But launch price is all that matters here. The PS3 will be under $200 some day, it's inevitable. Today is not the day to talk about that, however, because neither of its competitors will be in that price range for the next 12-18 months either. It's a moot point, because it doesn't apply to any of these systems. Maybe the PS3 will sell the majority of its systems under $200, that's fine. That's a long ways off for all three of the current gen systems and too far in the future for you to reasonably predict what will happen.
Also, you're wrong on a number of those stats. Genesis launched at $250, for example.
Now, again, I'm going to tell you to stop putting words into my mouth. I never once indicated that "Everyone" was doing anything. I never even used the word everyone, that was you. I also would never indicate that the vast amjority of gamers are waitign for FF and MGS when they are a small part of the market. So, again, you're putting words into my mouth that I never even thought, let alone said. GT is much, much bigger than either of those two series and I haven't even implied anyone is waiting for that. What Sony's loyal fans are waiting for, as I did say multiple times, is for the console to get within their price range.
I dunno who taught you to read, but they failed miserably if you missed that and substituted it with your own ideas of what you thought I said. Those are your own flawed views you're arguing against, and in doing so you've failed to argue against any of the points I actually made.
As I said, the retailers had to put their foot down and tell Nintendo that they are selling their products too cheaply. Nintendo knows where their bread and butter is (the $200 range you mentioned), but they have a tendancy to completely ignore reality as they see fit. The reality is that the people who previously wouldn't pay more than $200 for a console now will just like the people who previously wouldn't pay more than a dollar for a 20 oz coke are now paying a dollar and a half. The people who wouldn't pay more than $1.35 for a gallon of gas when I was a kid would be happy to pay $2.70 now. The price of thigs go up, and so do disposable incomes. People are willing to pay more for a console now, even if the largest share of people aren't ready just yet.
After all, at $600 the PS3 has done as well as the PS1 launch price of $300 and is getting a price cut after approximately the same amount of time it took the PS1 to get its first cut. Imagine what it would have done to the old PS2 records if it had launched at only $400. And don't bother thinking about how the console would be doing at $300, because it'd be just as badly supply constrained as the Wii is today.
You do not have the right to never be offended.
