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thismeintiel on 21 May 2011
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thx1139 said:
Yakuzaice said:
thx1139 said:

Things will be different in 2011 compared to 2009.

Smaller Pricecut
Competition pricecuts as well, MS will match pricecut or more, Nintendo has already cut price
No big franchises still coming
Nearing the end of the generation.

We don't know how big the price cut will be.  If it is $100 again, that would be a larger percentage cut that last time. 

Nintendo cut their price in 2009 around the same time as the PS3, Microsoft also cut the price of the elite to $300 as well as discounting the pro to clear its stock.

The big exclusive in holiday 2009 was Uncharted 2.  The big exclusive in holiday 2011 is Uncharted 3.  Japan got FFXIII in late 2009, it seems they might get FFXIII-2 in late 2011.

Seems pretty similar to me.

It wont be $100 especially with all the added unexpected expenses related to the PSN outage.  If it is $100 MS will cut $100 as well on the similiarly priced models.

True Nintendo did cut price by $50 a month later.  MS dropped an SKU because it was no longer selling because people didnt see that much value going from 60-120 (or was it 160) HDD. 360 wasnt cut they just adjusted the size of HDD as they have every year since launch. I expect the same this year for both PS3 and 360. MS and Sony will ship with the most cost effective HDD.

Sony still had the very first Final Fantasy, first GT, first God of War, and first Killzone all to come for the PS3.  Now they have sequels to titles already on the PS3 and tier 2 IPs coming.

Why is it still hard for some to admit that the 360 DID have a price cut in '09, just like everyone else.  To me it just seems like an excuse to explain why the PS3 has been selling so well against it, even though they both received a pricecut.  And you say MS will cut by $100 if Sony does.  But won't that just be "adjusting the size of the HDD" like before.  So I guess we can still expect to see the PS3 outsell the 360?  See how that flawed logic works against you sometimes?

As for the second bold, isn't that exactly what the 360 has going for it, as well?  Only the PS3's exclusives seem to be releasing more frequently.