super_etecoon said:
It would have been better for the DVD market and the idea of physical media. Blu Ray was rolled out far too early and artificial. The way they tried to make everyone think they needed it was absurd. In 2010 it would have made much more sense. A better price wouldn’t have impacted Nintendo’s strategy, but it definitely would have helped the Sony image that gen and taken more sales away from Microsoft. |
Yep, I understand it was a Trojan horse tactic to make sure HD-DVD didn’t take off but most people had just gotten DVD players in the early 2000s and HDTV adoption rates were still low so people just weren’t ready for Blu-Ray in 2006/2007 when PS3 launched. They could have done a mid-gen upgrade in 2009/2010 that included Blu-Ray when prices came down.
As for sales, I agree, a cheaper PS3 likely would have had minimal impact on Wii but 360 would have definitely taken a big hit. I still think PS3 would have done worse than PS2 as Microsoft was making some good moves with 360 to build off of Xbox and Wii was now the hit casual console. Im guessing the PlayStation/Xbox split would have been similar to PS4/XBO with Wii selling basically the same.
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