Playstation's glory days are over and re-focusing makes perfect sense. Dropping the price will only yield in short term unit sales increase, but hurt bottom line significantly. There will be no market share shift unless a price drop to $200 is going to happen.
The question wether Sony or MS is offering better value is irrevelant when all consumers see is high upfront investment. It is all about the price range to buy in. Why do you still think people buy brand new cars or even ...
For the most part, I don't think multiplayer achivievements/trophies should be allowed. I don't want others trying to go for an achievement/trophy ruin it for the rest of us playing the game differenetly than intended.
Multiplayer achievement is hard to get right.