| HanzoTheRazor said: U are speculating, again. Lets look at 3 facts; 1. The PS3 when it had it's only price cut 1.5 years ago had good increases in HW and continually out sold the 360 till mid/late last year. Small price cut, too. 2. The 360 is a lot cheaper than the PS3 now, so it should be selling a lot more than the PS3, yes? Well it is not. 3. All SONY consoles have continued to sell, and well, well after the next gen platform is released. SONY also is very good at supporting and continuing SW well into later years, too. Now M$ has yet to relesae even one console that is supported with their next gen. All these FACTS tell me that the PS3 will be pushed well into the PS4's life cycle weather the PS4 is released early or not. And that a $100 price cut will do wonders to HW sales when it comes. Another fact; the SW line up is extreamly strong well into the future for the PS3 and it seems to be getting back to normal here in Japan, too with bigger support comming every day. |
1. The PS3 had a MASSIVE price cut, 33% or $200 doesn't matter how you cut it, it was big. If you don't believe me, explain why the SKU balance between the 60/20GB SKUs by far favours the 60GB when people at the time were struggling to afford the console? If people could buy the 20GB SKU freely it would have outsold the 60GB SKU by a landslide.
2. The average price of the Xbox 360 sold in America is $290, it outsold the PS3 by ~55% being only 28% cheaper and thats without having Blu Ray or free online or wireless or a spotless reputation for reliability.
3. No Sony console previous to the PS3 has failed to win a generation and no console which has won a generation has failed to sell well into the next generation. Do you see how past trends still don't prove how this console will be sold?
4. THAT $100 price cut is still a pipe-dream at this point. If it doesn't come in 2009 it may as well not come at all.
5. The software lineup may be strong, but only one game in it really matters and one game on its own can't change things.
Tease.
