Does anyone think PS3 can realistically get to second place?

[Killergran]

Hyruken said:

Totally agree that it will be decided this year but don't agree it favours the PS3.

I still think it does. We really don't know how much a pricecut would do for the Xbox. We really don't know how much impact Natal will have, if any. All we know right now is that the PS3 has a huge momentum lead over the Xbox, and that it's playing it safe with that momentum. Thus, while the Xbox has to do something to turn the tide, the PS3 only has to keep doing what it's currently doing. In short, the Xbox has yet to turn the tide, while the PS3 did that last autumn. And the PS3 was relatively young when the Slim came out, while the Xbox has had a lot more time on the market, and thus public opinion of it is harder set and more difficult to change.

Really, it all boils down to the impact of Natal. There is nothing else really happening that can change substantially right now. Pricecuts can't do all that much in the long run.

 

(btw, I read your excellent post, and I agree with most points in it, except I don't believe in a $99 xbox this year)