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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 3643103" data-attributes="member: 4779">Sony is just fine for the moment, I posit.  They are selling both the Corolla (PS2) and the Porsche (PS3) right now and getting the income (or lack of?) for both.And for the record, one could own a shiny new PS3 & decent HDTV for $1000.  And don't discount the fact that anyone buying a new TV these days will pretty much have to buy one that is at the very least HD ready (ew!) and widescreen.  The market will grow with the system and the PS2 will slowly be phased out.Bah and bah again.  I grok just fine, thanks.  <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=";)" />  If you want to personally attack me for "not getting" the way the industry works that is just fine.  But I'll remind you that you were convinced that PS3 games would sell for $100 a pop.  So, lets dispense with the personal attacks, no?Sony's main competitor is losing even more money, especially after the warranty extension/faulty 360 fiasco.  Sure, MS has virtually unlimited pockets but if this is a game for the mass market then Sony is certainly playing by the rules.  If Microsoft really wanted to try to blow Sony and Nintendo out of the water, they would just take more hits on each 360 and drop the extra SKUs and put the Elite @ $250 or some kind of other price drop.  So why don't they just do that?  Get that install base up, right?  No, that would mean more losses or revenue on top of what they are already loosing.The console prices will drop when the companies are able to do so.  Sony doesn't have to go into panic mode just because there is negative buzz.So again, price in this circumstance is largely irrelevant.  I didn't say it was completely irrelevant.  The only factor that makes it relevant would be if people are just chomping at the bit to buy the system but needed it to be a little cheaper despite the lacking games selection.  And if people will really snatch the console up in huge amounts just because it is cheaper, that means there is a reason, outside the games, that people are picking it up.  Be it their confidence in Sony or the presence of a solid BR player.Add all that together, throw in a few must-have exclusives and there is a recipe for success.</blockquote>

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