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S.T.A.G.E. on 19 September 2013
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PigPen said:
the-pi-guy said:
PigPen said:

A 600$ video game system with no games* usually dies, so it's beyond impressive that it even managed to sell 50 million consoles.  Most of that was because of the brand power.  If a different company released a 600$ with the same games that the PS3 saw, it would probably only sell a few million, if that.  

*Not necessarily that it didn't have any games, but it had very few big system sellers that the Xbox 360 didn't have.  


Sony didn't sell 50 million consoles at $600 dollars.  You know price cuts give console sales a boost for those that where on the fence about buying.  The real factor about the PS3 was Blu-ray.  Being fairly new at that time, and what Blu-ray players cost in stores made the PS4 look like a steal even with its high price. Sony has nothing like that too help sell the PS4. 

If you calculate the sales from the first launch year and line them up with Microsofts launch year Sony still sold more than Microsoft with a $600 console and not just one year, but multiple. When the price dropped it got worse. Its hardware and format brand power.