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dbot said:
Sony will not cut the price.

If MS drops the price of the 60 gig to $300, that would piss off the people that just bought the 20 gig for $300. At least Sony gave its customers notice that the 80 gig will retail for the same price as the 40 gig.

The Sony Defense Forces spring into action folks. Ignoring reality and substituting their own. Attack Microsoft and turn a blind eye to dastardly Sony which on dozens of occassions outright lied to consumers. Up to and including a couple days before they slashed prices last summer. I for one prefer the blanket no comment from Microsoft rather then the outrageous lies Sony likes to lay at my doorstep. There seems to be no honor policy at Sony when it comes to talking to the public. Lieing to the masses is par for the course. No spin just lie to them.

By the way I went digging to give you a prime example be mindful he did this two or three days before they announced it. While at the same time advertisement scans littered the internet. Oh and do not tell me this guy was clueless. He just decided to lie.

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) has no plans to cut the price of its PlayStation3 (PS3) at present to pep up demand and counter surging sales of Nintendo's (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) rival game console Wii, Sony's president said on Friday.

"At present we have no plans," to cut the PS3 price, Ryoji Chubachi told Reuters in an interview.

Sony has packed cutting-edge technology such as a Blu-ray high-definition optical disc player into the PS3, driving up production costs and making its retail price more than twice as expensive as the Wii.

The higher price tag has been cited has one of the main reasons the PS3 has been trailing the Wii in sales, and analysts have been widely expecting Sony to soon slash the price to spur on demand.

Chubachi also said that Sony was on track to hit its target of a 5 percent operating margin for the year to March 2008.

He also said the operating margin at its mainstay electronics unit is likely to overshoot its target of 4 percent for the current year.