| Kasz216 said: The Mass Market will have already mostly been cleared by the Wii and 360. Here's a quick lesson on pricing tiers and how it relates to consoles. Unlike the people on this site. The large majority of people will only buy 1 system. These people, unless they are already predisposed to wanting a PS3 arn't going to wait for the PS3 to get to 200. Once the Wii and 360 get to 200 they'll rapidly be clearing out this market. So by the time the PS3 gets down to this level, a large portion of the "one console" consumers will be gone. Most of the only people left will be the people who wanted a PS3 anyway and weren't going to buy another system and people who own multiple systems. You can't take the lead with the second group.... so since Sony is going to be last to 200 they've got to make sure the first group is big enough... which is tough, because the farther away it looks that it'll reach 200 the more some of these people might decide to get a 360 instead because they don't want to wait 2-3 years to play next gen games. That's why it's hard for more expensive consoles to win unless you have a big advantage, and the cheaper consoles are looked down on. |
The mass market has yet to be cleared out. The Wii is too much of a "Buy as well" console and 360s are dying every day. People are going to want a real console capable of delivering a great gaming experience that doesn't require being sent back to the manufacturer every 3 months. Plus you have to consider just how large the gaming market is and how small a portion of it has been touched so far. If even a fraction of the PS2's sales represent "the mass market" there is still a long way to go. The race is far from over.
As for having a big advantage the PS3 has plenty of them. It now has a SKU cheaper than the most costly 360 SKU IIRC along with free online play, BluRay capabilities, and a library of games that becomes more awesome each passing month.
