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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3644197" data-attributes="member: 2477">Why do you believe that, when the PS3 hasn't matched the 360's price yet at all?Sony's answer to "this isn't worth $600" was not to drop the price, but to raise the specs. They obviously missed what most of us wanted. Perhaps the company is moving in a direction you like, but I'm not sure that's a popular place you live in.The "price reduction" on their old SKU has been labeled "clearance discount". And the fact that there is an "adequate supply" is because... ::drumroll::No Body Is Buying Them.Anecdotes are fun, I like anecdotal evidence. Locally, I can find a PS3 anywhere that sells games. I can track down a 360 without too much effort, but it's not everywhere. I can find a Wii easy enough, but it's out of stock at most places.Say what you will about whether it's lack of games or price point, but the PS3 is more available than the 360 was at this point in it's lifecycle... heck, it's more available than the 360 currently. Interesting. What exactly is the failure rate of the PS3 and 360's?It's a popular subject, but so was "flying wiimotes kill children!" or whatnot, it doesn't make it an epidemic.Of particular amusement at this years E3 was the mantra "ten year plan". I'm sure the Wii won't be the core console for 10 years. (And, I can see them dropping in price to the point they are everywhere.) Nintendo makes money on Wii's, so that's good, but I think lots of folks are buying Wii and Wii Sports and nothing else. Thus the Wii's low attach rate.But, give it ten years, and Sony will be telling you how their console "won" versus the defunct 360 and Wii, simply because it'll be competing against completely different systems.Heck, Blu Ray probably won't even last that long. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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