Spider_Jerusalem said:So, why let everyone pay the high price of something only "some of us" will want/need?
I see a lot of assumptions about what people will want or need come November. I'm trying to be diplomatic here, and not extend my desires on to anyone else - I don't know what people will want, but frankly neither do you. We can only speak for ourselves.
You could ask the same of anything. Why should everyone pay for powerful CPUs and GPUs that only some people will want/need? It's clear people without a HDTV won't get as much out of that as you or I will.
Spider_Jerusalem said:The obvious anwer is that they need to push Blu-Ray more than they want to push PS3, or they simply could have made different choices (forcing games on DVD only and making an optional Blu-Ray SKU, for example).
I don't disagree with this at all, but this nicely coincides with what I want out of the system.
Spider_Jerusalem said:They'll ramp down, like also MS and Nintendo will do in the meanwhile. So they'll always end up having the most expensive console on the market. Will this hurt them/subtract market share? We'll see...
We'll see indeed. Again, it's down to their marketing. They've experience being in this position, though..