How Microsoft defeated Sony.

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Pristine20 said:

slowmo said:
A famous idiom for you "fool and his money are easily parted", that would quite easily descirbe the person who paid $15,000.

The PS3 is the true successor to the PS2, just this time they didn't have a year head start and spend a fortune on securing third party exclusives. The only criticism I level at Sony is they completely cocked up their analysis on what people would be willing to pay for a console and the penalty is a overpriced product versus peoples perceived value.

I can say with 120% confidence Sony will not release their next console a year after Microsoft do. Microsoft set the value expectations the PS3 had to follow and ever since then its been catch up.

I can guarantee that 90% of the people who bought a 360 before the ps3 launched had an xbox. Why does this matter? M$ headstart didn't really do anything to sony's brand. Most simply waited for the ps3 to launch. It was the year 2007 when everyone realized that even after the price was a no-no, 3rd parties weren't supporting the ps3 like the ps2 so they just bought 360s for cheaper instead. Some loyalists like myself stuck with the ps3 though.

2007 was the fall of sony in the console market. After that year, most wouldn't ever pre-approve of them and be willing to spend $15, 000 on their consoles again

 

Your guarantee is incorrect. I would be willing to bet that it's split right down the middle between the PS2 and the Xbox owners of last gen. The 360 is the only affordable hardcore system with various genres and multiplatforms that the PS3 already has.