PS3 selling on par with X360 is good or bad??

[Squilliam]

MikeB said:

@ Squilliam

but im getting sick of the contradiction.

It's not remotely a contradiction.

Entry pricing is important for parents and such. But if you want to have some or all of the features and specifications which comes with the PS3 out of the box, it's much better value for money and more elegant in many people's opinion.

So two different things. Not everyone is aware of the 360 not coming with Wi-Fi or online gaming by default. Some don't care about the extras the PS3 provides or at least not enough at this point of time.

In any case it's universally accepted entry pricing plays a very significant role with regard to console sales.

With regard to if the extra features and more powerful specifications are worth it is a personal opinion. For me it certainly is.

The average price of the Xbox 360s sold in the united states is $290. So I want to you sip it like wine, swirl it around in your mouth and take in the full flavour and then swallow it. So even if one were to completely discard Arcade sales in the United States, the Xbox 360 would still outsell the PS3.

Xbox Live is worth more than PSN, people are willing to pay for it because their friends use it. There are free servers for WoW and yet people are still willing to pay the cost per month because its worth it for the social aspect.

As for Wireless a large proportion of homes in America get their internet through their cable TV operator which makes internet available at their main living room TV.

Blu Ray is something which is valued as well, if it wasn't then Blu Ray adoption wouldn't be accellerating. Therefore some consumers are tipped by this feature towards the PS3 as the difference in real price is far less than the cost of a seperate Blu Ray player.