Spankey said:
twesterm said:
Spankey said:
twesterm said:
RVDondaPC said:
Everyone that talks about the price forgets that it was impossible to predict that the whole worlds economy would collapse like it did when the PS3 was launched let alone the years leading up to it as the decisions were being made in it's development stage. Even at it's high price tag it's managed to put up a fight selling more consoles faster than the 360. In hingsight it was the wrong decision but at the time it was very much a good decision. Had the world's economy stayed as it was the PS3 would be doing much better. I doubt it would have beaten the Wii but it would have been a bit closer. |
When do you think the PS3 launched and when do you think the economy went to hell? I assure you, the economy had nothing to do with the first 2 1/2 years of the PS3's life, people just didn't want to spend $600 on a toy.
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...yet some will spend it on a phone.
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Yeah, and obviously some people spent it on the PS3 (and the iPhone was never $600 retail) but that still doesn't mean most people will spend that much on a toy.
And at least in defense of something like the iPhone, it is more than just a toy and has legitimate uses beyond being a toy.
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This depends too on what you mean by most people. 100kk consoles sold this gen to a population of around 5 billion isn't too impressive either. it's all relative. Pedantic, i know.
In defence of consoles, and the PS3 in particular, they can also have legitimate uses beyond toys too. PS3's being linked and used as cheap supercomputers for starters.
Anyway, I think I'm getting off topic now.
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How many PS3's sold do you think are used as super computers? Less 1%?
How many iPhones, Blackberry's, and other smart phones are used for business purposes or something other than just expensive cool toy/gadget, actualy phones, calanders, address books, e-mail on the go and every other actual use? I'd say most (walk into any business place).
