Thread: 360 / PS3 Price War?

Apparently the 360 is dropping $50 as early as next week in Canada. Could this be a sign of a looming price war?



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People want blu-ray players, and everybody who wants a 360 probably already bought one after Halo 3 was released or got one for Christmas...

The so called "war" was over when Microsoft released Xbox 360 a year before the PS3. Sony's doing a good job of marketing the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player with the added bonus of videogames, but they have a lot of catching up to do. Name one "killer app" that Sony has that you can't find on Xbox 360 - I can't think of one. Whereas you already mentioned the hardware seller Halo 3. Nintendo has been destroying the competition both on Console and Handheld since the Wii came out, and since they upgraded the DS to DS Lite.

When the DS and PSP systems were new, retailers called the DS "Dog $h1t" for a year while the PSP performed fairly well. Ever since the DS Lite came out, the tables have been turned and now Sony is trying hard to revitalize it's own pile of crap.

Nintendo is on top in both areas. Maybe Microsoft is lowering its price point to steal the "mass market" dollars (i.e. mom & dad) from Nintendo, not Sony - just a guess.

I'd post the NPD Hardware sales data to back this up, but I'm not at work and I probably already deleted the spreadsheets from my email.

I am just waiting till they get that Rumble back into the controller. I am not paying $50 for a gimped controller.

Originally Posted by go

I am just waiting till they get that Rumble back into the controller. I am not paying $50 for a gimped controller.

Buy Dual Shock 3 (Black) (PS3) - Order Now!

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

Buy Dual Shock 3 (Black) (PS3) - Order Now!

Importing a controller is stupid. When and if I buy a PS3 I want 1 or 2 controllers with rumble/feedback with the system.

Here's the hardware sales data I was referencing for the U.S. market. Keep in mind that Xbox 360 was released a year before PS3 and Wii, which have both been on the market for two Holidays. Nintendo has almost completely caught up to Microsoft, but Sony is still far behind.

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LTD (Life To Date) Hardware Unit Sales Through JAN’08    

CONSOLE
Wii                       7,654,330    
PS3                     3,520,129    
Xbox 360                   9,381,149
GameCube        11,814,760
PlayStation 2       41,383,420
Xbox                    14,476,350
    
HANDHELD            
Nintendo DS         17,898,410    
PSP                      10,699,490    
Game Boy Advance         36,245,540    

Source: NPD