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Kasz216 on 03 October 2007
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elnino334 said:
Kasz216 said:
Also, what will ALWAYS hold back the PS3 is price. The PS3 is the most expensive console on the market and that really hurts it in market viability.

There are many people that don't care that much if they get a Wii, 360 or Ps3 and price is the biggest sticking point, when it falls to a level they want they'll get whichever one it is.

There are even more who feel that way about just the 360 and PS3. Many of these people will only buy one console. As long as they are behind 360 on the price they're going to be missing out on this portion of the market which is a pretty large portion. That's why the most expensive system never wins.

Price is pretty important but I think games can trump prices.  I think the gamecube was the cheapest last gen and it didn't mean it took off.  Also the Xbox dropped in price pretty quick yet it was still not enough to get any where near the PS2.  Didn't the PS1 cost more than the n64?  Sorry I can't recall but in the end games>price.  It just so happens the PS3 hasn't had any games to light gamers ass on fire like gears of war, bioshock or guitar hero II etc.  If MGS,final fantasy, GT would have been available at launch or soon after I think the would have been in alot better position.  Hopefully once those come out they can gain some grown but I think it would be too late.  Those games wouldn't really offer anything that new that you wouldn't on the 360.  Some of the PS3's best games are new IP's but in the end unlike gears or bioshock they just didn't do much to get people to buy it.  We will soon see how ratchet does since that is an established franchise but in the end again I am not sure if SONY just dug themselves in too big of a hole.  Can't wait to see how things turn out.


Gamecube was cheaper, but by the time it came out the PS2 had already locked things up as the dominant console and had all the 3rd party support. PS1 had overwhelming support because of the cartridge based N64. I think game are only > then price when the more expensive system has a huge advantage in games. Even when the PS3 gets it's killer games it won't have the overwheleming advantage in multi-platform games that it had with the PS1 and PS2. Without those sustainable advantages the PS3 is in trouble. It will take a while for the PS3 to rival the 360's library, and considering how much more a PS3 costs, they don't need to rival the 360's library they need to trump it handily.