:

All of that is entirely irrelevant. Plain and simple. Yes, in the real world Sony has to worry about the bottom line. When people speculate how different things would be if the prices were different you, by the very concept, must take out the real world component. Real world logistical concerns are exactly the thing "what if..." statements seek to avoid.

Really, you're arguing about what color the apples are when other people are trying to consider their potential sizes. Your argument has no relevance to what you're fighitng against whatsoever.

 

OK, so it's perfectly fine to make up some fantasyland numbers and say "A fifty dollar PS3 would be sweet!"  I think that as consumers we can all get on board with that statement.  If you want to post about that, the only complaints you'll get are along the lines of "WTF is the point of your post?  It means nothing."

But nobody wants to leave it there.  People want to take their fantasyland numbers and try to make them into some kind of statement about the real world.  And that is pure delusion.  That is what I see Sqrl fighting against.