The NES was released at $199, same with the SNES. They were never MSRP anywhere near $300.
Also, increased spending on other electronics doesn't support your argument, it works against it. For the vast majority of consumers, their disposable income hasn't changed (inflation adjusted) for quite some time. If they're spending more on items like music players and phones, that's money that can't be spent on game consoles. The argument that the PS3 can be a home computer also ignores that the vast majority of computer users run a Windows platform, so the lack of that for the PS3 would eliminate that as a consideration for most consumers.
Oh and trying to argue with me over the spectacular failure of the Saturn isn't going to win you credibility points.
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The NES was released at $199, same with the SNES. They were never MSRP anywhere near $300.
Also, increased spending on other electronics doesn't support your argument, it works against it. For the vast majority of consumers, their disposable income hasn't changed (inflation adjusted) for quite some time. If they're spending more on items like music players and phones, that's money that can't be spent on game consoles.
The argument that the PS3 can be a home computer also ignores that the vast majority of computer users run a Windows platform, so the lack of that for the PS3 would eliminate that as a consideration for most consumers.
Oh and trying to argue with me over the spectacular failure of the Saturn isn't going to win you credibility points.