It is kinda random how he bumped a threaf from October lol. maybe he searched for PS4 threads?

Less see, the PS3 was at 600 dollars, the Vita was at 250 dollars, and much of the Sony tvs are overpriced. I think you have exposed yourself as a Nintendo hater with blinders on, your the first person to claim Nintendo overprice their consoles when they sell them below the other two lol.

I'l address your BS in point form:

1. Actually, the 3DS numbers are extremly good as its the best selling comsole almost every week and its the only one up year over year in sales. How is 169.00 plus tax dirt cheap? Maybe incomparsion to the Vita.

2.Here's why the PS3 and Xbox360 are out selling Wii U right now: it just lanuched and the suppply is limited and its the holidays!!! Once the new year starts the sales of the PS3 and Xbox will go back to where they were before and Wii U will out sell them.

3.They have to move to new systems becasue they tech is 8 and 7 years old and developers want to make next gen games and they need new hardware. Mircosoft doesn't need to worry about releasing new hardware because the company actually makes a profit, itsonly Sony has to worry if their new console doesn't bad in the markert.

i just so happen to be searching to see if a thread i was about to make had already been posted and saw this one. setting the search for 90 days, and interesting thread equals bump since it hadn't been past 90 days.

they may have been over priced on your budget but for me both ps3 and vita launched at affordable prices for what you get. ps3 may have cost us 600 dollars but it cost sony way more to make so we were getting it cheap really. maybe you should get another job that pays more.

naw i'm not next gen. yet buddy. i was contemplating making a thread. needless to say i didn't make the thread. i haven't had a thread get more then 10 post in almost a yr.

i ain't mak'n no moe threads!!!!!!!! 

You're both coming at this from two different but equally valid angles. His POV is that whilst Sony price their hardware high, but both PS3 and Vita (actually, not sure about Vita, may just be cost price) were sold at a loss. From a profit margins POV, Sony underpriced their hardware (by a ridiculous $240 with PS3) to try and get a hold of marketshare. In pure hardware terms, you're getting a top machine for less money.

It didn't work for the reason you point out; the majority of consumers weren't (or aren't in the case of Vita) willing to shell out that much for a dedicated games machine. So in terms of the market and consumers, they were overpriced. In the case of Vita (and 3DS), neither Sony or Nintendo had realised how much the handheld market had changed from when DS and PSP were released. Nintendo have combat that with a reasonable price cut to a level where it's now doing very well.

Nintendo on the other hand have priced their consoles at a fairly consumer friendly level. However, when you look at the costs associated with their hardware, their profit margins are nearly always higher (they're making a loss on WiiU but supposedly will make that back after a single game purchase). A much less riskier business model, but it's also a fair argument to ask if you're getting value in the hardware.

I guess most people didn't think it had the value you claim it did at the 600 plus price point that's why it sold badly at that price. I have a well paying thank you very much, and I probably make way more money than you lol. A lot of people arent as delusional as you are when comes to Sony their overpriced products. I love my PS3, but it wasn't worth 600 plus it was selling at lanuch, its not the pulbic fault because Sony cannot make a console without selling it at a loss. Sony used to the industry eader lin a lot of areas in tech, now they just throw products out there into the markert and make the sign of the cross and hope it sells. Its the whole reason for the giant finaincal hole they are in now, and if they release the PS4 at a very high price point then is the end of the PS brand, and maybe the entire company itself.

Sony is having a lot of financial troubles now. I think they should release their remaining PS3 games ASAP, release a couple exclusives on the Vita, and convince some third party publishers for support, and just release PS4 asap, start regaining any loss they are at developing it right now.

PS4 only needs 1 exclusive at launch to do well, and it doesn't even have to be good. Playstation has a huge fanbase and will likely sell out to loyal followers, just like WiiU did.

Then I say, software, software, software! Rake in the sales for 2014 and 2015!

P.S. I don't think Sony should make a PS4 a powerhouse like PS3 was. I think this was a bad move when they released the Vita and PS3, and sales could have been so much higher with just a lower price tag and lower graphics. You don't have the money to make a powerhouse right now, so don't risk bankruptcy.

Hahaha. If anything, you have exposed yourself as a Sony hater and an alergic Nintendo fanboy. Also you have a funny definition of overpriced. These consoles weren't overpriced but underpriced. The PS3 has been very expensive, but it hasn't been overpriced. It was impossible at that time to deliver that quality cheaper. Also in my opinion Vita is worth the current price. Remember that Nintendo released the 3DS, which is inferior by a whole generation, for the same price! Nintendo sells hardware at a profit (Wii U being the only exception, though not for long since it's just a couple of bucks behind), which means the value is overpriced, just like with Apple products. Scoobes explains it nicely.

If Aston Martin started selling their new Zagato for $100k it would still be very expensive and most people wouldn't be able to afford it, but it wouldn't be overpriced! Good, cutting edge things are expensive, that's the world we live in.