@DiscreetFX

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I bought a PS3 on launch. Thanks goodness since it had BC, SACD, more USB ports & multi card readers. All features that are now missing. Those features are important to me and I paid $599 for the privilege.

I think what is clear is the PS3 missed the market on day 1. Some of the features it sold as important, BC, USB, were cut. (Yes, SACD was too but I don't recall them really using it as a selling point.) This allowed them to simplify hardware and in turn reduce their price to something more market accessible. As such the PS3 being a lesser machine at a lesser price is better matched for consumers. It is likely to have a better life now. Chrismas 09 will be a tough race for all 3 consoles. 2010 launches for the PS3 should mean it does well. (But, who am I say I predicted the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 by 2008.)

If the PS3 continues it's sales I predict Microsoft will make a smaller 360 for Christmas 2010. Rumors are the Valhalla model of 360 will be coming in 2010. This is a shrink of CPU/GPU perhaps even unified. If unified the console could use a shrink. Or some sort of refresh. Especially if, as Microsoft said, they expect the 360 to sell well into the next decade. As for the RRoD. I think the paper MikeB posted shows that Jasper indeed improved this issue.

The question is how will the Wii do? If this Christmas is bad for Nintendo I think the Wii HD will be coming in 2011.

Last edited by BrianK on 03-Sep-2009 at 12:47 PM.