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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 3634681" data-attributes="member: 4779">I can't say that I disagree or agree strongly on any points.  I will say that the high-price of the PS3 was certainly by design and a brilliant move (you may recall I said the same thing at/before launch).  People pay a premium for these new consoles and Sony might as well just take their cut rather than let the ebayers rip people off.  The problem is the continuing lack of any real system selling games to get them to Holiday Season 2007.  I fully expected Sony to drop the price within the first year as $600 is way too much to keep a console priced at.Honestly, I'm surprised in the slightest by anything that has happened with the PS3 so far.  With the singular exception of not releasing anything but Motorstorm or Resistance worth owning so far (read:  Where is the killer action game?).This, I agree on with an addendum.  I don't think Sony is making a mistake here.  Just like I don't think it was a mistake for MS to release the 360 when they did at the price they are selling it at.  MS needed the head start and Sony couldn't wait any longer on the PS3.  MS made a crummy console and should have spent more money and a little time on QA.  The numbers for the extended warranty and the dollars they are losing are staggering.The PS3 can take the hit of not being a big deal for a year due to the success of the PS2 and PSP.  They are still making money off those systems and the PS3 will sell to the higher-end consumer at the current rate.  The PS2 is kicking around about as long as I expected and it may go even longer, which is a surprise.  It may continue to do well beyond Holiday 2007 if the trends continue.  Walk into a gamestore (or the games section of Walmart/Target) and I see that the system is still a big presence.  It's eerie!So, the PS3 doesn't have to be a big deal right now.  Sony still has a margin of error.  Now, when the big hits do come and the system is around $400 and still is selling badly, then they should really panic.I don't think anyone need the Wii to show how great of a system the PS2 was.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  It's quite possibly the best console of all time in terms of overall game selection.</blockquote>

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