Is releasing a $400 plus console a bad Idea?

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ps3-sales! on 02 February 2013

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d21lewis said:

Probably a bad idea but if you're gonna release at such a price, you damn well better have some amazing piece of software to show off on day one or your name had better be Apple.

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Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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KHlover on 02 February 2013

Chark said:

I call bias. According to this graph the Nintendo Wii never existed :D

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Chark said:

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No. We don't need people getting multiple jobs this gen just to buy a system. That's craziness!

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KHlover said:

I call bias. According to this graph the Nintendo Wii never existed :D

I noticed that too, but looking at the date it was probably made before Nintendo announced the Wii price because didn't they wait till the last minute?

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Chark said:

KHlover said:

I call bias. According to this graph the Nintendo Wii never existed :D

I noticed that too, but looking at the date it was probably made before Nintendo announced the Wii price because didn't they wait till the last minute?

The Wii was released only 2 days after the PS3, but I have no idea when the prices were announced.

Btw. I never was aware of that. Mind=Blown. Did the Internet explode back then?

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