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In response to "Microsoft announces 28 million XBox360s sold to retailers. That's 8 million more than the PS3. -- (link)" by Inigo

i really wish sony were doing better than microsoft, but they just can't manage it..nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Jan 6 '09, 05:30

i like my ps3, but i hate mismanagement

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If they dropped the price $100, I'd probably buy one today. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:39 26
- sure. but it's exactly that poor price point that was one of the primary manifestations of their mismanagement this cycle.... - x Jan 6, 05:42 7
  - Their mismanagement also hurts them song long-term going into the next generation since a PS won't be the first choice of many people like it had been - Don Homer Jan 6, 05:47 6
    - **ding** - Strongbad Jan 6, 05:50
    - def.the case in the us. i think they can still save europe and asia + elsewhere with better management....nm - x Jan 6, 05:49 4
      - of course this should be "north america". sorry canadians!....nm - x Jan 6, 05:59
      - They need to crank out God of War 3 with a sexy bundle and a sweet price cut, and soon. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:53 2
        
        That with FF13 would've made me strongly consider it. - Strongbad Jan 6, 06:03
        
        I agree with sh*uncumber. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 05:58
- I have no reason to now that FF13 is coming to 360. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 05:42 2
  - It'll be like 8 discs :) -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:43 1
    - Hope so! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 05:46
- I don't think Sony can afford to do that. As a company, they need to decrease their losses, not add to them. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 05:42 14
  - But now that they've cut production costs to where they're just about breaking even, they need to sell the units to sell the software. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 6, 05:46 7
    - Imo, Isuppli is a joke. That's the same site that showed both the XBox360 and Wii having negative sales in 2011 and 2012. - Inigo Jan 6, 05:51 6
      - My problem is even if they come down to the $299 price point, that's too much. - JaxSean Jan 6, 05:57 5
        
        $299 for an 80GB PS3 would sell that thing like mad. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:58 4
        
        Eh. At this point the brand name damage has been done. It needs a price cut, sure, but that won't magically start selling it better. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 6, 06:01 1
        
        Sure it would. Just like the time they cut the price in the summer(?) last year. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 06:04
        
        how much is that one now? $499? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 05:58 1
        
        399$...nm - x Jan 6, 06:00
  - i don't think sony can afford not to cut the price.... - x Jan 6, 05:44 4
    - Honestly, I think if the hardware costs had come down that much, they would have cut the price in November. - Inigo Jan 6, 05:48 3
      - totally disagree. these are different quarters, which makes it a different proposition. they had promised shareholders a lot.... - x Jan 6, 05:53 2
        
        But wouldn't the net effect for the quarter be that Sony has lost more money than the previous quarter? - Inigo Jan 6, 06:01 1
        
        it's a bad choice either way. but they simply can't continue to lose market share in the console space imo. that's the real bottom line... - x Jan 6, 06:13
  - I'm not even accounting for their point of view. I'm just saying :) -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:42

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