Aielyn on 25 July 2012
| small44 said: ps2 sold 40 millions after the next gen was out. |
PS2 cost $129 by the time the PS3 released and had a massive number of exclusive games, and had all of the momentum and brand awareness prior to the Wii's release. PS3 currently costs $250 for the cheapest version, and lacks the brand awareness due to the Wii becoming the best-known system, and has relatively few exclusives.
But more than all of that, the PS2 was given strong ongoing development support well into the following generation, whereas the PS3 is unlikely to see such support. And with Sony lacking funds really badly, they can't price the PS3 low enough to produce the necessary sales boosts without losing money (which they'll be loathe to do, especially if it eats into potential PS4 purchases).
