Xbox 360 Slim be the end for PS3

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DirtyP2002 said:

theprof00 said:

DirtyP2002 said:

theprof00 said:
PS3 is ahead of 360 by 2.5M since september. a 50$ price cut and slim is nothing compared to what Sony did last e3.

The redesign and the pricecut happened after the E3 @ gamescom in Germany.

And it remains to be seen how a Xbox 360 slim with Natal a $50 pricecut and a Halo-launch will work out.

what?

It was shown during sonys press conference at e3 right?

Oh wow you're right!

Anyhoo, It is hard to predict what any of that will do. Halo will sell a bunch of copies, but it's not Halo 4, 50$ cut at an already more than affordable price, slim isn't much of a difference...Natal is the key to all of this. It will be interesting to see what happens, but it's not like that collection of things is a powerhouse, it's just a collection of things.

A price cut is always a powerhouse. The last one is 18 months ago (except the $50 one  olny for the elite and only in NA).

A redesign is always a powerhouse, look at PS2 slim, PSP 3000 (not the Go lol),  DS Lite, PS3 Slim. A redesign 5 years after release would be perfect.

Natal might be a powerhouse.

But you can bet that MS will spend millions of dollars to let everybody know that there is a redesign, a halo, a Fable, a price cut and Natal. If this really happens (I have no doubts to be honest) MS will make the biggest marketing push in this industry.

DS-DSlite-> http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=DS&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&start=38732&end=39516

no change

PSP 3000 http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PSP&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&start=39600&end=40174

sold 140k more than it normally would have, for one week.

 

360 elite price cut http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PSP&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&start=39600&end=40174

doesn't even register!

same graph for the 2008 price drop, went from 105 to 150k then 170k then back down 140.

 

These two things are incomparable. They are not a major factor. It worked for ps3 because of what everyone's been saying about the sweet spot. It exists. It's there. The ps3 change to slim was not even an issue. It was the 100$ price cut that opeend the gates, so try to understand this from a logical view.

 

The big question mark is NATAL. Halo will sell units, it will sell consoles and it will be very popular...but it doesn't affect anything when in combination with other things. The most you are going to see from these 3 things, slim, cut, halo is maybe 60-100k extra for a couple of weeks.

Natal is the game changer. Nothing else.