NeoRatt said:
When the PS3 came out it was gonna trounce the 360... Didn't happen... 2007 was supposed to be the year of the PS3... Didn't happen... 2008 was supposed to be the year of the PS3... Didn't happen... 2009 is supposed to be the year of the PS3... It still hasn't materialized... What makes you think things are going to change this year simply with a price drop? Assuming a $100 price drop it is still $100 more expensive then 360... Until Sony reaches $199, the price drops mean nothing. And by then 360 will be $100-125 You would think, that Sony fanboys would have figured out by now (after 2+ years of defeat) that Microsoft has a plan to deal with every move Sony has/will make this generation...
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While I'm not saying the PS3 will defeat the 360 because quite frankly, I only believe that possibly could happen, towards the end of the generation and very slowly. (Since the PS3 is selling at a higher clip in relative time frames at a higher price, with a worse library (Atleast initially),etc pretty basic economics). The question is though, can Sony drop the price quick enough to be able to grab what's left of the marketshare?
And saying that $ 100 dollar price drop won't do much this year is absolutely ludicrous. From the start of this generation, one thing has been pretty proven. The PS3 as long as it holds that 200$ higher price point over the 360 will be viewed as 'too expensive to warrant a purchase over the 360' to a majority of consumers. However, when it dips down into less than 200 dollar territory (Like $150 territory) it sells better than the 360 as a whole.
This all has to do with the mindset that Sony has put on consumers. The PS3's value by the average consumer is assumed to be definitely 'higher' than the 360. The problem is, this value ends at that 200$ price difference. People as a whole DON'T see the PS3 as $200 better value than the 360.
The ONE thing Sony has in it's favor is that they have tons of ceiling space and breathing room for their product. Microsoft can't go much lower than 100$ IMHO and I believe it will be quite sometime until we see them go down that low.
I would wager $100 price deduction would have the PS3 at very WORST selling about on par +/- 1000 per week. Mind you even a 100$ price deduction on the PS3 would still give Sony room to drop the PS3 to the 'sweet spot' of 200$ .
