ookaze on 24 June 2007
| mrstickball said: For consumers though, the Sony/MS is better in the fact that we gain where they lose. We get systems that are far more powerful for the dollar than the Wii. Which might mean, or not mean anything to various gamers (to me it does though). |
That's just plain wrong. The consumer doesn't gain anything if he buys sth that is more powerful for the dollar.
The consumer gains when the perceived VALUE of what he buys is at least equal to the price, or better.
Thinking that buying a $600 product is better for the consumer because the products actually cost $800 is nonsense, if the buying consumer sees no value in it. And to make profit, you actually have to make the perceived value above the price. That's one of the goals of ads BTW.
