| mrstickball said: Mega, the issue isn't that Sony's prices won't come down, but the fact that they come down at the same rate for the Wii and X360 via Moore's law. So for the PS3's components to drop by $100, it's going to still take around 6-9 months to do that (if not more), and the other console's component prices will drop another $50 in the same timeframe. But since Nintendo and Microsoft make money on each console sold, they're in a much better position to drop their price, or incentivize their console. |
I don't buy that the 360 is that cheap to produce. Plus don't forget about system failure it has, and will continue to cost the system, there are pros as well as cons when you rush your pruduct out in order to get a headstart.
But I do agree Sony will hold out as long as they can. Particulularly by hyping up their exclusives. Killzone 2 was able to get the PS3 to outsell the 360 last week and this week 360 outsold PS3 by only10k units. And don't forget this is going up aginst Halo Wars and GTA 4 exclusive content. Ninja Blade will not be enough to combat Infamous and FF13 Japan which I think honestly will come out around september.
So I'm no blind fanboy we all know 360 will outsell PS3 until PS3 gets a pricedrop but as long as it's not 2 to 1 as this X-mas was then Sony can afford to wait it out untill fall 09. At this point it's not just possible but probable.
And there is no way Mass Effect 2, even if it is PC/360 exclusive will becoming out before q4 2009.
