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windbane on 05 March 2008
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makingmusic476 said:
Dianko said:
Username2324 said:
Dianko said:
Keep in mind there was a time when 360 was outselling the PS3 for more than 14 weeks in a row. Things can change, and before the generation ends it's probably gonna flip back and forth a couple more times.

Keep in mind the 360 had a full year of sales with no competition, and MS blew it, its over for the 360, the PS3 will stay ahead for the rest of the generation. Next target: Nintendo Wii.


And PS3 had to cut it's price $200 in a year to stay competitive. I'm not saying that the 360 WILL come back (though I will say I'm 90% sure the 2 will switch places a few more times), or that 360 will beat the PS3. But it's almost impossible to predict this kind of stuff. Hell, I wouldn't have predicted that a $400 PS3 would be on the market right now. I thought it would be damn near impossible due to cost. But here we are. If Sony could do a desperate move to get back sales, so can MS. It's far from a done deal. And obviously both are getting absolutely eclipsed by the Wii.


I hate that line of reasoning.  The cheapest ps3 is still $130 more expensive than the cheapest 360, yet it still outsells it week to week.

Imagine if the Wii had cost $10,000 on launch day, but then dropped to $250 the very next day.  Then everyone would be going, "yeah, it's in the lead, but it had to have $9,750 worth of price cuts to stay competitive, lulz."


They only dropped it $100, which is in line with what they did for PS2. This perception of desperation exists only because the PS3 wasn't fast out of the gate. Sony understood that they needed to drop the price as soon as possible, but it was simply costing them too much. They waited half a year of bad press to do it, which I think showed great patience considering the situation. They tried to wait for software, which didn't arrive en masse until the fall and winter. Anyway, 1/6th the price is not a major price drop. Don't ignore than you could get a PS3 for $500 at launch. The 20GB PS3 was better than the 40GB PS3 is right now, too.