| Jeronimo66 said: What I meant by tracking ahead is that the PS3 doesn't seem to be closing the gap, at end of 2007 the gap was 7 million at the end of 2008 the gap was 8 million that is near 30 percent, and I feel this will continue to happen. I will take the word tracking out of my OP. |
Yeah, and let's think about why that was. The 360 received two substantial price cuts in Others in 2008. Following the first one, the PS3 was still waltzing all over the 360 as it usually does in Others. And Microsoft found that so embarrasing to their company that they felt compelled to cut the 360's price even further, so that it only costs half as much as the PS3 does now. And it still isn't selling that well in comparison to the PS3 in Others on a weekly basis. 11,000 here, 6,000 there.
What are they going to do when the PS3 gets a new price cut and has some phenomenal games out. And starts waltzing all over the 360 there again? I mean I guess they could do some more price cuts.
But at the end of the gen, do you really want to show up to a conference and say, "We were able to beat the PS3 last gen because we started lining up on street corners in Europe and handing 360s out to people walking by for free and hiding quite a few in the backs of their trucks when they weren't looking."?
Heavens to Murgatoids.
