No, it would have had to of launched at $299.99. That ship has sailed. In terms of profitability and market share retention, PS3 is a failure. (relative to the other playstations)

The magic price point this gen is going to be $250. Last gen most PS2 sales were at or under $200, so with inflation and whatnot, that price should be around $230 this gen. So Wii is the only one close to a killer price point. This is why Xbox 360 needs an $100 price drop in America.

I think at $299.99 sales for PS3 should pick up, if it comes in the next 18 months. After that it won't matter, whatever console is winning will do best, regardless of the prices of other consoles (look at Gamecube- it was $100 for quite some time and still didn't sell(

PS2 did that with DVD. PS2 came out first and was cheaper than Xbox, so some people bought it as a DVD player which boosted the system. I can't think of anything PS3 can do to disrupt though. Blu Ray isn't the same as DVD. VHS to DVD is a much bigger jump than DVD to BLU. DVD to BLU would be like... VHS to SVHS... Super VHS has 200% faster rewind/fastforward, 20% better picture and sound quality, and the tape wears out 1/2 as fast. However, the SVHS tapes cost twice as much, and SVHS players cost 20 times as much as VHS players...

Sigh. The actual figures for the first years were 1.285 million consoles. The second year sold 2.684 million (for a total of 3.969 million). That's an increase of ~208%, if you want to be precise, or ~200% for those not looking to go to the nearest millionth decimal point.

I don't mind nit picking. At all, actually; fact checking is good. However, if you end up being wrong (as in this case), just say: "Oops, my bad, " or "sorry" or even "good to know."  200% is about as spot on as you can get without getting anal (It's not 2:30 PM, it's 2:30 PM and 25 seconds!)

The total is 200% as high as the first year, and so it is 100% higher. So the increase is 100%!

The numbers all start at 100%, so a 200% increase would be 300% as high as the original number!

Exactly. People seem to like the fact that the PS3 is technologically advanced; this advancement is the exact reason the price is so high.

You can't have it both ways simultaneously, folks. Asking for a 199.99 PS3 is either asking for 1) Sony to go bankrupt or 2) the PS3 to be much more like the Wii than it is the 360. Since many of the most ardent PS3 fans seems to dislike the Wii's tech specs, I assume none of these solutions are palatable to you.

Next week: Corvette sells all their cars for 1,000 dollars a piece. Their market share would reach 90%+ in less than a month! What could possibly go wrong!

An issue you forgot to mention is the BC. I think the PS3 needs Software emulation BC, especially in Japan, the PS3's sales took a nosedive when they went with 40GB only.

I also think the PS3 will end up 2nd this generation.

Oh my goodness gracious, why are people challenging this? I hope this is a joke, Rubang (is it?)

The European figures are three times as high as they were last year at this time. Not two times, three times. Some people refer to this as "thrice" or "triple." Mathematically speaking, that is an increase of 200%. The US region, however, has an increase of 100%, as you indicated. I have never in this thread suggested that the US, Japanese, or worldwide sales increases are 200%. Let me break it down. Let's just keep this simple. The approximate increases are:

Japan: 0%
US: 100%
EU: 200%

Can we just drop this now? Why is anyone challenging me on something that I am unquestionably correct about? We have the data right in front of us. It's right here on the site! That's all I did!

2010

Hahhahaha, awesome. I skimmed and saw the U.S. numbers right above my post and didn't read about the Euro ones.

BOOYAH MY BAD. I'm out of this thread. Carry on.