Sardauk said:
finalsquall said:
Soundwave said:
HanzoTheRazor said:
The people saying it won't change much and it won't sell more than the 360 are delusional, (fanboys make me laugh)! It would more than likely be priced at $299, (which is enough for it to out sell the 360 alone, once again). That, combined with the slim will be a sure win, win. Don't kid yourself. |
You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. Why would it be a $100 drop? Since when do hardware makers doll out $100 drops, especailly when they are bleeding money as is?
Did the PSP and PS2 redesigns come with price cuts?
Also what stops Microsoft from simply adding a 60GB HDD to their existing $199.99 360 model and undercutting Sony yet again?
Or releasing their own slim 360?
You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now.
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All MS did was buy a little time. It hasn't sold amazingly than it should of to gain a great lead. The overall lead is about an extra 2 mil on top of the 6 mil lead it had over Sony - to which Sony caught up to under a year and a bit.
A Sony price cut will have a greater impact on sales than that on the 360. Price is the main factor that stops people from purchasing a PS3. With HDTV adoption/digital broadcasting and Blu Ray, we can expect to see an increase in people looking to buy a PS3 for those features and gaming. I'm seeing interest among my work mates and as they have/starting to consider a PS3 as console of choice; some of which are dedicated 360 fans (not no more).
The purpose of a redesign is to make it cheaper to make and more affordable to purchase. Therefore, a price cut with a redesign is plausible. I can't imagine a slim 360 :P they could make the box slim - but I guarantee the friggen power brick would be bigger than the 360 itself. MS and hardware = crap and unreliable. MS can't reduce price much further - Sony can reduce their price more times over and that can be periodically within their projected 10yrs.
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Indeed, 2 millions units is almost nothing... pfffiuu
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2 mil is a lot, but the gap is still achieveable for the ps3 to close in on. You expect the 360 with the lowest price to sell at least 5 mil on top of their lead. IMO, FF13 (PS3) alone will bridge a lot of that gap :D
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