Jay520 on 05 January 2012
| Troll_Whisperer said: This generation is so weird, it's funny how the Wii was dominating the market while the HD consoles were selling slow, and 6 years later the HD consoles are the ones that are most popular. I think PS3 and 360 have been slower than usual to achieve their potential because many people were still not ready for HD in 2005. Also, I think this generation started a tad early, as the PS2 was still selling gangbusters until 2007-8 and many people were not ready to transition to the next gen. |
I feel the same way. I think Sony would have preferred to release the PS3 a few years later than it did. This would have allowed them to release the PS3 & Blu Ray at a much lower price. Like you said, they would have been fine with PS2 still selling gangbusters. The system would have espescially been selling more if its successor hadn't launched in 2006. I think if Sony would have been able to release the PS3 in 2007-2008, then they would have gotten off to a much better start and would have possibly been able to achieve PS1/PS2 level sales.
Unfortunately, Microsoft and their aggressive tactics and made it impossible for Sony to wait any longer than they did.
