| ps3_jrpg_gamer said: you first give 360 holiday 2005 where there where no competitors and give 360 holiday 2008 where it costs 199$ and pps3 this year 299$ this totally unfair |
You could argue that 360 had more competition because Sony was pushing the ever popular PS2 in the first year of 360's existence... A $129 console vs. the $400 360...
And you could also argue that the cost is irrelevant as Sony could sell their console for $199 but they haven't been able to bring the costs far enough to justify the move...
Really the excuses are all used up. After the Cell processor being superior, free PSN, Home, Killzone 2, LBP , Uncharted , Motorstorm released, Haze, MGS4, price drops, and now the slim, the 360 is still hanging in... Sony is pulling out all the stops and 360 is keeping pace.
If anyone would have told me 360 would be ahead of PS3 in year three of the PS3's existence back in 2005 I would have told them they were dreaming... Yet, here we are in PS3 year three, and 360 has kept Sony in check the entire way. One could argue that 360 now has the advantage. They can still redesign the 360 to a slim, they have online gaming locked up, they have been more profitable even with RRoD, they are getting full 3rd party support, they have more 3rd party exclusives, etc. Heck, even though the Cell is better on paper, it looks like 360 has even held its own technically with arguably better programming toolkits and hardware throughput design. And Sony has been reacting to stay in the game... Dropped backward compatibility, dropped card slots, cheaped out on buttons, released Home too early, announced games years away from completion, price dropping knowing they will lose money, and I really don't think the plan had a slim in year 3 of the "10 year plan"...
