You know thats sort of my point, right? Both of the previous Nintendo home consoles launched at $200, lower than their competitors, and like the Dreamcast, has games at the top of the all time rankings and were soundly beaten.
Gamecube and XBOX price drops did NOTHING to help their marketshare. The effect that a price drop has is dependent on your current position. The Playstation price drops further solidified their lead, but the price drops by those that were trailing did not turn around their fortunes, it was a mere temporary boost and then back to baseline.
The only time in history that a company has been able to turn around its momentum after a full year of being soundly beaten would be SNES vs Genesis, but that had more to do with Sega's own self destruction.
In other words, what Sony is calling for now(a comeback), is completely unprecedented and extremely unlikely.
Last edited by Dr Mario Kart; 01-01-2008 at 02:21 PM..
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