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Originally Posted by Dylflon
PS2 had a pretty high release price as well. That didn't stop it from having a greater quantity of great games and moving millions of units. Didn't PS2 win the last generation?
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There's some confounding conclusions to this line of thinking, though.
For one, the PS2 launch was HALF that price. Wikipedia shows,
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US$299.99 (October 26, 2000, Launch Price) (CAD$344.99)
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But I remember it being $400-$450 here in Canada, due to the horrible dollar at the time, and even more because most of the systems at first were being bundled with GT3. Maybe that's why you're under the impression it was expensive. At that point in time, if the PS2 was $600, it would very well be $800 up here, at least.
PS2 was also released earlier (albeit later than Dreamcast) than the other two, which gave developers time to make great games. PS3 is launching later. Meanwhile, kickass Xbox 360 games are coming out, and the Wii is showing an extremely good launch with Metroid, Zelda, AND possibly Mario.
As well, Bluray is not an established format yet. PS2 had DVD, which, from "Twister"'s pressing in 1996, made it a four-year format at that point. DVD was one of the big reasons PS2 sold so well, but Bluray is totally questionable right now, what with its uncertain future against HD-DVD.
The PS2 is almost extraneous in this situation, disregarding brand loyalty and games. If MGS4 moves to 360 like Microsoft is heavily pointing to right now, and the price does not drop, this could very well be bad news.