Xoj said:
i dont think so, unless u see the wii as a outdated system. if the wii pulled it, sony can manage to update skus, to add new features and stilll have power to display HD. it already have motion controls and 3d support. |
I have no idea what you mean lol, care to explain?
@leo-j: I'm afraid you're mistaken in regards to a consoles peak and the effect price will have on the PS3's peak.
(1) Wii is currently at $199 and is selling worse than it did in 2008 at $249
(2) The difference between past generations and this one means that the $199 price point, the peak in software sales and the time it has taken to get to the $199 price point has to be considered. Sony are seeing their software peak RIGHT NOW, for the PS2, $199 was the magic price point, for PS3 it will be/and is $299. It's all based on cycles and momentum and currently the PS3 has a lot of momentum and is in it's prime, unfortunately, Sony didn't plan the pricing cycle right.
(3) Historically consoles have sold most of the LTD sales after they've hit the $199 price point, however for the PS3, as I mentioned in (2) this will come late in it's life cycle and therefore more consoles will actually be sold before it hits $199.
It's all about cycles, you are too fixated on the figures of past generations, and more importantly, you have to remember that the PS3 IS NOT the PS2, it's still in third position, it's most likely going to lose the overall hardware race, the HD system race (although this is debatable) and also the motion control race. Besides that, Sony are only now making profit on the PS3 hardware, do you think they're going to want to cut the price any time soon? The PS3 will most definitely by past it by the time you expect it to peak and the consumer will have moved onto bigger and better things.