No it didn't, that chart actually completely disproved your point. Read your OP again, and then look at the chart. Not that the chart is the only thing that disproves you, but I'm responding to this post, not your OP.

Were I responding to your OP, I would inform you that most analyists think the price-cut changed momentum back in favor of MS, and is exclusively to blame for MS's chances at 2nd place this gen....truth.

I could do it better? Im tempted to redo your thread.

deffo last one before i go.

ye i recall loads of people predicting 360 will continue selling over twice per month and that it will never dip below 250k a week etc.

but in all honesty it should have rocketed ahead, as greenberg claimed, we have finally reached the mass market price and history tells us that 70% of a consoles sales are in once it gets to a $199 sweet spot.

@zen No shit. But it (the price-cut) has underachieved nonetheless.

You mean games like FFXIII and Tekken 6 right? Those were great exclusives once.

As for relative library quality:

www.metacritic.com

Oh yeah.. for shizzle...

The $50/year that the 10 million+ gold members pay every year is wasted on booze and women...

Then, the money from DLC's sold on Xbox Live are given to charity...

How did it underachieve? It boosted sales greatly in the long term, and put major pressure on the PS3 for a price cut. It has been nothing but a success. Did it not have enough win for you?

Turns out the new "sweet spot" is $150 bundled with Natal or something, or so it seems from what I read from people here. $200 is so elite, $150 is the new mass market price...while people (many of them non-gamers) are glad to pay for the Wii more than the list price.

Actually, most people on this forum said the 360 price cut was a non entity and that the PS3 would continue to steam roll it. Look how that turned out. There was an entire thread of predictions of when the PS3 would pass the 360 in sales, and 99% of the people are pretty much already wrong. You can say, "well they did not know about the price cut", but I think it was pretty obvious the 360 was going to be getting a cut at some point in the future.

Zen, my boy. What if I were to compare the early 2007 PS3 sales to the early-mid 2008 PS3 sales? Would that be so surprising? Of course it shows the PS3 starting doing a lot better, as it would've died an horrible early death if Sony hadn't found a way to reduce costs and impale themselves while cutting the price so early in the circle. But look at that difference between the dying PS3 of early 2007 and what it was selling when it got the cut. It was "less expensive" alright, but still expensive, not mass-friendly priced, and still considerably pricier than the competition! We're talking about mass market price here, $200. If you look at the 360 price cut as a LIFE-SAVING measure, then yeah, it was THE ONLY WAY OUT, and it paid off. I've never denied that. That was THE move. Still, and I'm sorry for my stubborness, I think I expect a lot more from a mass-market priced product. I would expect it should be selling around 180K every week, not its current level which is just above a product which is by no means mass-market or enjoys so strong market penetration. Take Xbox Live Gold for example, if Gold is indeed growing every month you would think more new people would prefer to buy a 360 so they'd be able to play with their friends and relatives. Just an example, I think the value of a $200 or $300 X360 should be percieved a lot higher than it is!