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Forums - Sales Discussion - If the PS3 Slim is legit and releases at $299 - What will it do for sales?

dolemit3 on 17 May 2009

If the slim will cost $300, then how much will the phat one be sold for? I'm sure it will be below $300 which makes it absurdly low.



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JGarret on 17 May 2009

Zenfoldor, if you had to guess, how many units do you think a slim PS3 for $299 would start selling weekly worldwide?...according to vgc, it´s been selling about 120K weekly (though it´s in danger of falling below 100K soon).



SWA_JM_Obi-Wan on 17 May 2009

Oh Come on ZEN! Seriously do you really believe that the consumer Opinion has changed that much in 9 months? Isn't that being just a little nieve? your point would be completely valid if i were talking about history of 2 or 3 years ago. In that case I would absolutely and completely agree with you, but we are talking 9 months here. the only thing that has changed the landscape is the price. I have great respect for your opinions, and I know you like to play devils advocate, but this time i have to say you are swinging at the breeze. Of course it's a rebranding, i never said it wasn't, if anything rebranding would add even more to where they were a year ago. Honestly if this comes to be true i would expect to see Sony do about 100-110 k in others, 65-75k in the US and around 30k in Japan in an average run of the mil week with obviously huge junps during the holiday seasons. I also would to see the 360 numbers slip off some in Others.



Lostplanet22 on 17 May 2009

One thing I don't get why will it be cheaper?

When PS2 slim was released the older PS2's (bricks) became cheaper.

Wouldn't it be the same in this case?

I expect the older model => 299

Slim 399

The older model is sold out => Slim drops to 299.



 

1337 Gamer on 17 May 2009
Megadude said:
Price much more then the slimming will help sales. Not that slimming will hurt. And yes it will start outselling the 360 everywhere including excluding the US. MS won't respond with a cut till the gap goes down to 4-5 million. Basicly 2008 all over again. It won't outsell Wii but will be closer then ever.

 

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Soundwave on 17 May 2009

I think you'll get a $50 cut. Not $100. Too steep for Sony that's already bleeding money as a whole. You may get a $100 temporary cut on PS3 Fats to clear that inventory, the comment the guy above made about the older units becoming cheaper actually makes more sense.

MS probably counters by adding a 60GB HDD to their Arcade pack, and/or releasing their own 360 Slim. Beating Sony is the only real PR point MS has left, so they can't blow that now since neither one is going to beat Nintendo obviously. 

I don't agree with the thinking that MS would just sit there and do nothing. If they blow this lead and finish third again, I think the heads of MS will be quite right in asking "what are we giving you all this money for again?". 

MS' game division must be able to present a victory over Sony this gen or they are in big trouble.