| phisheep said: @greenmedic88: "Under those considerations, why is the PS3 even selling at all?" That, I think, is the key question. Because if they were as comparable as some suggest the price difference would be a killer, and it clearly isn't. I can think of a few reasons that go beyond the technology arguments, but a significant one is probably that the PS3 isn't made by Microsoft, which isn't everybody's favourite company. Especially outside the US, where I guess American dominance is disliked about as much as Americans dislike Japanese dominance. And, really, if consumers are willing to spend an extra 200 dollars to not buy your product, you have some significant problems with your brand. |
While price hasn't killed the platform given the current numbers sold (which only look low relative to the competition) it has undoubtedly slowed mass adoption. $399 is simply not a mass market price for a video game console, Blu-Ray or no.
Blu-Ray players are currently available for well under $399, and have been since last holiday season, if not earlier.
From a technology standpoint, it is now 2-3 year old technology. And while it remains the only consumer electronic device to use the CBE architecture, the games themselves really don't sell the technology any more than it should have when few, if any games even took advantage of the hardware at all during that initial year of release.
Even games like Uncharted or Killzone don't make undecided gamers declare "this is the reason for Cell!" as strong as they are.
While it's possible the tech gap may become more apparent with future releases, it's a slim gap at best and given the length of time into the current generation, may not really matter to anyone but those who already bought a PS3.
I'd venture to say that more late converts would be added simply due to consumers fed up with 360 hardware issues, primarily earlier adopters who don't particularly have any fan loyalty MS or any other hardware manufacturer in particular.
