SlorgNet on 21 October 2007
| Dodece said: Honestly I think the PS3 will rise or sink based entirely on this sku. |
Not at all. Sony is precisely where they planned to be. Sony asked consumers what they wanted, and they said they wanted (1) a lower price, (2) rumble back, and (3) didn't care about BC. To its credit, Sony listened.
The $399/399EUR model is essentially an affordable BluRay player, and HDTVs are finally cheap enough to make a mass market possible. Consumers who want to preserve their PS2 library (like me) will buy the 60GB/80GB model, of course. But BluRay-related sales are going to kick up those PS3 numbers. It'll start small, because consumers are still making the switch to HDTV, but it will build over time.
