| Steroid said: 1. The PS3 needs a price drop but they need to hold off as long as they can obviously they’ve lost quite a bit of money in the past few years. We have seen Killzone 2 push PS3 ahead of the 360 but not by much. Only one exclusive can really make the PS3 REALLY outsell the 360. That is Final Fantasy 13 in Japan that could happen this summer. I do not expect God of War 3, GT or an English version of FF13 this year. Signs point to a PS3 price drop in or around summer. 2. A $300 dollar PS3 can and will outsell a $200 360 if for no other reason that bluray is gaining popularity. Its games lineup is strong too. How many people do you know making the jump at this time? The question is will 360 drop to $150? Anything is possible. But remember though Microsoft has plenty of cash they are not invincible. Their stocks are the lowest they've been in a decade, they just laid off 5,000 people, vista has not been the success everyone assumed it would be, they lost billions on the original X-Box, they spend a huge amount on advertising and exclusives, and of course billions on the dreaded RROD. Is the 360 so cheap to produce that they can afford to cut it to that price at this time? So who will win the HD console war 2009? It entirely depends on when Sony cuts the price of the PS3 and if/when Microsoft responds. |
You need to get past this ridiculous idea that the PS3 line-up in any way beats the Xbox 360's.
They are pretty much dead even if the PS3 get's God of War 3 this year. A marginal victory if the PS3 gets GT5 this year, and a substantial PS3 loss if it gets neither.
The Xbox 360 has a HUGE line-up this year, just as the PS3 does.
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