finalsquall said:
I believe Sony is playing it smart. MS is being aggressive with their approach and for now it is working. Sony has to wait for the right time. Sony has a lot of room to lower the price and sustain it. MS can't go down much lower.
I believe that Sony will lead the way in the end. The PS3 has loads of potential and we will start to see a new standard in gaming and entertainment. Sony's Candle stick has a lot of wick but is slower to burn, whereas MS has a smaller candle wick and will burnout quickly. Wow that's Penis envy for ya :P
So in the end? Yes! 10 yr plus for the Ps3 :D maybe 4 more for the 360. |
No.
Sony has no room to lower the price and sustain it at the moment. As of their last financial report the PS3 is causing them to bleed money. If you mean that because it literally costs more they literally have more room to drop prices in the extreme long run then you are still making a flawed argument. Ultimately, two things drive console sales. A hand in hand marriage of price and a large, quality library.
The nature of the console cycle is thus:
Price and games begat console sales, console sales begat game development, game development begat strong game libraries, strong game libraries begat better console sales, better console sales begat higher economies of scale, higher economies of scale begat cheaper consoles and so on.
Sony's problem is that they are already behind the eight ball, and the nature of the console cycle is that they will fall FURTHER behind, not catch up. Having said that, it IS possible for externalities to effect the function of the console cycle. One common one would be first party games. But the problem is (with the SOLE exception of Gran Turismo 5) Sony doesn't have a single upcoming first party game of a high enough caliber and notoriety to really effect any sort of noticeable shift in the console cycle. Unfortunately for Sony, the only other common externality involving the HD consoles is company liquidity. Microsoft has a tonne of money to buy EXTRA games from third parties in ADDITION to those received through a console cycle that ALREADY benefits them.
Of course the cycle GREATLY benefits Nintendo. But they are effected by the negative externality that presumes game developers dont feel they can garner great sales on the system.
