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Originally posted by gekko
PS2 already won the war, that doesn't concearn anyone anymore.
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It doesn't?
Last generation when Nintendo was behind 35 million consoles sold, they still had to sell N64 at a competitive price.
Why?
Because If Psx would have stomped Nintendo to the ground even harder.
This generation they are ONLY behind a mere 20 million, why wouldn't they give a competitive price this time around? The previous price drop further proves my point. Remember how the Nintendo rep was talking like you? Then they must have took a peek at the sales charts and changed thier minds pretty quick.
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Microsoft dropped the price and took a beating. Nintendo wasn't affected much. But they dropped the price because it was still practical. PS2 can go down to $100, but Nintendo and Microsoft don't need to drop the price at all, and they likely won't.
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Your logic makes no sense. Here are good reasons they should drop the price if Sony drops the price.
1. Sony at a higher price is dominating anyway
2. Nintendo Gamecube's ONLY advantage over Sony would be turned into another advantage Sony will have over Nintendo.
3. 140 Million consoles were sold last generation, and 40 million have sold this generation, that leaves 100 million (or more) sales from last console war that haven't been transmitted to this war yet. Also, more than 50 Million of last war's sales were made when the consoles became $99...
Give me one good reason for NOT dropping the price
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There's still 4 years left to this generation.
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*thinks*
This is Ps2's 3rd holiday season coming up I'm sure it will have a 4th, then Ps3 will be out. So this geeration has 2 years left, and a maximum of three, but NOT four.
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While most people agree PS2 is going downhill, most people also agree GC and Xbox keep getting better.
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Ps2 is going downhill? I don't know who you are talking to, but it must not be most people.
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Nintendo and Microsoft aren't stupid, they aren't going to sell for $100 this early on.
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Just like it used to be unimagineable for Nintendo to drop the price of Gamecube less than 6 months into it's life-cycle... and just plain ludacris to this MS would drop the price of Xbox $100 within 6 months.
You do relize Nintendo is only another $50 drop away from $100 don't you?
Nintendo and Microsoft would be stupid if they just kept thier price high, then waited to late to drop it... kinda like the ill-fated Sega Saturn.
Just look at the facts, Nintendo had NO plans to drop the price of Gamecube, when Sony droped the price everybody followed suit. If it was so horrible that they had to do it before, why wouldn't they do it again? Every day Sony's lead is getting bigger and bigger.