Does anyone think PS3 can realistically get to second place?

[joeorc]

Smashchu2 said:

supercat said:

jarrod said:
Can anyone name a 2nd/3rd place console that had a true 10 year cycle? 10 year plans are great PR (which Microsoft has espoused too btw), and lovely in theory, but there's a difference between that and it actually happening. Companies can't keep platforms on shelves through sheer force of will alone, it's quite literally the market that decides if a console sells for 10 years or or not.

But now we have new developments which make a 10-year plan look quite attractive:

 

-slowdown of die reductions, moore's law is coming to a close, fast, and soon the die reductions won't be that much of a deal.  With chips staying the same size and not shrinking much, there is little need to move onto something more powerful. 

 

-The Ps2 had a 10-year cycle.

 

Your thoughts are brilliant, tell us more.

I think you misunderstand sales here.

The 10 year life cycle that Sony talks about is marketing smoke and mirrors. They said that becuase they thought that demand would be so high that the system would last 10 years and they were prepaired for that. The other two systems lasted 10 years because they were in high demand and still had games come out for them, but even then, they sold at very low ammounts and were drawfed by their newer versions. The PS3 can not have a 10 year life cycle becuase they system isn't selling well enough now. Consoles are a momentum based market, meaning they are defined early on. Sony has not got the steam to keep the system appealing for 10 years.

Rule #1 of business. The customer runs your business. A 10 year life cycle is only possible if customers buy your system for 10 years. The systems that will have a 10 year life cycle are the Wii and the DS.

how has PS3 not been in demand?

except when the price was very high!

the key has been and alway's was the price!, it was just too d@mn high for people, and now that the price has dropped the demand is still high for the system,and yet there is people on forums that like to post that still say i am not going to buy one until it hit's $200.00 or less, like that's some kind of negative you seem to be trying to make it out that the demand is not anywhere it should be.I do not think that is the Case at all since the PS3 is not even at the $200.00 price point or less.

for one Sony support's their product's far longer on the market than many other companies have showed to drop the production of the product.

I think your trying to say that right now that the PS3 is not in high demand.Which you may have people that will disagree with you but I do not agree with that at all. the consumer has buying power only to the product's that the company's that create the product's after the companies release the product. If the product was not released in the first place the Consumer cannot purchase the product anyway.

Yes consumer's can make or break a product after it get's released, but also if the company keep's the product on the shelf, if they want to keep spending the Money to do so they can, it's not wise to do it but they can.

 

already the xbox360 and the Wii have hit that Price point of $200.00 or less