What if: Sony and Microsoft had both launched in 2005 at $399?

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platformmaster918 said:

zhao3gold said:
total 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 PS3 will be shipped in one year. Are you happy?

goodness everyone seems very hostile to a "what if" for some reason.  Just asking geez

But its the "why" to the "what if".

What motivates the thought in the first place? More often then not, its to get out of last place. I cant recal seeing any what ifs from Wii owners....because they won. 360 owners are happy since they are winning over PS3. That only leaves one faction that wouldn;t mind a reality change.

If your the exception then apologies but usually these are all rooted in sales, and are done so to get out of the lowest sales bracket.