Recently I read this:
Despite the beating it's been taking from both the press and the buying public, Sony is refusing to change its PlayStation 3 tune, issuing a press release claiming that neither the Xbox 360 nor the Wii can compete with it on equal terms.
As the most expensive of the three major gaming consoles on the market, the PlayStation 3 has lagged behind the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales and been absolutely demolished by the Wii. Strategic price cuts have proven successful in the past - Microsoft saw a major jump in Japanese sales of the Xbox 360 after it lowered the price in September 2008 - yet Sony has remained adamant in its refusal to make significant reductions of its own in order to boost sales. And in response to a recent Microsoft statement that its sales lead over the PlayStation 3 is growing, Sony has countered with a claim that its console offers more dollar-for-dollar value than either the 360 or the Wii.
"The Xbox 360 requires additional money, multiple upgrades and additional external devices, putting a burden on the wallet and adds clutter to the entertainment centre," Sony said. "The PS3 is the perfect example of a product featuring superior technology and a sophisticated design creating an ideal all-in-one entertainment product."
And despite the fact that Sony doesn't consider the Wii a competing product at all, it doesn't escape the company's attention. "The Wii's lack of enhanced features comes at the expense of a comprehensive entertainment solution," the statement continued. "So as PS3 continues to evolve without the need for additional parts or expenses, expect the competition to continue peddling add-ons in an effort to keep up with the Jones'."
Sony claimed that upgrading the Xbox 360 Arcade, the entry-level Xbox console, to the level of the PlayStation 3 would cost between $449 and $499, and added that many of the PS3 features simply cannot be had on the Wii. "The Xbox 360 and Wii offer a set of features in their own right. However, when you take a look at the feature offerings side by side, there is only one true winner in delivering total value and price," the press release said.
I would now like to say, oh my god, sony sales team, you are the biggest retards I have EVER heard of in my lifetime. How can really justify all of this? Alright let's go through this shall we?
"The PS3 offers more dollar-for-dollar value than either the 360 or the Wii, so we aren't going to slash prices, and so increase sales!!" Then we'll get a fridge magnet, paste it to our arses to show we have one thing no other man has and get loads more sex when we all get fired for incompitance and are forced to become gigalos because everything else uses too much brain power. That's ridiculous. I mean yes whilst the PS3 has a bucket load of features, for one, the person who owns a PS3 probably owns them all already in better form. e.g. iPod for Mp3s. Except a Blu-Ray player, but that's stupid anyway, because the future is in HD on demand TV not DVDs anymore. If playstation honestly think they can keep prices high becasue they're console has more stuff in, so don't have to slash prices then they are wrong. Wii hasn't slashed prices because if they did the universe would implode with orders for them. Playstaion on the other hand don't have this issue. Their issue is the big warehouses full of PS3s up and down the country. Because (dadalh!) no one wants one.
"The PS3 is the perfect example of a product featuring superior technology and a sophisticated design creating an ideal all-in-one entertainment product". Nnnnnnno. If the PS3 was infact as they say all in one, then their motion controls, for one, would work. Second, so what if you want to pay for extra features on the 360. I want this feature on my cheap games console. Good grief, look how much cheaper it STILL IS. And better. The only reason that PS3 actually HAS all in one package is becasue it copied the others so labouriously.
"The Wii isn't a competeing product" Look just becasue Usain Bolt won gold a mile clear of everyone else, doesn't mean he didn't compete. In the same way, just becasue the Wii is outright thrashing the bollocks off you in sales, doesn't mean that they aren't competing for best console, cos at the moment they are outright affecitng your sales. Yes it doesn't have all the gizmos in the world, but isn't that just plain embarassing? Look we have lots features. Oh n, everyone owns a wii, which comparitively sucks in technology. But is so fun that if you give it to a child, his brain will explode with uncontrollable joy. Give a kid a PS3 on the other hand and he will implode with uncontrollable rigormortis, becasue there is too much stuff to understand.
"We are retarded" Too true.
All in all, I really don't see how PS3 can justify all this. It's just silly.