Why you wouldn`t buy PS3 for 299$ or 199$?

[Bodhesatva]

I'll answer this generally, since I already have a PS3.

The PS3 is not a magical system, and will not somehow break historical trends: historically, most people buy a single console per generation (or none at all, as most people in the world do not play video games at all). Historically, a system does not suddenly become hugely popular when it drops in price (Neo Geo, CD-i, 3D0, among others, all started at similar price points, and didn't suddenly rocket to stardom when their prices dropped. Other systems, such as the Gamecube and Xbox, started at lower price points, but still didn't suddenly take off like crazy when their prices dropped. The gamecube was half its original price in 2005 that it was in 2001. Even though it had way more games at that point, people still didn't jump in. Why? Why didn't the Xbox explode later in its life, either, even when it was less than half its original price?)

History shows us that consoles, no matter what the initial price point, no matter what the games, do not magically become much better sellers when they drop in price. I suspect the PS3 will do fine for itself overall, but any suggestion that the PS3 is different than all other consoles in history and will rocket upward and beyond seems specious to me. You really have to argue that the PS3 is so peculiar and particular that it will operate differently than every other console.