Steroid said:
Squilliam said:
Steroid said:
madskillz said:
Please tell me this - and you claim to be a 360 *owner* - why does MS have to drop the price of the Arcade to $99? They aren't losing money on the 360 - they posted a profit while Sony is losing money on every console sold. And MS is desperate? They were last gen when they kept cutting prices to match the PS2.
This time? Sony is the one rushing the Slim, cutting prices to within striking distance of the 360. Of course it would sell - but the big question that is way too premature to answer is - will it keep selling at this pace.
Sony has been desperate this entire gen. They showed how desperate they were when the discontinued two skus in less than a year after launch, dropped the price to $499 - and then $399 and now $299. The Arcade/Core 360 was $299 at launch - the Premium was $399. In the 4 years it's been on the market, the Core dropped just $100. Think about it - the Core never had a hard drive - and neither has the Arcade. The Elite was $499 - and has dropped $200 - but no where as fast as the PS3.
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I'm not talking about 2006 or 2007 or PS2, PS1 or SNES. I'm talking about 2009 and how any time the PS3 and 360 have had a comperable price point the PS3 has outsold the 360 in any and every region. Also I never said Microsoft was deseperate but if they dropped the arcade to the same price as as a PS2- cheaper then a DS or a PSP even- yes that would be an act of desperation. At what point does Microsoft consider this option?
If PS3 closes the gap, after the 360 had a year headstart, after they made all that effort to gather all those games that made a PS2 a success, after spending all that money on advertising ($40,000,000 marketing for Halo 3 alone), after being $100 or more cheaper for the majority of it's lifetime then yes absolutely yes that would be a humiliating defeat for MS.
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Profit: 1. Wii 2 Xbox 360 3 PS3
Level of humiliation: 1. Sony 2. Microsoft 3 Nintendo
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Wat? MS is still 7-9 billion in the hole for the X-Box brand. Not exactly somthing to brag about. At least PS3 helped Sony win a format war. Now with Apples instal base growing Google dominating search engines and Internet Exlorer losing its grip as the #1 web browser losing this console battle is sefinately not what MS needs right now.
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The Xbox investments haven't all gone to waste (aside from the $1 billion+ for the RRoD f-up. lol). The 360 won the 'core' demographic in North America (mainly 15-34 year old males). That is pretty important. The Wii is a great console and has some great software but for someone that wants to play third-party games, owning at least one of the HD twins is recommended. And in North America, the 360 has that market share race locked.
As for Apple, unless they have the same software compatibility that Microsoft brings to the table, most people are gonna remain a PC. It's not like I haven't gave Macintosh a chance. I've used the software in Mac labs and what not. I just don't like it. Windows is more user-friendly and provides the best software compatibility. There is just so much software out there for Windows only. Though I think I'd install Linux over Windows instead as my OS (if software compatibility was equal). Due to my free, open source sympathies. Now as for Apple's other stuff like iPod and iPhone, great success I admit. I absolutely hate those products though. My Sansa > iPod and (if I do away with my cheap cell phone. lol) Blackberry > iPhone any day.
