greenmedic88 said:
daroamer said:
Shaman said:
daroamer said:
9087 said:
Sony still has a $199 price drop in it's pocket all those huge exclusive games
How would MS combat that?
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Which huge exclusives would those be? GT5 was the biggest exclusive they had and it didn't even manage to get the PS3 to outsell the 360 on launch it's week.
They have a lot of exclusives next year but the only one I would consider huge is Uncharted 3, and Uncharted 2 still only sold 4.23 million so far. Gears 3 will easily beat U3 in sales.
Killzone 3? While Killzone 2 was a graphical beast it's only sold 2.51 million so far. Hardly a system mover, especially this late in the generation.
So which of Sony's exclusives next year are going to push it past the 360?
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dont think they need another "GT5" like game to push them above 360....
last 2009 they didn't have a exclusive that sold as much as ODST yet they still outsold 360 by a mile I'd say price cut is definitly more helpful.
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Price cut coupled with the release of the slim, they don't have that again. Even the 360 slim model boosted sales significantly for the 360 WITHOUT a price cut. The 360 hasn't had a price cut since 2008, they can afford to go much lower than the PS3.
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It's irrelevant because they won't.
All personal opinions and favorites aside, I'm sure you know that if one platform gets a $100 price drop, the other will follow suit. There will be no "if the PS3 drops to $199, then Xbox drops to $149." MS already has their lower priced SKU in the 4GB, so it's a non-issue.
Neither company wants a price war at this stage considering undershooting competitor price would result in lower margins rather than higher marketshare.
At best, expect to see a $50 price cut on Kinect and Kinect bundles in 2011, and only if Kinect adoption rates drastically lose their momentum (which I am not banking on currently).
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If Sony makes a $50 or $100 price cut, MS will follow. Realistically MS will make the $50 price cut first, and have an additional $25-$50 off Kinect bundles, and Sony will follow. So $250 for a 360 Elite, or a PS3, $325 for a 360 Elite Kinect Bundle, or a PS3 Move bundle. That seems about fair, but MS will also have a $150 Arcade model, and a $225 Arcade Kinect Model.
I think this whole argument of a PS3 price cut to $199 is flawed. The biggest boost in sales seen were when both consoles dropped to $300, and Sony's was only so prominent because they released a Slim PS3 along with their price cut, right before the holiday season. If both consoles drop in price, it will only likely be $50 and will affect both consoles equally.
