HappySqurriel on 04 March 2007
mrstickball said:
Not to be pro-PS3, but there is a huge issue with price. It's not saying there is a secret formula like 2.5 to 1. However, in the history of video gaming, systems tend to do horrible when they're above $300. The commodore 64 home PC/gaming system was about the only one to buck the trend.
Systems above $300USD
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
Xbox 360
PS3
Neo Geo
3DO
Systems below or at $300USD
PS1/2
N64/SNES/GC/NES, ect
Sega Genesis
Xbox
TG16
Jaguar
I should point out that the Dreamcast launched for $199 (US) on September 9, 1999 ...
The Dreamcasts failure was mostly associated with the loss of Consumer and Developer confidence in Sega after the disapointing results of the Sega Gamegear, Sega CD, Sega 32x, Sega Saturn, and Sega Nomad; the best selling of these systems was the Sega Saturn which sold (roughly) 10 Million systems.
Had Sega never released the Sega CD, Sega 32X or Sega Nomad the Dreamcast could have probably been a (reasonably) successful system; if the Saturn was a more affordable system and had games available at launch it is likely the Playstation would have never gained the traction necessary to control the market.
