SONY would of run away to a massive victory had the PS3 launched in holiday 05 at $399
Ofcourse it would of used a DVD drive, no memory card slots, only a 20gb HDD, 2 USB ports, no HDMI, weaker CPU(think the CELL with 1 or 2 less SPE's), fewer media codecs, etc.
Its one advantage though would of been the brand name. Gamers whom bought a 360 in 2006 because they felt $600 was too much for a PS3, would of bought a PS3. Casuals/Parents buying a console would of bought a PS3 since they would be shopping for the new "playstation". As such SONY probably would of also crushed the Wii as a substantial number of Wii sales have come from word-of-mouth and pop culture -- things which would of hurt Wii sales and helped PS3 sales had SONY been smart (think a $50 pricecut before the Wii launches to keep up momentum)
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