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"EEDAR's Jesse Divnich believes consumers have been waiting for a PS3 price cut and if they don't get it, they'll flock to Xbox 360 this holiday. Gears of War 2 is expected to top all software sales this holiday, said Divnich."

"The $399 price point is simply too steep to entice the casual and mainstream markets, regardless of how great Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet may be."

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"Anal"yst. Nuff said.

Seriously though - people will be people. Hardcore fanbois of each console will buy the games for their console. While we may see some multiplatform owners buy the games for their respective systems, for most gamers bound to a particular platform by price/preference they won't necessarily budge.

A mass exodus? Highly unlikely. This holiday season will see a glut of highprofile, high powered games - and there's enough love to go around for all 3 consoles.

There, that's my anus's opinion.

No doubt the high price tag is one of the many reasons keeping many consumers away from the PS3 at the moment. There are many people who are interested in getting a PS3 but couldn't afford/not seeing its worth in this very forum, an undeniable fact. But analyzing the performance of the sales over the holiday season, no one knows until it actually happens.

Will the US domestic spending suffer? Sure thang, their economy is in shambles. So yeah, people who wouldn't have spent USD 399 for a console definitely won't spend it now. They'll probably spend on a Wii for Xmas, since it's the most family friendly console, and it's cheaper. Will GOW 2(awesome as it is) be enough to drive a purchase in these trying times? We'll see.

it's steep if seen from a "gamer's only" perspective.
i know many people who use their PS3s as their blu ray player as well.
for us,RM1.4k on a next gen player with BD Live support and wifi,not to mention bluetooth controllers/remote,is a very very good deal

400 Dollars, convert to MYR will be close 1400, or maybe a little bit more. Add the taxes in this country and ur paying it close to 1599.

Steep? Well, it is if you just splurge it with 1 paycheck and unable to manage ur financials carefully. but overall with smart planning, nothing is steep.

I still don't get why a guy murdered his family and then went suicide linking his unemployment to the current financial crisis at the states. But perhaps, some just can't tell themselves to keep fighting.

good point!

It's not about the affordability tagged with the price tag of $399. I have many friends worldwide who are rich people (willing to pay thousands of dollars for an arcade game) but unwilling to get a PS3. Their reasons was simple, they won't spend $400 for a console. You can't simply put your philosophy on spending for a PS3 the same as others. The price tag is unreasonable viewed by averaged consumers despite the value of the console, that's the barrier.

The analyst is talking out of his ass.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/08/37982

Read this link. Just replace PS2 with PS3.

its happening to the ps3 also. good gracious..

That's very positive thoughts However there are too few similarities between last gen and this gen in terms of competition and market conditions.

I'm a pessimist, the way I'm seeing it is the PS3 draws some similarities with the 3DO. Of course it won't be as bad, but the trend is just there.

Just some thoughts, no pun intended. I'm a happy PSWii60 owner, so I hope all will do well

Frankly, the no one will complain about the $399 price tag if the PS3 is able to play pirated games.

Those who are complaining the price tag most are the parents and those gamers who are not into high tech gadgets, like me (although I gave in for my gaming DNA). To be honest I do see a point in their complain. Pirates on the other hand stand a small portion in the gaming community.

the US economy is jacked.

both XBOX and PS divisions and all HDTV companies will go bankrupt

Wii will sell at USD99 (comes with free NDSL) in 2009. US economy will be saved by Nintendo

Everyone here is trying to stick with the price tag argument here trying to avoid another unnecessary console war (although that might be lightning's intention )

PS: Not saying that you are wrong

This post has been edited by gundamalpha: Oct 8 2008, 02:13 PM

Can you read mind?

Yes, I think Gundamalpha is a newtype. He can read minds, especially lightningminds.

i never see anything wrong with "console wars" topics. i just find it amusing that such topics can go very fast for platform XXX SUX to personal insults

its true, the minute i saw these past few weeks USecon news, i realize 2009 will be a painful year for many companies in the "luxury goods" compartment. low cost product will be the winner (in the US, at least)

if demand do slowdown, expect Nintendo to drop prices and still maintain a high profit level.

Expensive is a relative term. At USD399 for a all that the PS3 can do is relatively inexpensive. But when compare to the other consoles selling at half of that, then it becomes relatively more expensive.

I wish Sony the best come this holiday season because it won't be that jolly at all.

So at the end, as I mentioned earlier on, Satoru Iwata and Ninty may be the jolliest of them all