| naznatips said: I disagree. Look at the PSP. It started at $200 and sold poorly, wheras the DS starting at $150 sold very well. Once the PSP dropped to $170 its sales increased signifficantly. Once the DS dropped to $130 it's sales nearly doubled. Mass Market price is far from $300, and $250 is only on the top edge of it because of a pack in game. The further you get below $200, the more sales increase by an exponential amount. |
Handhelds are completely different then a console would be. Most people wouldn't want to pay $200 or more for a handheld that they may play occassionally. But for a console, that is the workhorse for gaming and prices can afford to be higher in that aspect. Mostly because gamers will use it far more often then they would a handheld. The Wii is above that "mass market" target you stated and it's still selling very well. Heck, it's selling better then the PS2 was when it was at the $200-250 price point.
Of course, if I could buy a PS3 for $1, I'm sure they'd sell a billion of them at $1. I'm just stating that the impulse target price point is no longer under $200.
My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard. And they're like, "You wanna trade cards?" Damn right, I wanna trade cards. I'll trade this, but not my charizard.
