PS3 super slim could "shift the tides in Sony's favor"

[bouzane]

J_Allard said:

bouzane said:

J_Allard said:
The gen is basically over. Sony can swoop in and swallow up all the scraps they want, they have still lost this gen and lost a ton of momentum into next gen.

The "scraps" as you call them amount to billions of dollars. Also, how can a system that is currently outselling the competition have lost momentum going into the next generation?

Billions? Over the course of maybe a couple years with less than impressive hardware sales and who knows what kind of profit margin since it would have to be dropped in price to make an impact? No way.

 

PS2 is almost at 160 million sold, yes? Are you going to try and tell me the Playstation brand name is as strong entering next gen as it was entering this gen? Not even close.

The current generation of hardware still has billions of dollars of revenue in terms of remaining hardware and software sales, that's an absolute fact.

You seem to have a different definition of momentum. The Xbox brand performed well in the years leading into the current generation and therefore had momentum during the 360 launch. The PS3 is currently outselling the competition and that's without a recent price cut, the brand has more momentum at the moment in the console market. Sure, it's not as good as when they launched the PS3 but your assertion that they lost a "ton" of momentum is difficult to accept, especially considering the fact that they had much, much less about four to five years ago.

Edit: What you're saying makes sense though I guess, except the scraps comment which was ridiculous.