HappySqurriel said:
ninjablade said:
HappySqurriel said:
ninjablade said:
| Honestly, the Wii U struggling at $350 is a very bad sign for any console selling for (significantly) more than $350 |
or it could be people are not interested, just like they were not interested in GC or N64, but especially like GC, i mean it did'nt even sell at 149$ 6 months after launch.
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I think that is a factor but I think that people are forgetting that the XBox 360 struggled at $400 in 2005 and 2006 even though the economy was far stronger ...
In relative terms, I think you have to (essentially) add $50 to $100 to the price of a system launching today to relate it back to the launch of previous generation systems simply due to the state of the economy; and I think a $500 console is less appealing today than a $600 console was in 2006.
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360 wasn't really a big brand when it launched, and it basically missed the holiday shopping season, cause was supply constraint, so its really diifernt scenerio, but i do think 399$-449$ should be the price,
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Even the PS3, the successor to the best selling gaming console ever, struggled at $400 ...
I think the market wants to pay $300 for a console, they might accept $400 if it is an amazing system, but beyond that is a mistake. I honestly think the Wii U would be substantially more popular at $250, I think the PS4 will sell worse than the PS3 if it is $500 or more, and I think Sony would be better off having a more modest system selling for $300 than a powerful system at $450.
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ps3 was 499$ and 599$, it had the 360 at 299$-399$ with better looking games, thats what really hurt ps3 and when it all said and done ps3 will hit 90 million, not bad.
