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madskillz on 09 January 2008
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misterd said:
KrisisKore said:
Think about it, if you buy the PS3 for games, there are people who buy the PS3 for its blu-ray capabilities. now that bluray is winnong, the number of people buying the ps3 will increase. With time, sony will make money off the ps3. dont you guys know anything about console sales? at first no profit, as time goes by software sales make up for it and hardware production costs decrease. xbox360 is at its peak. a whole year by itself, a whole year headstart, biggest software out. ps3 is just starting out, it had a horrible start, few if any worthy games yet its still killing the 360. if its doing that now, just imagine what it will do when its big sellers and established franchises like GT, FF, and MGS come out. Wii can coexist. the 360 is not a bad console at all but we have to face the fact that they cannot help but come out last in this generations console war even if they had a years head start.

1. Blu Ray has been winning for over a year. It has not helped PS3 much.

2. PS3 is edging out the 360, not "killing it". And that's after 2 price cuts, when the 360 has had one, and a relatively minor one at that. It now has a good deal of room to cut prices itself, and that will almost certainly drive sales up.

3. Do some math. Even under best case scenarios, the PS3 could not catch the 360 until 2009 at the earliest, and that's with zero competition in the East. MS has already assured the 360 a better showing this generation than last, while the PS3 is almost guaranteed be seen as a disappointing follow up to the PS2.

4. The average consumer doesn't care about BluRay. Those that do are generally tech heads who, if they care about games, will own multiple consoles. DVD was a fluke - the right technology at the right time which showed historically unprecedented success. The PS2 was able to ride the DVD tidal wave. Unfortunately for the PS3, BluRay's wave is much smaller.


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