So who thought Sony was crazy when they said the PS3 will sell 13m for 2009

[joeorc]

Twistedpixel said:

joeorc said:

yea does this sound like Sony expected the PS3 to sell more than the PS2 right from the start?

"I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. "But we're aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we're going to have to do our best [in containing the price]."

this was back in 2005 before the PS3 released in 2006

that does not sound like they expected the PS3 to sell as well as the PS2 right from the start.

the PS2 released for $300.00

the playstation 3 released for $500.00 and $600.00

there was quite an upgrade from the PS2 to the PS3 in hardware. for $200.00 the price was expensive, some buyer's think it was worth it other's did not, but it does not take someone being a rocket scientist to see that even Sony knew the price would be one of the thing's that would slow the sale's of the PS3.

the very fact that it did sale pretty d@mn good for a $500.00 and $600.00 system is d@mn feat in of itself.

Not d@mn good enough if they cut the price by a 3rd within 6 months of EU release and 12 months of US release. Oh and the PS3 was less than the PS2 launch price after 6 months not accounting for inflation. 430E vs 400. It was only significantly more expensive in America and perhaps Japan. Everywhere else I saw it had the PS3 at or cheaper than PS2 price at launch or soon after.

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2&reg1=Europe&cons2=PS3&reg2=Europe&cons3=PS&reg3=Europe&weeks=156

Thats with pretty similar prices so theres no argument that its got anything to do with launching too high. Its probably got more to do with the strong Wii sales and decent Xbox 360 sales as both systems got compelling content out the door much faster than Sony did with the PS3.

yes it does, inflation is like sying $500.00 is not $500.00 its the perception of that value, if the PS2 was released in the USA at that Price how would it have done even than?

i bet along the same line's as the PS3 has done. you can have great support for a system, but if the perception of the entry price is too high it would not matter!

example:

many people today who have been keeping pace with this , would have said the PS3 was too expensive @ $500.00+ but many went a head and paid $400.00 for the xbox360. it's like the old afddage it's not $20.00 it's $19.95.

many people complained about the Price of $500,00 for the PS3 BUT PAY $400.00 FOR SEAT'S TO A OSU home game that they get to go to one!

value perception has more to do with it than just price.