People have to KNOW that there are exclusives for that to play into their thoughts. Also keep in mind the vast majority of people who have bought gaming consoles in the past have not paid more than $200 for them, so anything over that will feel expensive, yes there will be more people who buy the PS3, but if it works like it did for the last price drop it will be a 2-3 week sales spike and then sales will drop off again.
As far as the brand name and all that, yes it does have an effect, thats why the PS3 is doing as well as it is, but its not as powerful as you seem to believe. The big guns have yet to show themselves on the PS3, the best marketing appeal the PS3 has is it's the cheapest Blu-ray player on the market.
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People have to KNOW that there are exclusives for that to play into their thoughts. Also keep in mind the vast majority of people who have bought gaming consoles in the past have not paid more than $200 for them, so anything over that will feel expensive, yes there will be more people who buy the PS3, but if it works like it did for the last price drop it will be a 2-3 week sales spike and then sales will drop off again.
As far as the brand name and all that, yes it does have an effect, thats why the PS3 is doing as well as it is, but its not as powerful as you seem to believe. The big guns have yet to show themselves on the PS3, the best marketing appeal the PS3 has is it's the cheapest Blu-ray player on the market.