If the PS3 Slim is legit and releases at $299 - What will it do for sales?

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SlorgNet said:
The moment the PS3 drops to 299EUR/$299, slim or no slim, is the moment the bottom falls out of the 360, which is barely outselling the PS3 despite a $100-$150 price advantage and plenty of multiplatform titles.

Microsoft has noone to blame but itself. They sold faulty hardware, denied the problem and then bought off consumers with $1 billion of cash extracted from their OS monopoly, and have been underinvesting in first-party studios and innovative games. As a company, Microsoft lacks the consumer savvy and media skills to succeed in a gaming culture which is ever more closely dependent on the good will of Web-savvy consumers and the talents of open source-savvy studio artists.

It's all a darn shame. I'm a firm believer in console neutrality and competition, but Microsoft went and handed the HD market on a platter to Sony. I think Microsoft seriously needs to ask whether it needs to be in the console biz. Given their core strengths as a company, it may be time to start a joint-venture with Samsung or some plucky startup firm who knows hardware, and concentrate on software and services. If they don't, then the X720 will be just more of the same.

 

Are you and your brethren devoid of mid-term memory?

For quite some time there was just a 50$ difference between the ps3 and the 360 - the ps3 pulled ahead indeed but not enough to overcome the difference.

This is what will happen: Sony drops the price, the ps3 pulls ahead. In a few months the 8m gap dwindles back to 5-6m. Then MS drops the price again and the gap starts growing. Then it's 2011 and no one cares because next-gen consoles are on sale already.