Well for starters, I'll say I'm a Sony fanboy. In a sense anyway. I'm not a fanboy, I will purchase what I believe is best, and at first I owned a 360, but decided after a while I'd switch my focus and bought a second hand PS3. After being content with the service provided there, I sold my 360 as I did not want to pay for live.
However. If a 720 launched first. With PS4 a year or possibly further away, I'd buy a 720 immediately. Depending how the system treated me I'd buy a PS3 second hand, later down the road. I'm not one looking to do any manufacturer any favours, I'm not cheap but I'm not looking to waste money at the same time.
So as a result of the PS3s launch, after being a big PS2 fan, I ended up still owning a PS3 - but a second hand system a year and a half down the road. I think this has been a large factor in why the PS3 is in the position it's in. Admittedly the 360s launch was also earlier than the Wiis, so why isn't it doing better than the Wii? relatively simple, the Wii hit an untapped market. Obviously aspects like price will have a factor, if it launches later down the road but at a cheaper price, that may favour Sony differently than my predictions, but I think the chances of this are slim.
So do you think Sony will lose further market share in the current generation, next generation by launching last?
Thanks.
