Xoj said:
NJ5 said:
perpride said:
NJ5 said:
If we're talking about preventing the PS3 from overtaking the 360, yes.
I don't expect a great reception to Natal though, which is why I think the PS3 will end up overtaking the 360 next year (which will be pretty near the end of the generation, so MS could argue it doesn't matter much).
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does it really matter what MS argues??? It's like Nintendo trying to say they didn't end up with third place last gen. because of how close they were to MS.
On topic: No, I don't think Natal is the only thing left. First of all, the 360 has a great library of games. Secondly, it still has room for 1, maybe 2 price drops. Third, you have Xbox Live which is a really big hit here in America. When I couple all of this with a 6 million console lead, I just can't see Sony catching up. It's not so much Sony's incompetence, but I truly believe MS will have something up their sleeves. To give away the lead now after this long would be a huge dissapointment.
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Not because MS would argue it, but I think the argument has a certain value. The PS3 and 360 will probably end the generation in a virtual tie, with the PS3 catching up late in the gen...
edit - BTW the lead is 5.34 million right now.
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they will go by NPD numbers and ignore the existence of japan, like people do here probably.
@perpride, microsoft can 2 do thing, heavy price cut the 360 and hope for natal it's a success and by success it have to be wii fit like sucess.
sony will cut alot more that lead before natal comes out, but considering natal is hardware, i don't expect the price 360 go down that much when they actually issue a another price cut.
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@bolded - haha so true. I can completely see them doing this too. And IGN.com will be right there with them!
I think that if Natal is not successful MS could still stay on top of things by cutting the price of the arcade model.
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