| superchunk said:
There won't be a drastic adverse attack on sales of new hardware. 1) they will have a solid sale during holiday to promote teh product if not a full price drop. 2) people wanting hardware now, this far into the gen are buying because of the lower prices or replacing defunct units. These people are not going to hold out for a new $400-$500 console coming in 1.5 years or so. All you have to do is look to see what Nintendo/Sony did in E3 2005 when they new 360 was being detailed.... a full year before they launched their own products. Hint: They showed videos and more than likely empty consoles... in fact I remember Nintendo getting blasted as the wii box was a shel and the hardware was actually in a PC below the table. lol. |
I suppose that is true, this late in the life cycle the people buying consoles now are late adopters and buying due to price, and the consmers looking to buy next gen prob already have consoles and may simply hold off on replacement, waiting for launch. But then again if BC is not supported by the next gen those purchases would still be a necessity (poss motive for MSony not to support BC?).
A lot of this is discussion can be related to basic economic theory... that said it has been a couple of years since my last Econ class, will have to brush up on it.
