360 Closing 43M - Will it Beat 50M by Years End ?

[Michael-5]

Bitmap Frogs said:

Michael-5 said:

Anyway I'm not saying a price drop will not push PS3 sales. It's just in my opinion, Microsoft has more leg-room on price. The 360 is cheaper to develop, and MS is willing to loose more $$$. Yes in 2008 PS3 gained about a million consoles, but when 360 made it's price drop in 2008 it gained 2 million.

Not anymore Michael.

Ever since Peter Moore left the Xbox business has been focused on being profitable.

They will not trade losses for marketshare. They will trade some profits for marketshare.

Sony is also not willing to trade losses for marketshare, and with the PS3 costing more to develop then the 360, Microsoft can always match PS3's price on it's console, and still have a cheaper arcade model linger about. Any potential price drop will have an equal affect on PS3 and 360.

Anyway the only point i was trying to make was that Slim Effect > Price drop, but a proper price drop will boost sales. I personally think this will be the 360's peak year, and for Sony they had their peak year last year, but due to a strong start this year (from resonant Slim effect), 2010 will be one of the strongest years for the PS3.