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

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gigantor21 said:

I honestly didn't think it would've made much difference. Whatever extra power came from the Cell was never tapped into in a way that made the PS3's hardware advantage consistently unambigious. And the most hype and excitement was for the Wii, which had broader appeal and still would've been much cheaper. Even if the PS3 managed to get ahead, I don't know if it would've been able to match the Wii.

A more interesting question to me would be like this:

Say Sony still released the PS3 at the same price, but abandoned the Cell and Blu-ray support in exchange for a system with similar hardware to the 360--but more raw CPU/GPU power and memory. What could've they have done with the system in that context? How much more powerful would it have been? If PS3 games looked and ran significantly better, how would it have affected sales?

i think i like this question better, but you'd get the same responses either way.