Darth Do'Urden

March 08, 2011 at 12:04pm

Wow...you won't buy a PS3 because you don't want to lose your security clearance? Congratulations, that's the most paranoid thing I've heard in months. I guess my TS/SCI is more resilient than yours....

As for the reasoning stated in the article that the Move isn't selling due to being too highly priced as a bundle ($399)...that's rather disingenuous considering that the XBox 360 with Kinect bundle is also $399 at nearly every major retailer (Dell has it $10 cheaper). Kinect hasn't done as well in most reviews as the Move, yet it sells millions because there's already millions out there with a 360. Sales numbers do not a superior product make--more popular perhaps, but not superior. When the 360 can put out something even remotely close to Uncharted, then we can talk.

As for price cuts...I'd be surprised. Pachter is hardly a reliable source, and nevermind that consoles seem to be holding their own despite the bad economy. I think by adding value for the price is the right way to go here. Sony's done a decent job of this, but could certainly do much better. Nintendo is the king in this department of bang-for-buck with families, but every famiily in the world already has one, so they need to do something to add more value, lest a price drop become critically necessary.

I, for one, believe that adding value is better than price drops. These companies need to make money in order to keep pushing out product to us, the consumer. But they need to get more creative in bringing value to the core product instead of just dropping their pants on price and expecting that to move units.