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thismeintiel on 26 March 2010
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nightsurge said:
jbrist said:
Nightsurge, how do we know 2010 is in MS favour, I mean, we don't even know if they'll have a pricecut, and there's no confirmation or solid proof of a slim as of yet, therefore, you can't use what doesn't exist as ammo in an arguement, it doesn't work that way.

If you can't use what doesn't exist, then this whole thread is a fail because it is based off the assumption that NOTHING will change as of this point, which quite frankly is just not true.

MS had no price cut last year.  Sony did.  MS Slim 360 rumors are VERY VERY plausible given all the recent evidence so that will in turn make it cheaper for them and gives more credence to a MS price cut this year.  Sony on the other hand is just about to break even on PS3's so will likely not cut their price at all, especially if they want to bundle Move with the systems.

Would you 360 fans get over it.  MS did have a price cut last year.  They dropped the friggin' Elite by $100 to respond to the launch of the Slim and Sony's pricecut.  And don't try to beat around the bush by saying, "Well, they really just replaced a Sku."  BS.  That's fanboy talk and you know it.  Just like it would be fanboy talk if a PS3 fan said Sony didn't have a price cut cause they just replaced a Sku.  You know you'd be all over them saying, "Oh it did have a price cut, but it didn't work."  The fact is MS did have a price cut, but it didn't really help combat the Slim, except maybe helping them not drop too far below ~100K each week.  God, are the people in the "console wars" getting more desperate every gen?  No one during previous gens would try to argue it wasn't a price cut.

Personally, I don't think this trend of PS3 outselling the 360 is going to end anytime soon.  I mean we probably got till the end of the year before MS lowers the price just in time for Natal.  And I really don't see either Natal or the Move being that huge of a success, with Move maybe being slightly bigger.  Plus, people are just seeing more value with a PS3.  With Blu-ray and free Wi-Fi and PSN included with the package.  MS will most likely only cut the Elite by $50 at the end of the year, so Sony would probably only have to cut the PS3 to about $269.99 - $279.99 to combat that.  And with the cost cutting measures Sony has been making as of late, I'm sure they'll be able to afford it.