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Gotcha on 25 August 2008
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Grampy said:
dbot said:

SOME EXPERT GAMING SITES: The $199 Arcade is being sold at a loss ($239 to build) because it is going to be discontinued in response from game designers who don’t like being limited with the lack of a hard drive and a higher rate of customer dissatisfaction.

 

 Can you provide a link to the $239 to build article?

I think the $199 arcade will hurt the PS2 the most.  It may force Sony to drop it to $99.  I don't think it will impact the Wii at all.  It should help Microsoft move some more 360's, but if it doesn't work they are in trouble.

I'm giving you a link to a site that claims an even higher cost but has a much more thorough and thoughtful discussion on the topic. It's a very good read IMO.

http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/08/03/proof-of-xbox-360-arcade-price-drop-to-199-being-discontinued/

 ( I can dig up the other again if you need but I went through about nine google pages.)

Their source is a 2006 article so I don't think that proves anything.

In my opinion the price drop will give a big increase in sales this fall, Wii won't notice the effect at all, but it will hurt PS3 sales a bit. In Europe the effect of the price drop has been much more important than some of you think, doubling sales YOY. Even in my country, Spain (you know, Sonyland xD), there were Arcade shortages and the install base is growing at a good pace since the price was dropped.