Well i have said the same estimate of $399 PS3 for about 3month now and i dont get paid to say why the hell doesnt everyone become an analyst and get paid to pull stuff out there ass thats all Pachter does.
Any way i still think there will be a price cut in March08 to $399 in time for GT5,MGS4 and Killzone2.

Patcher expects Boogie to sell 150k in August.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/09/pachter-predict.html

Even if VGChartz were off (55k?), I still don't see it passing, at most, 100k.

I will be interested to see his response if/when Boogie does not sell that much.

Or not as good as Singstar.

Yes price cuts can just keep being pulled out of no where with no regard for faltering profits till no end. As long as you allow enough time between price cuts then they can magically happen without any negative fallout.

If Sony cuts to 399 that will force microsoft to cut the premium to 299 or less.

And the Elite is just a piece of shit..sooner or later it will be just as expensive as the PS3. Another proof the Elite sku was just a bad idea.

If you ask me MS should give the premium a 40GB hard drive (would cost about the same) and drop the Elite.

Pachter is usually wrong on alot of things. But I think Sony definitely needs a $399 SKU if they ever plan on selling any PS3s.