Was Leo-J right about the PS3 price-cut effect?

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

Icyedge said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Icyedge said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

gamelover2000 said:

Leo-J said: I predict a 100$ Price cut on the PS3 (at that time 400$) will make it have the biggest comeback ever!

 

Now personally I'd like to know what he thinks about it nowadays.

 

So vote and please post

Beating the Xbox360 may be called a comeback.

Taking the wii may be called a biggest comeback ever.

The PS3 has not done either. It's just selling a lot better. And bragging about a forced 100$ pricecut like it was part of some plan, is rather silly. Why do people always forget that Sony's hand was forced - big time for Sony's part! Like Nintendo's was last year of Microsoft's before that.

In my opinion the PS3 isn't making a comeback.  

Its pretty obvious cutting price was part of the plan to make PS3 more accessible. When you release a home console at 600$ you know that only your hardcore fan will purchase it. And then slowly cut the price to make it more accessible while not loosing too much money was the obvious plan. And yes since september it have outsold xbox so there goes your " The PS3 has not done either". With the growing interest in HD, 3D and blu-ray, the PS3 at 199$ (in 1-2 years) will sell like hotcake. PS3 still has a lot of potential sales. 299$ is not a pricetag for casual nor impulsive purchase. Its not because you prefer another console that you need to be blind and a hater.

Blind and hater??

1.first of all: All consolesmakers dropped the price because they had too. I just said that Sony had the biggest need for it. Which is true.   

2.By beating the Xbox360: i mean passing its' total numbers off course. What else?

With another 2 year (likely start of a new generation) there is little chance that the PS3 wil pass the Xbox360 numbers. Microsoft is really keen on keeping it that way. 

Lastly:

3. By any measure, a comeback is not a comeback when your ranking doesn't change. That's true and accepted in any competition.  

 

1. You did not said that at all. You said: "And bragging about a forced 100$ pricecut like it was part of some plan, is rather silly." Do you think Sony thought: "ok we will release a 600$ console and leave it like that." No, its obvious they would lowered the price as soon as they can, that was part of their business model. I agree they all needed to lower their price, if its what you thought thats not what you said.

2. So we will only be alowed to call it a comeback when it will go over total xbox numbers?

3. Passing from being doomed, to being the second console in sales is quite a comeback.

It is still time to realise your wrong instead of getting deeper and deeper into fanboy comments.

1. That comment about bragging was about all fanboys. When company ... does this ... then it will destroy the competition. I'm sure you have read many of them. I have.  

2. Yes, what else. The PS3 isn't in competition with itself.  What else does it get compared too?

3. IF being called 'doomed' is a comeback, then all consoles had like 3 of them. How many times have i not read that about any console, let alone the PC or handhelds.  

 

It' still time for... What's that supposed to mean? I said it was my opinion, remember. Actually we're having a discussion about what to call a comeback, not really about consoles. 

 

The meaning of comeback to me is very simple. It means coming back from a lower ranking place. And passing one or two competitors to begin with... and more to follow. What else does a comeback mean? I'm pretty sure that's the definition of it.

I would say the PS3 is gaining some serious ground on the competition. Sure, who wouldn't. That's how they would describe it in a sport or other context. But not as a comeback. You have to go up at least one place. You made a comeback when you pass guy before you. That's when they use the word. I certainly do.

Once the PS3 passes the Xbox360 numbers, i will gladly call it a comeback. I could even make a thread about it, when it happens! When it happens.