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tuoyo on 09 September 2008
Sephiroth357 said:
 

 

 Ever heard of Blue-Ray?

 

 Is that a type of fish?



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SHMUPGurus on 09 September 2008
tuoyo said:
Sephiroth357 said:

 

 Ever heard of Blue-Ray?

 

 Is that a type of fish?

 



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blazinhead89 on 09 September 2008

Price WAS THE Biggest Mistake. I mean when PS2 launched at 299 it didn't have many games to play, but people adopted it quicker than PS3 because of price.



Smashchu2 on 09 September 2008

I love how everyone is saying "PS3 is better" and "Sony would have won".

Truth is this: The PS3 sold at 500-600 dollars. Even if they launced at the same time, the 360 would have done better on price alone. It wasn't till the system dropped to 400 it started moving.



Marty8370 on 09 September 2008

It's the PS3's future I care about, which is very rosey indeed. 360 future looks too be dire, the 'RROD' failures has damaged 360 image. Even Wii future looks dire too, Wii's sales will drop off faster than it sold in first place.



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xman on 09 September 2008

I hope we can all agree launching a console at $600.00 is a VERY BAD idea and showed some arrogance on Sony's part. That and they felt they really did any good games and it would sell. They have since started lowering the price and pumping out good games and the sales have followed suit.

As for MS and WII going down. MS has price cuts, a great library of games and great 3rd party support and WII is still red hot.

I think Sony is definitely on the up swing but I think all consoles this generation will do well



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tuoyo on 09 September 2008
SHMUPGurus said:
tuoyo said:
Sephiroth357 said:
 

 

 Ever heard of Blue-Ray?

 

 Is that a type of fish?

 

Looks quite cool.  What does it have to do with Sony?

 



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Smashchu2 on 09 September 2008
Marty8370 said:
It's the PS3's future I care about, which is very rosey indeed. 360 future looks too be dire, the 'RROD' failures has damaged 360 image. Even Wii future looks dire too, Wii's sales will drop off faster than it sold in first place.

1)PS3 is still in last place, and it's losing the company millions. It wont meet the 360 till Oct 2010.

2)The Wii win. There is no doubt and questioning it questions your credibility.

 



twesterm on 09 September 2008
Sephiroth357 said:
twesterm said:
Million said:
twesterm said:
megaman2 said:

Q1 -If the Nintendo wii and Ps3 had been priced the same, who would have been the market leader?

Q2 - If the Ps3 lauched a year earlier, would the Xbox 360 be able to catch up?

 

Whoops, forgot to answer the questions:

  1. Still the Wii.  The PS3 had nothing going for it at the time of launch other than its name.  Nintendo had its name, a new controller, and even a bundled game to show it off.
  2. Hard question-- would any of those 360 exclusives been multiplatform or PS3 exclusives?  Who knows.

 

 

Sorry but I beleive your incorrect.

 

If i have any understanding what so ever of the markets that the Wii & PS3 apeal to then i'm pretty certain that the Wii could not outsell the PS3 at a $600 Price point , the casual demographic woudln't be able justify a $600 price tage for the novelty of swinging a motion controller about with their friends at a party etc , the traditional gamer wouldn't be able to justify buying relativley old technology , yes the Wii is "innovative and revolutionary" but that can only add so much perceived value. for a relativley high price a $600 price point would server as too high a barrier for the vast majority of it's current userbase to jump on .

Keepin in mind nintendo came into this gen as the underdog , the Wii needed a low price to gain the consumers confidence.

A cheap Wii vs a Cheap PS3 is a though one to answer and I think depending on the scenario either one could have been the market leader right now. A Cheap PS3 would have completley demolished any competition the XBOX 360 posed ( I think the effect of PS3 price cuts alone demonstrate this) a low price point would most likely killed any opposition the XBOX 360 posed.

The HD format war would have never happened saving Sony possibly 100's of millions of promotional costs , Blu-Ray adoption would have increased at a much more rapid rate , Sony would have generated more profits from the PS3 via blu-ray and software from a larger PS3 install base . Sony with a more profitability ( and already affordable PS3 ) would have more capacity to price cut and sustain losses than their competitor Nintendo.

Sony would have had GTA IV , Devil May Cry , Burnout , Final Fantasy , Tales , Max Effect , Bioshock, Gears Of War and many more titles as exclusives ( or multiplatform at the very least) . 3rd Party developers would have been at their feet like last generation.

 

I wasn't assuming the Wii would have it priced raised since most sane people agree that it's the right price; the issue is the PS3's price so that is the price that would be affected.

And again, at launch what did the PS3 offer and what did the Wii offer?

From the box alone the Wii offered a very new way of playing, the Nintendo name, and a game.  The PS3 offered the PS3 name (everyone knew the SIXAXIS was a joke). 

We could argue about the libraries but it's just easier to assume they're equal.  Personally, I think the Wii had a stellar launch library, probably one of the best in a good while, but that is merely an opinion thing and that's why it should be left out.

 

 

 Ever heard of Blue-Ray?

No, what are these blue raayz and why should I fear them?

 



 

colonelstubbs on 09 September 2008
Marty8370 said:
It's the PS3's future I care about, which is very rosey indeed. 360 future looks too be dire, the 'RROD' failures has damaged 360 image. Even Wii future looks dire too, Wii's sales will drop off faster than it sold in first place.

 

 The wii will drop off? Saying that is like asking to be shot! Nooooooooo Marty, nooooooooo!



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