| rukusa said: Besides, it aint the brand itself that sells right now as some claim. I would've agreed to that in the beginning of the year when the PS3 was really stripped of possibilities, it had nothing worth buying it for at that time. It seems to me like europeans waited till a price drop came around before buying the PS3. Sony should be fucking thanking those consumers on their bleeding knees for that decision. If people had not waited they've would've been truely disappointed by the PS3's functionality. |
I think that proves more than anything that it is indeed the brand name that is helping PS3 in Europe. People were not waiting for great games to get a PS3 they were waiting for it to be in their price range. ie there are tons of Sony/Playstation loyalist in Europe that will always buy the next Playstation but when it came out at such a high price they just couldn't do so irrespective of how loyal they were to the brand. As the price has dropped it has fallen within the price range of more and more of those loyalist, hence the boost in sales.
If PS3 had come out at £200 with only Motostorm and Resistance its sales would have been through the roof in Europe. Not because of a diverse game library but simply cause of the strength of the Playstation brand in Europe. Ofcourse Sony overestimated the strength of the brand foolishly assuming that loyalists will go bankrupt just to buy the new Playstation which is why they forced Blu-Ray on people and released at such a high price and which is why they now find themselves in the position they are in now.
