Microsoft: We’re beating PS3 in Europe

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Pristine20 said:

goddog said:

Pristine20 said:

Star Scream said:
Well deserved, they got the price right. PS3 looks horribly overpriced in comparison.

You realize that this may have to do with the euro falling 25% against the yen right? Sony has actually cut the price by 25% in EU but no one realizes it.

 

 

hah only cut the price to sony corporate not to the end user, and end user perception is what matters. Ms has had to absorb this too, and dropped the price, the euro has fallen vs the dollar too, and is expected to be worth as much as or less then the dollar by the new year, considering it was over twice the dollars value earlier this year, thats a major slide.

 

1 euro gets you 1.25 usd right now

1 euro gets you 119.01 yen right now

1 usd gets you 95.05 yen right now

 

Yep, to sony's corporate and sharehiolders and they also play a part in the decision whether a real price cut comes or not. Sony as a company is bleeding right now. Do you guys wish that the company collapse just to sell more ps3's? If anything, they'll be better off canning the ps3 lol.

Sony is not bleeding as a company as they made profit last quarter and in the year, they're just not as profitable as they once were and a lot of their divisions are bleeding money (Mainly games, music, laptops, phones). Howard Stringer has helped but there's a lot to be done to make Sony a powerhouse again.
Will Sony be able to cut the price next Spring? They can only hope to have 45nm Cell and RSX in place and that the dollar and Euro strenghthen and the yen weakens, otherwise 3rd place it is