PS3 can still finish in first place.

[jarrod]

Gilgamesh said:

jarrod said:

Gilgamesh said:

 and several more price cut's to go, it's still at $299 and $350, imagine sales for a $199 PS3.

I imagine they'd pale in comparison to a $99 Wii.

People seem to overlook that Wii's held price higher, longer than any system in history.  Though really, we'll probably only get down to $149 before Nintendo retires it I bet. :/

A $50 price cut didn't make that big of a difference to the Wii last year, and it's still down YoY.

Also everyone go to Google news and put in PS3, this thread is the first link that comes up lol

Eh, that $50 drop had a pretty big effect in some markets (Japan notably, where Wii was doing near ~30k weekly for Oct...).  It really compounded into key software launches (Wii Fit Plus, NSMB Wii) plus the holiday season, which is what led to the enormous calendar Q4 rise, it was multiple factors for a joint push.  Without a price drop and comparable games this year, it's not looking like Wii can manage the same leap though, but that's okay... it's generational decline is mirroring PS2 almost exactly in the US market for example, it'd be more surprising if Wii was up for it's 5th year globally.

As far as YOY, Wii's still up in some markets for the year (again Japan), but then it's down pretty hard for Q4 so far.  But then, PS3's also down YOY for Q4, and that doesn't look to be changing either.