Pachter at it again - Speaks about Wii's situation in light of HD prices

[TWRoO]

Demotruk said:

TWRoO said:
I don't disagree with him regarding what will happen... but mentioning the PS3 has a hard-drive is a non-issue for people buying a Wii as it has no need for one. People are not going to shy away from a Wii and buy a PS3 simply because it has a hard-drive.

You think Wii will lose marketshare to Sony?

Over the month of September it undoubtedly will, but I'll be damned if they'll lose market share overall from now until the holidays.

I said I didn't disagree... I didn't say I agreed.

What I had a problem with was him assuming people who wanted a Wii will think "oh well the PS3 isn't much more, I'll get that instead"
Sure there will be a number of people doing that, but the majority difference this price cut/slim will be to those who were wanting a PS3 anyway, but not at it's previous price. They would not have changed their mind to a Wii had Sony not cut the price (they may already have a Wii as well anyway)