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MikeB said: No, it is selling so well because it has reached a good price point. plain and simple. That's a very important reason as well, I used it a lot in the past. A couple of years ago I said I anticipated a cheaper slimline PS3 to be released somewhere in 2009. Many people acted if I was crazy.... Way to toot your own horn. I really don't care as I was not one of those people. Plus, that has absolutely nothing to do with this thread. Even so, with a much higher entry pricing, Microsoft shifting focus from PC gaming towards XBox and an extra holiday season (5 extra months) the fat PS3 still considerably outsold the 360 taking equal timeframes. Once again, irrelevant. I already said the slim + pricecut was something Sony is finally doing right. Of course the slim is going to start selling more than the 360...but mainly because the pricepoint is finally right. Once again, you can have all the features in the world, but if they are something the majority of consumers will not use A majority of HDMI enabled 360 users still don't use HDMI? Maybe kids on cheap arcades/SDTVs in their bedrooms, are you sure about this? That is a viable assumption since HD is still not mainstream. Mayby adults without the money, or adults who feel there is no need to upgrade just yet...so yes, given the numbers I have seen, yes. This was especially true with the earlier models. Funny, they weren't complaining about it last gen, and multiple discs is still a viable option. Other than you, I have heard nobody say that devs are complaining. "According to Game Informer, nearly every developer they talked to at X05 expressed difficulties fitting their launch titles onto a single disc" http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/04/certain-highly-anticipated-xbox-360-title-filling-four-discs/ so...one source...wow, thats hardly "many devs". Some games can be more easily cut into pieces than others, it's well known a lot was cut out of GTA IV for example to fit DVD. And it was still a big hit...go figure. Your loss, you are one person, not the masses of "average" consumers. My loss? Why would I prefer to be average? Your loss for not watching a show or movie or playing a game because you are to elitist to. And exactly where did I say you prefer to be "average" Your analogy was fail because as I said before you are one person and are practicall ireelevant in the grand scheme of things. For all I care, I and my friends would be the only PS3 users on earth, as long as Sony keeps pumping out those high budget top quality exclusives for us! Not in console gaming. Video games are video games, similar code and game engines. NVidea and PPC processors already had a good reputation regarding console gaming. Microsoft had PocketPC and Windows DirectX gaming, game consoles are just a step in between. No, PC games are PC games.a PC is a completely diferant animal than a PC. the Xbox was MS's first stab into the console gaming market, naturally, rather than try to make a profit, they chose to do what all smart businesses do, take a loss in order to gain recognition. I fail to see how any of this has anything to do with the topic at hand You said they were "trying to gain recognition". AS A CONSOLE.
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