| Mummelmann said: It needs to be a different concept and product to sell to mainstream or mass market customers, price and software be damned. Look at how far it got the Gamecube, even at 99$ it refused to move. |
For the majority of Its life, Gamecube was only $50 apart from PS2.
Nov 2001(Gamecube launch) PS2-$299 vs GC-$199
May 2002 PS2-$199 vs GC-$149
May 2003 PS2-$179 vs GC-$149
Sep 2003 PS2-$179 vs GC-$99
May 2004 PS2-$149 vs GC-$99
Apr 2006 PS2-$129 vs GC-99
The built in DVD player and vastly larger library easily made it worth an extra $50. Right now Wii U-$299 vs PS4-$399 is a similar situation as PS2/GC, for a little more money u get alot more value. Wii U at $199 would be half the price of PS4 and while an extra $100 is justifiable im not sure an extra $200 is.
Im not saying it would start to dominate PS4 or anything like that but it could def stay competitve and probably outsell Xone, until those consoles get to $299.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
