Staude said:
Squilliam said:
Staude said:
Squilliam said:
This is the universal truth of PS3 fanboys when talking relative 360/PS3 price:
If the overall sales are higher, its because the Xbox 360 is cheaper than the PS3 as the major reason for the difference.
If someone asks whether to get a PS3 or Xbox 360, they are told to get the PS3 because the Xbox 360 costs more over time as the major reason or about Blu Ray which is worth $$$.
Im not trying to be mean, but im getting sick of the contradiction.
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All that matters to the consumers when they buy a product is the entry price. The hidden fees aren't usually obvious to them. I know it wasn't to me when i bought my wii.
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ASP for the Xbox 360: $290 according to pachter
Cheapest Blu Ray player: $250 @ Bestbuy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9244908&st=blu+ray+player&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218066284569
This is one difference which is obvious to consumers, heck even the difference between the Arcade + Blu Ray is $50 in favour of the PS3 and demand for Blu Ray has been increasing.
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So are you suggesting that people buy a blu ray player instead of a video games console :p regardless of what they can do, people won't pay 400 dollars if they just wanna watch blu ray if they don't have to.
Again consumers don't see all of those advantages..
A 360. Is almost at the price of a ps2.. compaired to a ps3 which is 3 times that of a ps2. That's what the consumer sees.
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If people didn't value the Blu Ray then quite likely the PS3 wouldn't be selling as close. So of course it adds to the value of the console. Also people who are interested in Blu Ray are people who own an HDTV or are looking to own an HDTV and a recent consumer survey I saw had over 60% of people at least interested in the feature.
The PS2 is 1/3rd the cost of the average sale price of the Xbox 360, so it does have the significant cost advantage, Xbox 360 to PS3 not so much.
