There is no way that Wii could outsell PS3 if they are the same price. As it is PS3 outsells Wii on occasion despite being twice the price. I even know a few hardcore wii fans who would get a PS3 for $250.

Why is that? The wii has a more mainstream appeal than the ps3. That means more casual buy the wii than the ps3, along with Nintendo Core. Also those occasions are scarce, and rarely happen. Most of the time its because of a big release, and the diffrence isn't much.

A 250 Dollar PS3 probably wouldn't sell like Wii but it would kick the s**t outa the Wii's marketshare , that's certain.

Yep... considering Wii's were going for more than the other two consoles on Ebay and such when the supply was really tight.

My Wii cost more then my ps3 or xbox360 beacuse if you really want everything out of the Wii you have to buy 3+3 Wiimotes/nunchucks

He made it up to justify and marginalize Nintendomination. That's obvious. In his world, the casual gamer doesn't exist and everyone who owned a PS2 is just waiting for the chance to go out and buy PS3s, any day now.

Listen up. The Wii will sell just as many units as it's selling right now, if the Playstation 3 was free. The Wii is aimed at multiple markets, but the market doing all the spastic frenzied buying is the casual market. This isn't something that's gonna change over-night, and the PS3 didn't underperform early on, just because of the price. There were mistakes, and arrogant assumptions made that cost them.

Software, marketing, price, audience, hype, loyal fanbase, word of mouth, innovation, gimmickry, trends, public perception, public acceptance. All these things matter when it comes to console sales. Blaming them largely on price is damage control.

...and as we all know, damage control controls damage.

What you're really saying is that while the blue ocean, software, fun, games, and marketing are all nice talking points, the only real reason the Wii sells a lot is...price, alone. At a higher price, it would sell less than the PS3.

....and then! Someone uses a justification that, "Oh, well the PS3 has beaten the Wii(once) recently and it was double the price(embellishment for effect), so it would surely win at equal price."

A. As if MGS4, restock, bundles, and a poor Wii week had nothing to do with it.

B. As if console sales scale directly with price decreases, and spikes don't exist.

C. And sales spikes are suddenly proof, while consistacy and averages mean nothing.

...I wish I wouldn't have wondered into this thread.

@Naum: WTF, you don't have 4 Balance Boards, 4 Wii Zappers, 4 Wii Wheels, 4 GC controllers and 4 Classic Controllers yet (although, aside from Wii Wheel and GC/Classic controller you only benefit from one or two, but still). Quick, run to your local gamestore. Gotta catch 'em all!

I was going to say if you want everything out of your PS3 you need to buy 3 Six Axis's (at launch) and then buy 4 dual shock 3's, an HD cable, a Blue Tooth Headset, a remote, PSEye.

To get the most out of you 360 you need to buy 3 wireless controllers, for play 'n' charge kits, pay for a LIVE subscription....

Let's face it, all the companies no how to turn us upside down and shakes those nickels out of our pockets.

You guys still think price has anything to do with sales.....oh boy.

If people bought systems all based on price, why didn't the GC sell 100m, it was the cheapest.......

Price was just one of the big Wii selling factors.