How close will the big 3 be in 2011?

[NotStan]

jarrod said:

NotStan said:

Yeah it does need a cut to stop from falling behind the competition, it's the question or whether they'll do it or not. This gen Sony has made several mistakes that have put me off the PS3, even though I liked the original Playstation and was somewhat positive towards PlayStation 2, although preferred Xbox at the time x). I don't know even $50 cut seems optimistic at this stage, although somewhat likely, in comparison with the $100, all comes down to how much Software makes up for possible loss on hardware. Interesting year, I think 360 and Wii cuts are given though.

It's going to be a push between marketshare and profitability for Sony, I agree.    The other effect is that maybe a PS3 drop drives up the PSP2 asking price ($299? $329? $349?)... either way I think Sony's in tough spot.  Their software lineup is also very much "more of the same", which should please the base, but do little to move them past that.

I really don't see MS or Nintendo dropping prices though, value adding will get them a lot farther and at less cost/risk overall.  Nintendo's the more likely of the two, and even then I can only see a minor fall/holiday reduction (say to $179).

Hmm, if they burden the loss onto PSP2, they'll risk effectively losing out the first year to 3DS, in similar fashion that they lost out to 360 on launch, the entry price was just ludicrious, and we'll be in the same pickle all over again lol. I think that the software will see great sales most exclusives breaching the 3M gap so the software numbers should be pleasing but I doubt many of those will move large number of hardware, possibly just little boosts, it'll be a tough year in my opinion, either face the red or be edged out of the console market.

How come no pricecut on 360? I think it's possible to see one, after all the last one was in 2008, 3 years without a price cut? That's insane, I am sure that MS will cut the price if either of the competition will too, if no one has the balls to make the first cut, I doubt anyone will cut at all next year, it's all or nothing lol.