| kitler53 said: imo, $400 is a fair price for new and awesome technology. now i'm above average on income and a serious gamers so i can understand why not everyone would jump at this price. but i think there are enough people like me that would jump at $400 that the rest can wait for the $300 and $200 price points down the line. i feel anything about $400 quickly prices out your potential marketplace for a this kind of luxury item. $600 is obviously too much lol. |
As I expected, $400 is the acceptable limit for a relative majority. Yes, like you wrote, the results are biased as we are in a game enthusiasts site, but conquering a large slice of the enthusists is enough, if everything else in the system is right, to make a successful launch possible. Later prices may drop and conquer the majority of the other potential buyers, those willing to pay a lower sum. What happened in the past, BTW, confirms theory and poll results: PS3, despite all the premium featurs, struggled to sell at $600, once the very few million early adopters willing to pay more than $400 ran out, and it really started taking off at $400. BTW, this doesn't rule out the possibility to offer ALSO a premium model for more than $400, it's instead a good idea as a few million buyers will be happy to buy it, but the entry-level model MUST be within that limit.
