Convinced - $399 PS3 coming in October

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davygee said:

couchmonkey said:

Of course, further price cuts on the 360 could still delay profitability. Personally I don't think MS will bother with a price cut, I've been hearing lots of bundling rumours, I think MS will use that instead. Throwing in a couple of games is nearly free, and $400 still puts PS3's "worst" SKU smack-dab in the middle of 360's two best SKUs...it's not that big of a threat.

The thing is though. Even the PS3's "worst" SKU is much better value for money than the 360's "best" SKU which costs more money.

 Actually its not. You are talking about the Blu Ray player obviously.  But the thing is the American market, and other markets to an even greater extent, has shown itself to be very adverse to moving to high def dvd's. Something only has value if people want it, and so far the American people don't. Standard Dvd's are still over 90% of the Dvd market, after HD DVD and Blu-ray have been out around 2 years.

But if we take your reasoning and apply it to something people do want, like quality game titles, the 360's value this holiday season skyrockets.  In fact, when we apply your reasoning to game titles, most gaming commentators would place the value of the Core 360 higher than the 80gb PS3. You have to remember that value is a comparitive term, not a universal measure. Until the market wants, or decides it needs high def, the PS3 is just an overpriced game console that lacks quality titles.