- Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:26 am
#12777
This is what the manager of the local Bond & Bond store told me.
The PS2 is still winning the race, it is outselling every other console 10:1 including the Wii.
The 60 gig model sold better than the 40 gig model as it had BC and the extra card readers, and a bigger harddrive that all sellers will endorse because a small harddrive will run out sooner, apparently the 60 gig runs faster than the 40 gig.
About 2 months before christmas, Sony announces that they are no longer making the 60gig and will only continue the 40gig, this way it will increase the sales because now more people can afford the PS3.
As the PS2 was selling better than the 60gig by 10, sony made a sudden increase in PS2 stocks to give to retailers before christmas, this way they can capitilise on the increased market for this sort of thing over the xmas period when the sales are greatest naturally.
The PS2 games are also much cheaper than those for the PS3, and the majority of the companies money comes from selling games and not the consoles themselves.
So essentially Sony created themselves the market to get rid of their PS2 stock while not hindering PS3 sales over the busiest season of the year.
But Sony is too clever to have cut itself out of the Next-Gen market and will sometime in the next few months phase out the 40gig aswell and announce a newer PS3 with BC extra ports and an even bigger harddrive than the 60 gig for much the same price as the old 60gig.
In doing this they will then have THE BEST machine on the market, no arguments. With THE BEST price for what you get out of it.
They will have also made millions of dollars in selling all PS2 stock, and will keep selling games for it as a long running investment, but will be putting most of Sony's money into the PS3 so they can continue to make it cheaper, and knock out the competitors.
Bluray is also winning the HD video race as Warner Brothers has just ditched HD-DVD in favour of exclusivity to Bluray, Disney is also on Bluray. I think the only big market share that hasn't decided yet is universal studios, but i could be wrong.
But given the sales information and all that jazz, doesn't it make sense that sony would follow the trend that i have just written, Sony is a smart company and this IS the smart option to win the Next-Gen war.
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