@smashchu2
"I love your counter to my argument on consumers. Rather then try to disprove the claim or face it head on, you dodge it by delfecting claiming it as my opinion. But I may have not been discriptive enough, so I will explain futher."
My counter was perfectly valid as you gave an opinion and so did I and I even prefaced it by saying it was my opinion. But as you have detailed the reasons that you have your opinion I will give more details as well.
You claim that a slim PS3 will not matter and that a smaller size is only a factor for portable devices like the nano, or dsi. Of course a smaller size is important for portable devices, but there is also value in aesthetics. A slimmer PS3 will be aesthetically pleasing, and consumers want electronics that they feel look good in their living space. If they didn't, all dvd players, surround systems etc would be big, bulky and companies wouldn't bother spending huge amounts of money on design.
You also claim that the price doesn't matter and that a less expensive slim PS3 will not change anything. I can only say you are wrong about this. Consumers have a price to performance bias, a bang for the buck if you will and are only willing to spend x amount of dollars on y product. The Wii was in the right price point when it came out but to most consumers the PS3 price point put it in a luxury item market. Now if a slim PS3 puts it into the sweet spot as far as price is concerned it will indeed help to stimulate sales. As an example, take a look at the Xbox360 which was consistently being outsold by the PS3 and many on this very site were claiming this was the end for the 360, but MS cut the price, which put it into a price bracket that consumers were willing to buy it and since then it has been outselling the PS3.
Now you also claim that Sony is driven by technology and that they don't care about the consumer. Well I think that the idea of having a console that is around for 10 years is very consumer oriented. Right now I have an xbox which has become a large paper weight, but I still play games on my 9 year old PS2 and if MS rushes out and releases a new XBOX they may end up like SEGA with consumers feeling cheated and refusing to buy the new console that has a very limited life span.
By the way, you never addressed my question about why 3rd party suppourt would abandon the PS3 when they are making money off of it. I just don't see these 3rd party ignoring a console that sells huge amounts of their software and find it hard to believe that companies like Activision or Rockstar Games would refuse to develop the next COD or GTA for the PS3 when they sell millions.
