koffieboon on 29 June 2008
| reask said:
Analyst Michael Pachter reckons 90% of last gen sales happened at the 199$ price. Seems like it will be 2010 before we see mass penetration of ps3 or 360.
You can check it out here.
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I really feel this is almost some kind of myth. The biggest reason why almost all sales happen after dropping to $199 and below is because PS2 hasn't been above $199 for long so it has been selling below that pricepoint for like 80-90% of its lifetime. Sony produced around 18M units of PS2s the year before the price cut, the 2 years following the price cut they produced 22.5M and 20M units. Although it is in increase, it really isn't the huge difference and it is hardly a reason for any "wait until console X drops to $200" remarks.
