| starcraft said: Over each of the last two generations, both of the involved company's consoles have received price cuts broadly in line with one-another until the very end of the generation. My assumption is based on history |
Tell me, in this history, are you reffering to the xbox 360 and playstation 3?, if thats the case then youre comparing offset launch alignments with heavy financial investment in cell which prevented the ability to take heavy cost drops for the hardware for a signficant length of time, and two very difference architectures, how exactly does that translate to the current situation of very similar systems with near identical launch windows, and opposite pricing?
| starcraft said: yours is based on... |
Actual market conditions, current sales performance and retail trends.
| starcraft said: The momentum that has so successfully carried the PS4 forward is broadly acknowledged to have slowed. |
A retail products sales decreased after the launch, and thats surprising how exactly?
| starcraft said: Do you believe that if Microsoft cut the price by $100 and Sony did nothing this would not change the lay of the land sufficiently to adjust Sony's perspective? |
They dropped the price in the UK significantly, many retailers both met the price drop and increased it, add to that more or less free bundling of a new blockbuster title, at the same time, no such drop in price for the PS4, just the release of a new game, how exactly did that pan out? the popularity as it stands is enough to allow sony to confidently leave the console at its current price point, the xbox one would have to be significantly outselling it for Sony to approach the pricing - this suggests that while the cost of the PS4 will definitely fall over the years, its LESS likely to do so as heavilly or as soon as the xbox one.
| starcraft said: Even if you do believe that, you've made no effort to counter the fact that you're proposing a small saving (both immediately and cumulatively) for a gaming console of lesser utility to the user. |
Ive made it clear, several times that my opinion on the matter is neither console offers worthwhile utility to the user, which you even agreed on, so from my perspective as i clearly stated, if he "HAS" to pick one, my option would be made based on long term cost saving, rather than what they currently offer as - as i keep saying, neither console currently offers worthwhile utility over the other as a matter of my personal opinion.
In asking what he should get, he is asking for our OPINION, sure he can say what he is interested in but ultimately our responses are going to be based on our personal opinions, you just seem hell bent on insisting that i am advocating he definitely buy a PS4, when ive made my stance on neither being worthwhile clear, which is where i fall back on the "if you look at it from a price perspective rather than the games", which then is entirely about the cost of eventually owning both and not his personal interest.
| starcraft said: I don't know who 'everyone else' is...I assume EB1994...? |
Now you're just being straight up childish, so you can continue your lynch mob without me, im out of this thread.
